We left San Francisco on February 10, 2010 with a plan to head south to Mexico and then make the innocently named "puddle jump" to the South Pacific (!!) this spring. From there, who knows?!?!?!? Maybe Fiji? Australia? New Zealand? For now, we're just thrilled to finally be out at sea! 
Last week, we took a trip to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary just outside of Brisbane. Along with Koalas, the LPS has a variety of other animals, reptiles and birds that are native to Australia. I was super excited to go because their website promised 1) you could hold a koala; 2) you could feed […]
Entries Tagged as 'Fun Stuff'
Who wants a Roo? (aka our trip to the Lone Pine Sanctuary)
November 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Australia, Famous Firsts, First Mates, Fun Stuff, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions, The End
Tags: Brisbane·Kangaroos·Koalas·Lone Pine Sanctuary·wildlife
Better (thank you!) late than (thank you!) never…
August 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Cheers!!, Debauchery, Fun Stuff, Mexico, Somebody likes us
Not that the Gees will be surprised or anything at my tardiness, but here’s a BIG THANK YOU to some awesome awesome friends, a few months late, for treating us to drinks in Mexico 🙂 ******************************************************************************************** AND another thank you to Mark M. and his wife for also treating us to a fun evening out […]
Tags: La Cruz
God bless the internet
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fellow Cruisers, Fun Stuff, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Somebody likes us, The beginning
For those who may not know, Matt and I met online. Yes, we are one of the (now) many couples who successfully negotiated through all the lies and faked pictures, were lucky enough to avoid the horror stories, and found the love of our life on WWW.MATCH.COM. Were it not the for the internet, I […]
Winner of the Vandella CD!
January 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Fun Stuff, Giveaways
Congrats to my good friend THADDEUS for being *randomly* chosen as the winner of the Vandella CD!  Thad, I’ll get that in the mail to you before we leave, I promise 🙂 Matt and I appreciate your recommendation to bring along “The Joy of Sex.” 🙂  We plan to check it out next time we […]
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Deserted Islands and a VANDELLA CD – the perfect combo :)
January 13th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Fun Stuff, Giveaways
In honor of our good friend Jeff and his upcoming adventures, I am giving away his band’s latest CD to one lucky commenter!! VANDELLA has an awesome sound, a sort of folk-rock style, and their concerts are fabulous. IN FACT, if you’re in San Francisco **THIS THURSDAY** please go see them at the Red Devil […]
Tags: friendships·San Francisco·sharing