A Trampoline and Sprinkler Beat the Heat in Valier Montana

ByNancy August 18, 2012January 30, 2019

Image of kids on a trampoline and sprinkler

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Christmas Eve Is Where You Find It
December 28, 2012October 1, 2015

Far from family on our first Christmas Eve aboard, I felt unanchored and wanted to take part in some bit of tradition. But of course we needed to complete a project on the boat. We had all the parts except one and decided to use our West Marine reward certificates to pay for it, so…

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Memorial Day weekend
May 23, 2009January 25, 2019

I’ve sailed away from Puget Sound for a holiday in Portland, Oregon. Though the water here is river rather than salt, Portlanders (Porlandians? Portlandites?) are very connected to their waterfronts. The Willamette, which runs through downtown is a big activity center both on land and on the water. The Columbia, a major shipping waterway is…

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Your Fear Is The Most Boring Thing About You: A series of scary events in Nassau
October 5, 2023February 10, 2024

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…

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Unplanned Hiatus – Crabby
July 12, 2011January 30, 2019

Sigh. Returned home Friday from a week on the Washington and Oregon coasts with piles of notes and hundreds of pictures. I was all ready to create a series of articles about places and things coastal. But right after I managed to put up that one photo of a plant that looks like some kids…

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Hurricane Season in the Out Islands
May 29, 2024June 15, 2024

Sailing through the Bahamas means studying charts every single day. Sailing the Bahamas during Hurricane Season you’d better study the weather too.

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Provincetown Winter Getaway
January 13, 2013October 1, 2015

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…

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Paul Dukes says:

October 3, 2015 at 4:49 am

Beautiful pic! I miss my children already :) cant wait to see and play with them :)

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