http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Scofflaw/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Scofflaw en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:09:25 +0000 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:09:25 +0000 Well all is still on track. The Wally Wagon is coming together nicely. As music for the open road is a imperitive i rewired the entire sound system in the rv. new speakers wires and tuner. And as a great deal of the driving will be in the vast untouched reaches of the south i installed a satalite radio so i wont have to choose between the country station that sucks and a country station http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Lake-Hopatcong/blog-431602.html Well the decision has been made. my friends and i were toying with the idea of going cross country in a rvcaravan. they should have known better than to mention something like that to me and not expect to run out and buy an rv. I got me a 27' class c motorhome. and boy is she a beauty i just took it through inspection today and actually passed. its amazing what you can get for 900 bucks http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Lake-Hopatcong/blog-413141.html Well everybody im still here. sorry its been so long since i let you know i wasnt dead but things have been crazy. im mostly recovered and back to working one job fulltime. ill be picking up the second job come newyears. hope every one is doing well out there. im saving up for the next adventure and accepting suggestions for the destination. if everyone could make a suggestion i would l http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Lake-Hopatcong/blog-353133.html Well kids this is it. the last poke. im packing now for my last day in europe. after this its home to friends family food i love english i understand and beer that doesnt cost 10 bucks a pint. maybe at the stadiumive had a great time here as most of you have seen. So i thought i would do a run down of the trip briefly.THINGS I BROKEmy head oncea tootha cameraone or two heartsthe amer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-329259.html here i am in paris a city most people only dream of visiting and all i can think of i going home. most of this is that im just really looking forward to going home but i must admit part is that the french suck and paris isnt that great. i saw their sites one real big churchnotre dame was ok the giant lightening rod was so soeiffel tower the only really cool thing i liked was the catac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-328872.html well i made it to paris this morning unfortunetaly im sick as a dog. far too much octoberfesting im sure. any way im just waiting to check into my hostel and all this typing is doing my head in. ill post more when i actually get to see to city. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-327399.html im just glad i dont have kids yet because now i can honestly say that the first day of oktoberfest was the best day of my life. this place is awsome. i cant describe the fun ive had here and its only just begun. ill just put up some pictures to relate the situation. some of you will love them some of you wont care but its what it is and i love it. a bit drunk right now so im going.love http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-325872.html well my first night in munich was more than i could have hoped for. I had a blast. i made my way to the hofebrau haus and sat with a couple who were staying at the same campsite as me. all sorts of others joined us and we beer and bratwursted ourselves into the wee hours. then i made nice with a proper pleasant german girl. trying to write this is difficult at the moment so ill stop here a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-324643.html well i made it. a short flight a metro and a tram and im at the Tent camping grounds in munich. its a little cold here but otherwise nice. certainly better weather than england. im off now to find a bier garten and have somr kind of wurst. im pretty pumped to be here. this is one of those things like pamplona that ive always wanted to do. the festival starts on saterday so i have a few day http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-324263.html well i made it. im in merry olde england. we made land fall yesterday and have been running up the coast since. unfortunately because of bad weather ill be able to just finish the boat trip and have to fly out for octoberfest. but not to worry england ill come back. the trip was rough. some pretty high seas across biscay had me tossing my cookies over the side but i made it. today im in sun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Brighton/blog-322637.html well were off tomorrow. ill write again from england in about 5 days. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/La-Coru-a/blog-320136.html Well its pretty much what they say it is. one giant tomato fight.The action began at about 9am with the Greasy Pole Climb in which everyone tried to climb a greasy pole to reach a ham that was tied to the top. At 11am the tomato fight started with truckload after truckload of tomatoes coming into the square. Then the maddness takes hold with an every man for himself barrage of tomatoes in ever http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Valencian-Community/Bu-ol/blog-318544.html well captain steve left today for the uk to round up some crew. im hanging around until the 23rd then shooting back down to valencia for the grand prix and tomantina festival. not much else popping. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/La-Coru-a/blog-313100.html well im still in a coruna. we have been delayed due to lack of crew and too much weather. captain steve is flying back to the UK to drum up some crew and press them into service. the prospects look good and if we can find a weather window we'll be looking to set out for england the first week of september. that being theplan i decided to book my flight to octoberfest out of london and have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/La-Coru-a/blog-312402.html well im back in spain getting ready for the run up to england. we still need a bit more crew but im hopeful we'll find someone. captain steve and i are weighing our options. i should remain here in la coruna for a few days so when i know more and when my head stops pounding from the lashing i took last night ill write more. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Galicia/La-Coru-a/blog-310071.html well we lost one of our crew of three in gibralter but gained one there as well. jason made it to cascais but just jumped ship with out so much as a by or leave. so now we are a crew of 2 which isn't really a safe way to sail. so we stay in cascais for the near future. from here ill be able to see lisbon so its not all bad. everything else is going well. learning alot. having alot of fun. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Cascais/blog-306472.html Visited Countries Map http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-305028.html that was headquarters . they want me to go to las vegas and make contact with a portugesse photographer named laserta he has all the details. all i do is check into my sound proof suite he'll seek me out. raoul dukeim in lagos portugal we lost some crew along the way to other obligations so were in search of new blood. so far our search has borne no fruit but i remain optimistic. the w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Algarve/Lagos/blog-304866.html well im in gibralter. i already typed a whole blog and lost it as per usual. ill fill this one in a bit more as i find time. were leaving tomorrow for cadiz. all is going very well. im sorry to everyone upset about the beard but i couldn't be asked to keep such a big beard on a small boat. this is a new leg and needed a new look. i am really enjoying this trip and learning to sail. its gr http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Gibraltar/Gibraltar/blog-303241.html Everything is really going great so far. Day one we left valencia and motored our way out to sea. at around 2 we put up the sail and motor sailed our way to denia. the wind never really picked up enough to just sail but it was nice to get a feel for how to raise and lower the sail and what its like using it. we parked in denia for the night i made fajitas for the crew and we had a pleasant http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Valencian-Community/Valencia/blog-299538.html