When I recently returned home I had lots of good questions pop up from friends and family. How are the girls doing? Are they tired of the boat? The girls are doing remarkably well. They meet new friends in each place we arrive so they aren’t too lonely for good friends back home. They …
A friend of mine who is happily working on her own families cruising future asked about connectivity in Mexico. This was a huge question for me before we left so I thought I’d share our experiences. Mobile Phone Now, this might sound like an infomercial for T-Mobile. They have a great plan that provides us …
How Does Food Work on a Boat? I’ve been meaning to write about food for a while. This post has been languishing in my “working posts” file under construction and ignored. This is much like my cooking… I work on it, have high hopes, but it is sadly neglected. I have flights of fancy and …
Well, the anchorage antics never cease. In fact, I think this may be our main source of entertainment and occupation for the next several years. Cameron has so far earned two cans of beer, a can of chicken chili and a can of corned beef hash for his help in setting anchors, pulling anchors, detangling …
This month and next is all about working hard and playing hard. Last week, I arrived back home to Banyan in Long Beach after a two week trip to France and Napa. Cameron and the girls were living at a marina while I was away working. The trip to France was a research trip for a …
It seems fitting that I should give a bit of information about communication. We receive a lot of questions on this subject from friends and family. We are about to head out of Morro Bay. It’s been absolutely lovely here. We have become fans and supporters of the local community radio station, recharged our refrigeration …
When we share our plans with unsuspecting friends and family, we get a blank stare and furrowed brow for about 5 seconds, and then the questions start flowing. They are all great questions and I decided to answer a few here in short form. Yup! Homeschool… or boatschool. No, I haven’t totally figured out the …
The word plan is used very loosely. So… please don’t hold us to it! We realize though, that friends and family want some kind of framework to put around our upcoming travels. They need a visual idea of what the heck we are planning to do. So… HERE IT IS!!! Timeline March 2015 Leave from …
The following is a fairly concise version of the last 10 years of our lives. We did a lot of preparation for our journey to come, even while daily life went along with all the normal activities, challenges and joys, there were many small and large sacrifices that were made. At times it seemed like …
Cameron and I met in our very first class (Viticulture 101) at UC Davis as transfer students into the Viticulture and Enology Program in the fall of 1999. In late 2000 we started dating and I got to know him, his history and his dreams a bit more. Traditionally, I’m a land locked lady. I …