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Take a Left, Just Past the Big Red Bridge
March 10, 2022 Two months in the boatyard combined with all that life continued to throw at us had taken its toll. It was the first days of August and our mast was finally going back in. We had less than two days left of our four weeks of vacation with the kids and mentally,…
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The Boatyard; Would this be our Waterloo?
March 2, 2022 In the past, whenever I thought about us one day finally ‘casting off the dock lines’, I have to admit I had imagined it being a joyous and exuberant event. I had romanticized it, Charles and I, our hands held aloft in victory, me spinning like Mary Tyler Moore as we boldly…
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It Started with a Question
February 22, 2022 What a difference a year makes. I realized today that it was approximately one year ago that our lives began to seriously shift towards finally realizing our dream of cruising. It started inadvertently with an idea to move the boat to Monterey for the upcoming summer vacation with the kids. The plan…