NautiKel Adventures

02/05/2025

I guess we haven't posted in a while. Well here we are surviving a Canadian winter.... In Nanaimo!!! This snow fell over about 24 hours.... And. We are snowed in for a few days.
Luckily Darren is strong and fit enough to start the task of shovelling us out.
It might take a day.. Or two!!

03/20/2024

01/30/2024

These are three of my favorite things.... 🎶

09/12/2022

A road trip thru The Lakes District took us thru some beautiful areas of the NW of England.
Windermere is a busy sailing hub lake town and the real base of the area.
If u look closely, u will see some dates from both the 13 and 16 century. (See the Roman numerals above the doorway)
Honoring Her Majesty, the flag was respectfully at half mast, as the country is officially in mourning.
Of course we found boats, in both Windermere and Whitehaven.
The drive " o'er the tops" across Corney Fell, took our breath away as the mist lifted for us to glimpse the Irish Sea across the moors covered in heather, grassland and sheep. Absolutely stunning.
We stopped in Coniston, and then made our way to The Forest of Bowland and thru the Trough to conclude our two day adventure.
History and landscape in UK never ceases to amaze.

08/22/2022

A day trip to York today with Darren's sister, Deb and John, to check out the lovely ancient city. York is renowned as the most haunted city in Europe. We didn't find any ghosts. It was very busy on this lovely sunny day through The Shambles.
York is also famous as a Roman city as well as one of the cities the Vikings battled over for control. So much history here.
York Minster is a beautiful building from the outside! We didn't go in due to the line up and the fee to go in. £££... A stop on the way back in Knaresborough saw this lovely bridge over the river in the valley and the ruins of a old courthouse from the 14th century.

06/14/2022

The last safari of our week brought us to a herd of elephants, sunning Hippos, and resting Baboons on a sunny warm day.
There is much more to share, but just some highlights.

06/13/2022

In our "authentic" African Cultural evening, we sat around the "Chiefs" fire and watched a representation of some traditional dance. In the older culture, the Chiefs children were actually raised in the village, not with the Chief himself, so there would not be favoritism with his favorite wife, but the children would come from the village to dance for him to show that they were doing well and thankful for his kindness.

06/11/2022

The last two days Safari Adventure took us a game drive to search for the elusive and hard to find Lions. We had success, and have now have 3 more of the Big 5 to go.
Outdoor campfire dinner last night!

06/10/2022

Our adventures take us to the Southern Hemisphere to enjoy a African Safari in South Africa for the week. Accompanied by family, we flew 11 hours then 3 hours in car to get to our delightful small resort.
Our guide has taken us thru the African plains to see some wonderful sights.

10/04/2021

We ventured off today with our friends Robyn and Tony and had a delightful lunch at Roatan Yacht Club. Great service, good food, and a lovely walk thru the grounds to the ACTUAL marina,... which has no boats... but lovely docks and lovely oceanside dockside rooms!!
I hadn't had mussels since we left Spain... they were good!!!!

09/13/2021

Sunday Funday again!!!
We had a lovely day to the other side of Roatan today, near Sandy Bay, with our friends Robin and Tony, and we found a fantastic lunch with bottomless Mimosas!!

08/24/2021

Went down the mangrove tunnel to the Swimming hole the other day, thru this mangrove jungle is the most beautiful crystal clear water for swimming, absolutely lovely.