How does one reduce 99 days of travel including the America’s Cup in San Francisco, to a few photographs? It was there and back, east to west and west to east. We still saw so little, yet so much. Each photo represents a story of it’s own.
99 DAYS
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THE LONG ROAD HOME
Closing on home continuing on route 70 which again provided wonderful scenery and such an interesting cross section of our society.
DOROTHY’S KANSAS?
Continuing east on the I-70 through Kansas revealed the natural beauty of the state.
A DAY ON ROUTE 70 OR THE LONG ROAD HOME
I remain amazed at the ability of Oracle to make the necessary adjustments and win the America’s Cup. I am driving back to Newport, but it no longer feels like I am driving home. My grandchildren are behind me in California.
After Bryce Canyon, how could anything nature provided measure up? In the last 48 hours Nature has not ceased to offer up remarkable examples of her handiwork.
AMERICA’S CUP WINNER TAKE ALL RACE AND THE LONG ROAD HOME
ORACLE WON TWO RACES TIEING THE SCORE AT 8 APEICE FORCING A SHOWDOWN WINNER TAKE ALL RACE. WOW
We are continuing the drive home. Spent the better part of today on route 50 ” the loneliest road in America”; a long but beautiful drive.
TRAVELING EAST
There is no end of the surprises that we discover.
ONE MORE RACE DAY AND EXPLORING THE COAST
Oracle won the only race of the day and will live to sail another race. It is in Oracle’s interest that the series last as long as possible.
We went to the Marin headlands and continued west and north to Stimson Beach and Bolinas.
IS LARRY OUT OF PHASE WITH THE MOON? DAY 9
Could it be that the Oracle Team is out of phase with the moon? Should Larry have hired an astrologist as a consultant for the America’s Cup?
Day 9 preview: No margin for error
Emirates Team New Zealand and ORACLE TEAM USA return to the racecourse today for Races 12 and 13 of the 34th America’s Cup. If the Kiwis can win either race, the series will end with the tiny island nation in the South Pacific the new America’s Cup champions.Emirates Team New Zealand enters the day leading the series 8-1 and needs just one more victory to hoist the Auld Mug for the third time (1995, 2000). ORACLE TEAM USA needs to win eight consecutive races to stave off the Kiwis’ charge and retain the trophy it won in 2010.
Rival skippers Dean Barker and Jimmy Spithill have wheeled around their AC72s like singlehanded dinghies in the pre-start. Each has spoken of the closeness of the boats despite the different design approaches. Races 4 (ORACLE TEAM USA by 8 seconds), 10 (Emirates Team New Zealand by 16 seconds) and 11 (Kiwis by 15 seconds) all rank in the top-10 closest races in America’s Cup Match history. The Kiwis have won two of those three, which has enabled them to open a nearly insurmountable lead.
“It’s hard to believe that the match would’ve been this close between two teams with different design concepts,” said Barker. “Both teams have reacted very well to what they’ve observed of the other team, and the boats have come together in terms of performance and strengths and weaknesses. It’s quite unbelievable that the two boats are so close in performance across a wide range f conditions.”
Race 12 is scheduled to start at 1:15 pm PT, followed by Race 13 (if necessary) at 2:15 pm PT. The wind is forecast to be similar to today, light to moderate for the first race and building for the second race.
In the U.S., the America’s Cup Finals will be broadcast live on the NBC Sports Network. Replays will be available on the America’s Cup YouTube channel.
Internationally, the America’s Cup Final can be viewed in more than 170 territories. All racing is also live on America’s Cup YouTube channel (subject to territorial restrictions).
You can also follow racing with America’s Cup App for android and iOS devices.
SUMMER IN REVIEW
It is hard to believe that summer is drawing to a close. Equally hard to choose representative photographs from the summer’s adventure. There were adventures within the adventures. We met so many interesting people; as I have said before, everyone has a story worth hearing. The days are noticeably shorter and cooler in the mornings. The dog days of summer seem already so far away.
LABOR DAY WEEKEND, SUMMER IN REVIEW
Labor day weekend, the unofficial end to summer, and a moment of reflection on the summer that was. For us, it began on June 25, when we left Newport to drive to Los Angeles; arriving 5500 miles later. We enriched our view of the United States, still having seen only a small part of what the country has to offer. For my part, the greatest change was the west. It’s natural beauty and sheer vastness. It truly has a different scale of time, distance and size. It is hard to pinpoint the singular moments and places that most touched us.
It also marked our 40 wedding anniversary; a milestone that we were able to enjoy in a different way; crossing the country to see our children and grandchildren.