Adventure
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The Orca
I sailed across the Atlantic last year. I was part of the crew on another boat. We were a week away from the Azores. Sailing had been tough for a little over a day. There had been 30 to 35 knots of wind for about 36 hours. The waves were between 9 and 12 feet… Continue reading
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Prairie Dog
“Did someone say parasail?” his head popped up through the cabin hatch, just like a prairie dog popping up out of it’s hole. Michael and I looked at each other and burst into laughter. “What?!” Jacob exclaimed. “It’s nothing, just the way you popped up. It’s like you were waiting for this.” He grinned, “Yeah,… Continue reading
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Five Things I’ve Learned Living on a Boat
Some of this is repeated from previous blog posts, but I thought a compilation of a few of my learnings might be fun, plus there’s some new stuff in here too. Living on a boat is different from living in a house, in some ways not a lot different, but in some ways, very different.… Continue reading
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Departure Update
On Facebook, when I published last week’s post, I wrote that we were hoping to leave for St. Augustine the next day. I later posted that it was not a full blog post, but that we didn’t get to depart. The more I’ve thought about it, there really is a story there that I think… Continue reading
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Everything breaks…all the time…it’s a boat!
When we first made the decision to sell everything and buy a boat for travel, my grandmother said, “Don’t do it. Your grandfather was always fixing something on his boat. Everything was always breaking. You’ll always be working on it.” I thought to myself, well, I’m always fixing something in the house, how can it… Continue reading
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Spending a week away from the dock at Julington Creek.
As we got ready to leave Green Cove for a little while, we knew we wanted to stay on the St. Johns River. It’s still hurricane season. We’ve weathered three hurricanes now in Green Cove and have done pretty well, though Helene was really rough even though we were just on the outer edges of… Continue reading
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Storm prep…Hurricane is coming!
As I am writing this, Hurricane Helene is barreling toward the big bend of Florida. The track looks like it’s going to take it right over Tallahassee, or nearby there. The width of the storm is over 400 miles and we will catch the outer edges of the storm sometime later in the evening. Daily,… Continue reading
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Knowing there’s always more to learn!
When I was writing last week’s post about the trip that ended (for me) in Key West, I had a few people ask me, “What made that trip worthwhile?” I tried to answer that question . .while I was writing about the importance of keeping up with the weather. It became too much and too… Continue reading
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Currents of Progress
Once we found the Mobile Marine Electrical things started moving. In fact, now we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for electrical work. They have been great, in fact even coming out here on a Saturday to make sure that we had a solid battery charging system. While they have done a lot… Continue reading
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Adjustments in the back-country
The Wind River mountains are amazing. The ruggedness of the peaks as you drive up highway 191 toward Pinedale, WY is astounding. I love to drive up there just to see the peaks from the highway. They are both inviting and unforgiving. If you make a mistake in that wilderness, it could be your last,… Continue reading
