dreams
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Silverton Train and Mesa Verde
You’ve probably already picked up on this, but after the Great Sand Dunes National Park and the Rio Grande National Forest, we made our way to Mesa Verde National Park and the Durango area. After being at the campsite outside of Great Sand Dunes, when we saw we had showers at Mesa Verde, we were Continue reading
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Camp Cooking
There are Amazon affiliate links in this post. If you follow the link and buy the product from Amazon, you will not be charged more, but I will get a portion of purchase. Leaving Sand Dunes National Park, we headed west to Mesa Verde National Park and the Durango area. I don’t know that words Continue reading
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Change your Question
When I was in the seventh, eighth grade, I bought a Canon T50. I had a 35mm to 55 mm lens and a 75mm to 200mm zoom lens as well. It came as a package is my recollection. I had that camera until probably the early 2000s when it finally died. As we have Continue reading
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Engines
YouTube is not sailing. I know this. It’s a slightly romanticized version of living on a boat, but there’s a lot that you can’t learn from YouTube, like when to reef your mainsail. Or how to turn the boat to minimize the slapping of the waves on the bridge deck. There’s a lot that you Continue reading
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Pirates!
One of the most frequent questions I get is, “Are you afraid of pirates?” or “I’d be worried about pirates, aren’t you?” Piracy is defined as the act of attacking or robbing ships at sea. So, what I think I’m being asked is aren’t you afraid of someone attacking you or trying to steal your Continue reading
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Loss
Last weekend we traveled to Connecticut to attend my grandmother’s funeral. She was 95 and died peacefully in her sleep. Although I hadn’t seen her in 5 years, I did talk to her several times a year, probably not as much as I could have, but we did talk. Reflecting back, her initial reaction to Continue reading
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One Lobster
About five years ago, a spearfisherman was fishing for lobster near his anchorage in the Bahamas. Diving in the turquoise blue waters that surround the Bahamian Islands, he had a very productive day. After returning to his catamaran, he and his wife knew that they had an extra lobster that they wouldn’t eat that day. Continue reading
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Next Steps
Disclaimer: This post contains an affiliate link to Amazon.com. If you buy using the link you do not pay any more for the book, but we will get a portion of the purchase price. So, the biggest questions I have gotten after the holiday season are, 1) Did you go see your boat over the Continue reading
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Weekend Outing
We are no longer homeowners as I mentioned last week. Now, there’s still a lot to do to get ready, but we can work on the sorting, shopping list creating, etc. on the weekends and evenings without having to worry as much about house projects too. I still need to mow, but it’s a lot Continue reading
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Things are getting real
There’s been a lot happening in the last 10 weeks. Let me explain. In early July, Sandy was looking on Facebook and found a house for rent that looked like it might be a good fit for us. We could have the dogs, there was a fenced back yard, rent was comparable to our current Continue reading
The Great Wander 