http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/CookNH/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from CookNH en-us Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:26:54 +0000 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:26:54 +0000 The best thing that has happened this summer would have been the experience of attending the Arlington Million Horse Race. This is like nothing Irsquove ever done in my life The entire crew was fortunate enought to spend the day at the Arlington Race Track. There were endless amounts of food buffets and VIP service. The girls were decked out in sundresses and oversized hats with the guys i http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-329785.html Itrsquos been a few weeks now since landing in Milwaukee. Although there is always work to be done when there arenrsquot guests on board we still find enough time to have fun and entertain ourselves. We caught the last night of Summerfest the worldrsquos largest music festival. Earth Wind and Fire was the main highlight of the evening along with some other great bands that Irsquove http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Illinois/Chicago/blog-329771.html The tall thin space needlelike structure known as the CN Tower stood out among the other buildings as the skyline slowly emerged from the hazy morning sky. We pulled alongside Pier 4 in the heart of Toronto next to a restaurant full of onlookers disrupted from their meal. The Sky Dome home of the Blue Jays or now called Rogers Centre sat just 3 blocks from the marina right under the CN To http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Ontario/Toronto/blog-305380.html Itrsquos hard to believe how fast time goes living and working on such a lsquosmallrsquo boat Since my last blog wersquove sailed into Canada and spent a week in Montreal climbed a few hundred feet in elevation to the fresh waters of Lake Ontario via the St. Lawerence Seaway Lock system glanced at Quebec Cityrsquos mighty castle pulled along side Pier 4 in downtown Toronto and vis http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/Old-Montreal/blog-296032.html The motor yacht Blue Moon has been quite an adjustment from the normal 9 to 5 job and lifestyle wersquore all used to. My dayrsquos have consisted of scrubbing decks polishing stainless steel cleaning windows and doing it all again the next day. I work in the lsquodeck departmentrsquo with 3 other deckhands one from South Africa and two from England. Our teamrsquos main responsibi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Nova-Scotia/Halifax/blog-288594.html Got a call from the Captain asking me to meet the boat in Charleston SC on the 31st of May. Of course Pack some going out clothes and a computer. I have no idea what to expect what type of crew is already on board where I'll be sleeping or what I'll see. This is a good start into the yachting industry. As a temporary deckie I have a lot to learn this summer.We are planning on headin http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/West-Palm-Beach/Palm-Beach/blog-278188.html