In June we traveled through Normandy and took part in the D Day celebrations. On our way back to Paris we spent a few days in Giverny to check out Monet’s garden with my sister and her family. Then, we took ourselves to Italy! We started in Rome then took the train to Florence and on to …
As cruisers, a shore kit is standard issue. If you are a self-reliant family that just rowed your dinghy to shore for a 4-mile hike to the top of a volcano on an uninhabited island… you better be ready for anything. But, I’ve found that my handy shore kit gets just as much use if …
It has been the coldest February on record for much of the North West. That is quite a change from our last winter which was spent in the South Pacific. But, despite the somber music, written and sung by my amazing sister last month when we were together, we are enjoying the cold and the …