Recently, Jen and I were interviewed by David Anderson from the Sailing Podcast. David is based in Queensland, Australia and his goal is to share real stories about sailing and cruising. “The people he interviews share their story with the idea to help you realize your dream of sailing away.” Here is a link to…
It is hard to believe that it’s been two years since we sold our house in Indiana and started this journey. We are now off the boat and have moved into a rental home in Asheville, North Carolina. We have had many transitions over the last few months so I thought it would be fun to…
Last week was a big week of “4s” on our boat. I turned the big 4-0 and Maria turned 4. I’m not a big gift person but I was hoping for one thing on my birthday…for my parents to be with me. A year ago I started planting the seed with them that they should…
When we sailed to Eleuthera, we thought we’d only be here for a few days before heading on to the Exumas. But we’ve stayed a lot longer than a few days. The more time we spend in Eleuthera, the more we fall in love with it. Here’s a recap of our last week and why…
Bimini consists of three islands and is the closest Bahamian island chain to the US. Most cruisers come to Bimini to check in through customs and immigration, grab some diesel, spend the night at a marina for a night or two and be on their way to the farther out islands in the Bahamas. But our…
I’ve been wanting to get a blog post out for awhile about my love for essential oils. Since we’ve been here for another week in Miami waiting for safe weather to cross over to the Bahamas, I finally have the time to write this post. I have fallen in love with essential oils and their medicinal…
Adagio splashed 7 days ago and she is happy to be back in the water and so are we. Here she was on the hard last week and being transported back to the water. We have been busy this last week unpacking, provisioning, and meeting other boaters. Here’s Camden on the boat with our boxes from…
So my parents just left yesterday. I am super close with them and my heart actually hurts today. It feels like something is missing. Driving the 15 minutes to Maria’s school this morning, I missed my dad because he came with me to drop her off each day. We chatted and laughed the whole way. And…
Last Sunday Joellen turned double digits! She was pumped to be the big 1-0. If turning ten is not exciting enough, it was made that much sweeter by having my parents here to celebrate (the kids call them Mimi and Jaybird). When Joellen woke up, we asked her what she wanted to do on her big…
Three weeks ago Marc’s parents came to visit us here in Costa Rica. Months ago when we started to plan for their visit, Marc and I of course thought…”Let’s take them to the beach!” But the more we lived here in the mountains of the Central Valley, the more we realized Marc’s parents would have more fun staying…
Love at First Sail 