I continued to visit each building that once was the tallest in the world during my offseason road trip and on Sunday I wrote all about how the 40 Wall…
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As we follow my quest to see all the buildings once labeled “tallest in the world” I visited 40 Wall Street, which is a 71-story neo-gothic skyscraper in downtown New…
The Woolworth Building is the next stop as we visit all the former “tallest building in the world” in America and it held the title from 1913 until 1930. The…
On Sunday you read how I was going to try and see all the buildings in America that have claimed to be the tallest in the world at one point…
I am on a quest to see buildings that were deemed the tallest in the world at one time. Yesterday I wrote all about Philadelphia City Hall and tomorrow I…
This offseason I broke my tradition and did not travel overseas. Instead I took a two and a half week road trip in America. I started off by flying into…
Warren & Erica join me as we talk about their three-month road trip around the southwest USA in a pickup truck that Warren modified. We had a great time chatting…
When I visited my parents in Kansas City the first thing we did before heading to their house was go downtown and check out the main library. What this branch…
I spent the entire week hanging out in the north part of Lake Worth, which is in North Palm Beach. There is a dinghy landing a quarter of a mile…
November 1st is the day my insurance says I can start heading south due to the hurricane season ending in 30 days and the likelihood of a storm is greatly…
My name is Eric McKenzie. I’m 25 years old and a full time firefighter/paramedic for Chillicothe, MO Fire Department. I have never been sailing before but love the ocean and…
This week started with me in the Bahamas and ending with me in the United States. On Sunday Paul, Nancy, & I hung out at the fantastic Old Bahama Bay…
This week I thought I would let Bluie Foster (the mom of the family who is sailing with me this week and next) provide a recap of our activities. Hey! …
I snuck into Miami before a strong cold front hit the area. I dropped my anchor on the south side of the Venetian Causeway between Di Lido and Riva Alto…
On Sunday I met a representative of the Seven Seas Sailing Association in order to pick up boxes of books donated for schools in The Bahamas. I originally stated I…
The constant chop at the exposed anchorage in Titusville was starting to get on my nerve, but I had to wait until a battery temperature sensor arrived. On Thursday I…
After church (and a healthy breakfast of donuts) Dad and I went to NASA for the day. He had taken me when I was 8-10 so it was fun to…
On Sunday we all slept in and relaxed until my dad and I went to church. After that we walked around St Mary’s and Lennie found a washer and dryer…
On Sunday we all milled around until noon. At that time Mark said his goodbyes and we headed offshore for an overnight to Charleston. We started with 20-25 knots from…
We left Manteo on Halloween morning and headed for Oakracoke, but the winds were a bit too much on the nose, so instead of a southwest route we went westward…
We rented a car and picked my dad up from the airport. On Tuesday we went to the historic triangle and saw Jamestown (the first permanent English settlement), Williamsburg (preserved…
This week I finished up my annual haul out and I think it was successful (although expensive). I had the bottom scraped and painted, the sail drives serviced, replaced three…
For the last two weeks I have been hanging out with the other boats in my anchorage in Spa Creek. This is a great place as it is in the…
On Sunday I decided to bike 14 miles round trip in order to see Lucy the Elephant. This is a six story building built in 1881. It was a fun…
New York was amazing, but we had to work around rainy weather the whole time. On Sunday we motored through Hell’s Gate with the current and had great views of…
Mystic, CT was a great place to visit. I had pizza at Mystic Pizza twice. It is the same place the movie of the same name staring Julia Roberts is…
Well this week found me stuck in Newport, RI with the gooseneck pulling away from the mast. Chuck, the rigger from Rig Pro, could not get to me until Tuesday…
This week was all about traveling north to Nantucket. We sailed 40-60 miles a day and stayed the night at Ocean City, NJ, Manasquan Inlet, Fire Island Inlet (very pretty),…
My buddy boat decided to get a slip on Monday, so we had access to the swimming pool, which was very nice. The raw water pump came in on Tuesday…
We made it to Elizabeth City, which is supposed to be the “harbor of hospitality”. The area is very nice, but if there were two other boats with us the…