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Read about our adventures as a family as we travel near and far.
We're currently building a shipping container home as well -- so follow along!

January 2, 2014

What It’s Only 7:30??

It’s really not hard to tire yourself when you have nothing you have to do all day. If someone had told me a few months ago I would be consistently going to bed before 9PM, I would not have believed…

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December 24, 2013

Ft. Lauderdale and Finally to The Bahamas

We have spent the last few weeks in Ft. Lauderdale in an anchorage called Lake Sylvia. Our first two nights in Florida were in a marina (which is very expensive) until the Captain on the next boat over told us…

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December 17, 2013

“It’s not sea sickness Mommy it’s boat sickness.”

Three days of shopping for provisions netted us about 10 lbs of frozen vegetables, 90 lbs of frozen meat, 100 or more can goods, several boxes of wine and a lot of beer, none of which I have wanted to…

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November 28, 2013

One Step Closer

Driving down the road in South Carolina on the way to our boat I am delighted by the remaining fall color still in view. I have always loved the many pine trees that line the roads in North and South…

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October 29, 2013

We are having technical difficulties……..Please stand by…..

As October ends and November begins we still find ourselves state-side.  We have run into a few problems with our departure date.  One of our crew members, Stephen, has had an accident and we will be waiting for a recovery…

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August 17, 2013

Really Big Learning Curve

Lately, I feel as if I am back in school learning something new every week. My first learning adventure was sailing school. I quickly found in sailing, nothing is the same as when you are on land. The kitchen is…

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August 17, 2013

Lists and More

As we prepare to embark on our journey we are constantly compiling lists.  Lists of things to do, lists of things we’ve done, lists of things to take and master lists of all the lists.  I’ve written the word lists…

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