By Lowell | June 22, 2007 | Category Greece
Hello to our sailing friends.. Some of the Gato Loco crew will be sailing the Greek Islands early August. This sailing adventure is part of Frankie and My summer vacation. In the past, we’ve reduced our email update distribution for this type of vacation but by popular demand we will be sending updates to the […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 17, 2007 | Category Greece
Full country name: Hellenic Republic Area: 131,944 sq km Population: 10.3 million Capital city: Athens (pop approx. 3.7 million) People: 98% Greek with minorities of Albanians, Turks and Slavic-Macedonians Language: Greek Religion: 98% Greek Orthodox, 1.3% Muslim, 0.7% other Government: parliamentary republic GDP: US$143 billion GDP per head: US$14,000 Annual growth: 3.5% Inflation: 2.6% Major […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 16, 2007 | Category Greece
7000 B.C. First Stone Age settlements in mainland Greece. 2500 B.C. Bronze Age is effective on mainland and some islands. 1550 B.C. Mycenaean civilization started on mainland Greece. 1450 B.C. Mycenaean culture spreads to islands. 1200 B.C. Disappearance of Mycenaean civilization. 1100 B.C. Dorian movements to the islands and Asia Minor. 776 B.C. First official […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 7, 2007 | Category Greece
Many people are curious what I use and how I send updates from Gato Loco and other remote locations. Pictured right is my RW (RoadWorrior) equipment I will be using for this summer. The heart is a tiny Sony hand held computer with “4 monitor (model VGN-UX280p). It’s a pretty small screen to work […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 2, 2007 | Category Day Sailing
Memorial Weekend Nephews Scott & Brad with Scott’s friend Scott and Brad’s friends Donny and Richard spent the weekend with us. Saturday south winds at 10 made for a good sail to Cholla. I thought there was a fish fry in Cholla so the plan was to sail to Tucson Beach and go a shore […]
Read MoreBy Lowell | June 1, 2007 | Category Day Sailing
Puerto Penasco, May 31, 2007 Brian, Heather, Brian’s brother Jim, his wife Linda and Linda’s sister in law Sue went out sailing with the Gato Loco crew (Bill, Lowell, Frankie and Marina). Winds out of the south allowing us to sail to Cholla during the afternoon. Great day of sailing.. Read more about Gato […]
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