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Smells Like Teen Spirit. Continue reading Smells Like Teen Spirit

Ever look back on your own personal high school experience and compare it to that of contemporary high school students?  Personally, I try to look back on those days as seldom as possible.  My response when queried about attending my own 10 year high school reunion was “uhh…don’t you think the scars are still a … Continue reading Smells Like Teen Spirit

Here I go again offending people: I don’t know if I agree with the philosophy behind women’s only events. What’s that? Crickets in the background?  I know I know, I am a Salty Sister.  I believe in supporting women in sailing. I support women’s only programming, I cringe every time I see some geezer lecturing … Continue reading Hey You’re Pretty Good…for a Girl!

Many apologies for the little vacay my friends…spent the last three weeks nursing my back after getting in ANOTHER car accident! This time it featured a highway just outside of the ironically named town of Hope, and an adolescent black bear running in front of the vehicle going 110km/h.  Good news though, no serious harm, … Continue reading FX is in the Haus

A good bonus this week my friends,Croatia’s women’s 470 duo,  crew Romana Zupan and helm Enia Nincevic have taken a few moments to catch up with us at TheSaltySister as they head into their Olympic regatta.  The team qualified for the 2012 Games in May while competing at the 470 Worlds in Barcelona.  Fun and … Continue reading Meet Romana and Enia, Croatia’s 470 Olympians

With only a few days to go to the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, it seems high time we get to know our Olympic sailors don’t you think?  We’ll start off with some great interviews of the North American representatives in the 49er class…the casual cool yet freakishly powerful boat in the games… Then we’ll work … Continue reading Get Your Games On

Hi all, Back to sailing fun shall we?  Here’s a nice pic from US Gold Radial gold medalist Anna Tunnicliffe shot by ESPN as she readies to depart for the London games.  She’ll represent the US again this Olympiad in the women’s match racing event with Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi.  Hot pic of some … Continue reading Let’s Get Naked

Hi Folks, Been back for just over a week now, and admittedly I’m enjoying things like couches, private bathrooms, and sleeping sans earplugs.  The feet are well on their way to health, and I even managed a quick run on the poor little things. Our final walk into Santiago was a thing of beauty.  After … Continue reading Post Camino

Hi all,   I was going to write an upbeat post about peeing in bushes and eating white bread all month and being ¨vegetarian¨ rural northern Spain.  But, just now got the news that my beloved friend Meggie, for whom this whole journey is dedicated, passed away last night.  Just five days ago my sister … Continue reading A Bit of Perspective

There have been some requests for pickies from our epic journey here on the Camino, and today was my lucky day. Finally got ahold of a computer on which I could upload a few shots! Hope you all enjoy.   Continue reading Picks from the Camino