Other Water Fronts
Just returned from a wedding in California where we visited three kinds of water, not to worry about it, or tell people what to do with it, or pontificate about it, but just to do the best things possible with it:
Just returned from a wedding in California where we visited three kinds of water, not to worry about it, or tell people what to do with it, or pontificate about it, but just to do the best things possible with it:
Prologue If the streets of New England had still been iced over on January 8th, we probably wouldn’t have taken the drive to Cape Cod for our anniversary. Instead we’d have taken the train into Boston for a nice dinner. And that would have been a shame. Since Provincetown lies at the far northern tip…
The day after Christmas, Atlantic City taunted us. The peak of a slant-roofed tower rose out of the sea soon after we left Manasquan. It continued to grow all day and was joined by other, smaller towers, but for hours they remained Atlantis-like, half-sunk in the ocean. It seemed they would never draw closer, we…
If my time in Nassau exposed a series of fears, traveling through the Exumas brought me back to my preferred state: adventure. Of course, the two are often intertwined. And really: What is Adventure? Pretty much everything you encounter while traveling is an adventure. Just going grocery shopping can qualify. Once you figure out which…
There are Many Things to be Anxious About When Cruising Learning to sail a boat. Leaving the safety of home. Crossing borders. Meeting new people. I’ve felt all these excitements and anxieties since we took off on this voyage in April of 2022. And then there’s real fear. Mine crops up before a long sail…
Christmas Day Traditions Even when family is far away, you gotta get up early Christmas morning. This year, our only wish was to catch the outgoing tide for a cruise down the river to the sea. The forecast was for sun, 75 degrees and no wind. Since we haven’t yet replaced the sails we took…
How many Northwesterners would like to be doing this right now? Raise your mittens! Photo of boys playing in Maui surf by Mari Hotchkiss.