October was filled to the brim. We got lots of horse riding into the books, wine harvesting, fun with friends and family and the girls created and delivered a presentation about their lives as boat kids to a bunch of 5th-grade classes. We were also able to help evacuate the horses when the Kincade …
Cruiser Hacks
I am very excited to have finally published our “Hacks” page. This has been in the works for a while and I’ve been slowly chipping away at it. I hope that it is very useful for soon-to-be cruisers and long term travelers. The idea is that it is a little corner of the website where …
September ’19 in One Moment a Day
Getting back into land life has involved some challenges and also some really lovely benefits. We’ve been enjoying the ability to reconnect with friends, to ride horses and to get some work done.
August ’19 in One Moment a Day
This may be my favorite “One Moment a Day” video we’ve done. That is due to my sister Karen, her songwriting skills, and the joy we find in singing and harmonizing together. She wrote this very sweet song while we were up at 8,000 feet enjoying campfires, fishing and watching our children enjoy a place …
House Sitting the World – The Ultimate Get-Started Guide
I think we have all heard about this world of house swapping or house sitting, but without a bit of research and a certain level of comfort around the idea, it’s hard to embrace. Cameron remembers the days when it was a monthly subscription newsletter delivered via snail mail. Thankfully the internet has made it …
July ’19 in One Moment a Day
We were off the grid for most of July. The girls had their first backpacking trip for 5 days in the Trinity Alps with our dear friends the Parrys. We all loved it and the girls attacked each day’s hike with great attitudes and spirit. We did 20 miles! It was a perfect pace for …
Interview With Panacea
Our friends Rikka and Tuomo Meretniemi on SV Panacea (a Swan 57), a cruising family out of Finland, asked us to contribute to their book. They provided us with some questions and we responded. Since the book will be in Finish, we thought that we might share our answers with you You can find out …
2 Nights in Venice
June 19 On June 19, in Florence Italy, we boarded a big red train that would take us from Florence to Venice. One hour and fifteen minutes later we arrived in Venice. We walked from the train station to the water bus with our 4 suitcases, 4 backpacks, and two instruments; a ukulele and a …
European Tour Part III
We arrived in the steamy capital of Italy and hopped a cab to our Airbnb. As the fairly young cabby looked at us over the top of his glasses he gave us Italian lessons, a sightseeing tour, lots of suggestions on where to eat gelato, which coffee places to avoid and where to find good …
European Tour Part II
We left off on our last post when we were house sitting in the little French village of Lerrain. We loved that experience and we are hooked on house sitting. If we could do that long term we would… but we have a boat to get back to! After leaving Lerrain we had a …