Friday, February 2, 2018

Detour to History.

= Newport News.
- From Florida to Newport, R.I

- I drove 1800 Miles. This is the USA for you! It takes a notion of distances to realize how big this country is. Glad I came through in a car rather than on a Cattle Wagon. The detour involves traveling from Norfolk to Newport News. Clearly, I am drawn to the name Newport, from Nieuwport in Belgium to Newport Beach, California, and Newport, Vermont, as well as Newport Beach, CA, and so on. The list is long for a remembering sailor.

Comanche 100.

- Comanche, designed by Guillaume Verdier, and winner of the John H. Illingworth Trophy, for being the first across the finish line at Hobar...