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:
When an event starts with a safety talk there’s a good possibility that things could go sideways. Sure enough, as soon as we passengers were educated in one hand for the ship etc., Captain Evans went on to explain that getting started on our sailing afternoon was not going to be as easy as we’d…
How many Northwesterners would like to be doing this right now? Raise your mittens! Photo of boys playing in Maui surf by Mari Hotchkiss.
One year ago today Tom and I declared our personal Independence Day, cast off the dock lines and headed out to cruise aboard Sunshine, our 32 foot Freedom. Since that day we’ve sailed to every state on the east coast of the U.S.
An annual tropical paradise anniversary vacation to escape the cold and damp of life along the 49th parallel. That’s what I envisioned as I spoke those early January vows.
Bimini to Great Harbor Cay, Berry Islands With the goal of crossing the Gulf Stream achieved, our perspective changed. We’d braved the open sea, and made it to a Bahamian island. The accomplishment obliterated self doubt about our seamanship skills – momentarily – while we soaked in new experiences of an unfamiliar land. Islands now…