Prepping Wally Walou for our Atlantic Crossing, Alcaidesa Marina, La Linea, Spain

Walking across the runway into Gibraltar, the most unique border crossing ever!

Macaque monkey posing on Rock of Gibraltar

How close can I get?

Surveying his realm

The monkeys do get fed

Another monkey shot, they were everywhere

Seconds before this shot the monkey was trying to get into Dave’s pack

Shoo!

What, another bug in your ear?

Best butt scratch ever

Beautiful day on top of the Rock

Panorama of Gibraltar from the Rock

Such a kid…

Walking down the historic Mediterranean Steps

Reward at the bottom

British humor

Exploring the history of Gibraltar

Sally and Dave exploring Gibraltar

Local favorite tapas restaurant in La Linea

Kevin and Dave hungry for tapas

The Rock behind us as we head to Ceuta, across the Straits from Gibraltar

Hiking around Ceuta

This is our fishing line wrapped around our sail drive, removed by the yard in Ceuta

Wally hauled out in Ceuta

Blustery weather on the way back to Gibraltar.  Lots of big ship avoidance maneuvers

This lighthouse marks the NW edge of the Straits of Gibraltar:  hello Atlantic!

Wally anchored off Arrecife, Canary Islands

Budding young sailors training

We spent a few hours onshore in Arrecife stretching our legs

Gorgeous sunset near Arrecife

Laundry day at Santa Cruz Marina, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Iconic amphitheater at the entrance to Santa Cruz Marina

Santa Cruz art

New astro turfed pedestrian bridge connecting Santa Cruz Marina with the city

Green roof landscaping, Santa Cruz

Beautiful reflections in rare calm day, Santa Cruz Marina

There’s still a few of these classic old bugs around

Topping up our fuel in Santa Cruz

Sail maintenance

Sunset on passage to Cape Verde Islands

Cape Verde Islands are rugged and dry

Mindelo, Cape Verdes.  We stayed here about 8 hours to re-provision

We caught this beautiful mahi mahi/dorado somewhere past Mindelo

We lost track of how many flying fish we found on our decks

Sally and Jim watching a huge pod of dolphins playing at our bows

After leaving Cape Verdes, only 2010 miles to go!

When we collectively decided we were in the “middle” of our Atlantic crossing, we tossed over a message in a bottle of champagne we created with our French friends on the Outremer Galopin, and drank the bottle of wine they gifted us at our going away party in Port Camargue, France

The darn seaweed kept interfering with our fishing

These gorgeous Tropic Birds would circle us occasionally

We were surprised to see dragonflies visit us way out in the middle of the ocean