4/1/20 - Make early decision to settle on dry land for another year, get job, buy car, One step backwards. Our newest plan, but we’re still not 100% on board. Covid-19. Need I say more? 6/10/20 - (Father’s Day) Arrived back in Newburyport, after departing Culebra on Mother’s Day. Another memorable journey. 8/1/20 - Early …
Category: Thoughts
Coldness Approaches – Back To Maine
I always find it difficult to reduce the word count, as there’s just way too much to regurgitate, many weeks of priceless cruising memories, into just a few paragraphs. For the readers running short on time, feel free to skim, but I’m breaking this overflowing bowl of trick-or-treat goodies into larger bite-size mouthfuls. Enjoy! First …
How Much Is Really Necessary?
It’s starting to feel cold now as we approach September, cruising the beautiful outer Maine islands. Yesterday, our morning satellite weather forecast confirmed that we’d be seeing a strong NW wind starting overnight. We impatiently waited for fog to lift from our exposed anchorage on the north side of Isle Au Haut. Couldn’t beat the …
Simple Things…
Maine’s pretty nice. I can’t say we’ve ever before sailed our home into a more serene and tranquil location than this little area north of Pemaquid. We’re tucked nicely into a very quiet cove, sheltering from the strong northerlies predicted today. At least two species of diving ducks, cormorants, plovers, eagles and other birds I …
Goo Goo For Glitter
Travel blog - shmavel blog. When not traveling what does one write about in one's travel blog? Maybe about something we come across often in our recent travels? How about a realization of an often seen, and commonly drawn-to phenomenon? Hint: What appears mostly over water? How convenient that we just happen to live (literally …