life changes
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Living on a sailboat, Is it worth it?
It’s hard to say right now if it’s worth the sacrifices living on a sailboat. But the truth is, we really haven’t experienced boatlife yet. We’ve experienced dock life. And there is a difference. Boatlife and docklife are always going to encompass work. Your engines will break down. Hoses need to be replaced. Decks need cleaning. Dishes need washing. Sails need mending. Take your pick, Continue reading
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Lightning!
I’ve heard, mostly on TV or social media, people who were near lightning strikes say that the hair on the back of their neck stood up. Or one guy told me his friend’s hair was sticking straight up right before lightning struck nearby. I’ve never experienced that. Of course, I don’t know if I’ve ever Continue reading
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Start of Boatlife
People always said that cruising on a boat is simply fixing a boat in exotic places…I’m ready for the exotic places to begin. In early August I flew down to Florida to begin preparations for the boat to go in the water. Then at the end of that week, One Life would go in the Continue reading
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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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Traveling with Dogs
We have two dogs. A Gordon Setter and a Shih Tzu mix of some sort. When we first started planning this adventure, especially the sailing part, a lot of people asked, “What about your dogs? Are they coming with you?” My first, obvious, gut reaction, was “Of course!” Then I started wondering, how does that 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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Sand Dunes and Camping
Once we left Cheyenne, we headed south to the Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, in the southern portion of Colorado. I’ve seen sand dunes before, just north of Rock Springs, WY, there’s a batch of sand dunes. Great Sand Dunes is a bit different though. To see the mountains, trees, a couple of rivers, Continue reading
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…And We’re Off!
What’s next?! I haven’t written since our trip to see One Life and load her up with some stuff from the house…but by now, school’s out. So what are we up to? We just began an epic road trip that started at Sand Dunes National Park, heading over to Mesa Verde National Park after that 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
The Great Wander 