Category Adventure

Some new things have happened over the last couple of days — first and possibly most exciting being that yesterday morning we had three flying squid on our deck and then today we had our first flying fish on deck…

Some quick observations from the first couple of days: We’ve been trying to take it easy on ourselves and the boat these first few days while we settle into the routine. The water is getting bluer and the temperature, while…

And we’re off! C’est parti (en français) — 2,820 miles to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands — and somewhere between 14-21 days most likely. Thank you to Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club for hosting our last stop. See you on…

As you may have noticed from our broken recently fixed website and lack of updates until now, it has taken Conor and I some months to regroup. To refresh everyone’s memory, including our own, we last left you all in…

The REO Speedwagon song Roll With the Changes has at various times in my life has been an anthem to listen to at loud volume while dancing and singing and of course air-guitaring. This song returns once again to be…

A huge thank you and big hugs to every person who messaged, posted, called, and texted to say hello and send good cheer to us. It really has been lifting our spirits! And I have realized that I’ve not been…

The Mexico administrative saga continues — I won’t bore you with details but suffice to say nothing has been going smoothly and there seem to be roadblocks at every turn. So we continue to be in San Pedro, Los Angeles,…

Many of the relatively few people who read this already know, but for the rest of you it’s time for a story of diplomacy, deceit, and decisions. Also forgive any factual errors here – I’m definitely not a Mexican maritime…

My friend Sam recently got me into dinosaurs. This is a woman who can geek out to some sci-fi, hike the Sierras and forage for edible foods like a bad-a$$, and is super into dinosaurs. As in, people give her…