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! 
**Note – all the really great evening/night pictures were taken by JON! Can you see why we are loving it here?!?!?!? 🙂
Entries Tagged as 'Beautiful'
Scenes from Brisbane
November 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Australia, Beautiful, shoe-cruising
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Dear Brisbane, will you marry me?
November 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Beautiful, First Mates, shoe-cruising
After just one day of a LOT of walking around, I am SO SO SO SO SO in love with Brisbane!!! I’ve never responded to a city this way before, not even Paris, and I am a wee bit jealous that Jon will have so much more time to get to know this place. Despite […]
Goodbye to big sky country: November 10 – our last day at sea
November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, First Mates, Life on the Boat, Passages, The End
As the end draws near, I’m becoming a bit more sentimental. Ha. Our last sunrise at sea: Our last sunset at sea: Thanks be to a glorious God who has provided so many spectacular skies along the way.
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The Volcano at Port Resolution, Tanna, Vanuatu
October 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Beautiful, Famous Firsts, Our Route, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions, Vanuatu
Since we knew we would be staying in Fiji for so long, it was never in our original plans to go to Vanuatu. Yes, we had heard interesting things about it, but we just felt like we didn’t have enough time. But, as fortune would have it, we randomly ran into fellow cruisers S/V Victoria […]
Tags: Crazies and Wackos·Port Resolution·Tanna·volcano·Yasur
Fiji Highlight: Hiking on Waya Island & a lesson in boat kid hygiene
October 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, Cruising with Friends, Fellow Cruisers, Fiji, Shore Excursions
Our second week in Fiji, first week with our guests, we were finally able to reunite with our cruising friends on IO and Totem. We hadn’t seen them in far too long, so we made plans to meet them at the southern anchorage on Waya Island, in Yalobi Bay. Although we haven’t spent as much […]
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Neiafu, Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga – a break from the sea (sort of)
September 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Beautiful, Boat Work, Our Route, shoe-cruising, Tonga
Vava’u is beautiful. We arrived fairly late in the day, dropping anchor in the lingering moments after sunset in a small cove just shy of the main port of Neiafu. I woke up the next morning and instantly fell in love with Vava’u – birds singing and chirping, clear blue water, and lush green tropical […]
Going where not even Google has gone… Beveridge Reef (Aug. 19-23)
September 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Adventures in the Dinghy, Beautiful, Our Route, Passages
After a loooongg nine-days of sailing, we finally spotted the white spray of breaking waves far off in the distance. This was our first glimpse of Beveridge Reef, a partially submerged coral reef in the middle of the ocean. As we got closer, Matt pointed out the lagoon, a flat shimmering line just beyond the […]
Tags: Beveridge Reef·snorkeling
Tahanea – another awesome atoll (June 11-14)
June 17th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Beautiful, French Polynesia, Our Route, Tuamotus
As the sun rises, the horizon recedes. Blue fades into blue and islands of palms float suspended in the sky. After Makemo, we had a better idea of what to expect in the atolls, but, still, we were again overwhelmed with the absolute beauty of Tahanea. There was one other boat here when we arrived […]
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Makemo – Our Private Paradise (June 8-11)
June 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Beautiful, French Polynesia, Our Route, Tuamotus
After four days of uncomfortable, miserable sailing from Fatu Hiva, just when I was ready to throw in the towel and tell Matt I would be ditching the boat as soon as we got to Tahiti, we arrived at Makemo – anchored all alone in our own spectacularly beautiful, private little atoll in the Tuamotus. […]
Hanavave, Fatu Hiva – The famous Bay of Virgins (May 31-June 4)
June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Beautiful, French Polynesia, Marquesas, Our Route, Shore Excursions
After several days spent snorkeling and enjoying the crystal clear blue waters of Hanamenoa, we decided it was time to move on to Fatu Hiva, our last stop in the Marquesas. To time our arrival at the Bay of Virgins for early morning, we left Hanamenoa just before sunset and headed out into fluky winds. […]