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 …
January started off in Indiana, but soon we were back in Canada. We took a lovely long weekend in Whitefish, Montana to visit my sister where we had lots of fun, playing music, making food and relaxing in a cabin in the woods. The weather has been pretty lovely, hovering just around freezing and with …
December was pretty awesome. We didn’t know at the beginning of 2018 that we would be able to be back with family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and boy was I glad that we were. We headed up to help a client and we jumped back into the rat race a bit, but we also got …
I guess I should throw in “Happy Thanksgiving” as well since It has been a while since my last post. The Vawters have left the water (not for good… don’t worry). After we settled Banyan into her slip in the marina near Whangarei, New Zealand, we quickly packed up our duffel bags and headed …
November rounded out our time on SV Banyan this year. We’ve gone from Mexico all the way to New Zealand on her this year and it feels like a wonderful blur. Our passage to New Zealand from Niue (via Tonga) was mercifully smooth but land is always a welcome sight. Also a welcome sight was …
October began on the national park island of Suwarrow in the Cook Islands. We had just arrived and were fortunate to be the only boat there for most of our 10 day stay. We explored the reef, swam with Giant Oceanic Mantas and explored Bird Island, a bird nesting sanctuary. We headed south to Niue, …
We had a ton of fun in September. Yes, it is a few months ago now… As you know, wifi has been basically non existent for us but now that we are in the land of wifi, it’s game on! We started out September in the Society Islands in French Polynesia. We were so blessed …
August was busy with lots of fun stuff. If you read our recent post, you know that we have met some great friends, worked, played, and have really been able to enjoy our time in paradise. Enjoy!
Whenever we are sitting in a city harbor, we don’t really feel like we are cruising. We feel like we are living in a small space where getting most things done is generally inconvenienced by that fact that we live on a small boat out at anchor. We met the families on SV Alondra and …
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 …