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! 
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!! We had a great turkey day the Aussie way, throwin’ some brats on the barbie with the only other US boat we knew in the area. It was such an enjoyable time. I felt really happy that we could still celebrate the holiday with a nice day with friends and throwing the […]
Entries Tagged as 'thankful'
Let’s say GRACE – over and over and over
November 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Australia, Cheers!!, Fellow Cruisers, Life on the Boat, Random Thoughts, Shore Excursions, Somebody likes us, The End
Tags: Brisbane·Holidays·thankful·thanksgiving
The end of the line.
November 11th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Australia, Cheers!!, Famous Firsts, First Mates, Our Route, Passages, The End
Brisbane. We’re here. I can’t believe it. The ultimate destination we talked about for so long. We certainly took the long way around. But, we made it. Australia.
The Moms in Moorea (July 24-30)
August 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · French Polynesia, shoe-cruising, Shore Excursions, Society Islands, Somebody likes us, Thoughts on Family
Wow. What a whirlwind week. The moms arrived in Tahiti last Friday, after a long day of traveling – Sandy (Matt’s mom) from New Jersey, my mom (Vicki) from California. Matt and I had planned to surprise them at their hotel, but their late arrival combined with the lack of buses combined with our hunger […]
Love, Tahiti style
July 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · First Mates, French Polynesia, Random Thoughts, Society Islands
TRUE LOVE IS….. ** spending an entire day walking around downtown Papeete with your wife, willingly going into every women’s clothing boutique in a FIVE BLOCK radius, waiting patiently while she tries on outfit after outfit after outfit, occasionally bringing her even more clothes to try on, not losing it when she starts to cry […]
Tags: Marriage·Papeete·shopping·Tahiti·thankful·Woman on a Boat
Making Landfall (May 8, 2010)
May 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Famous Firsts, French Polynesia, Marquesas, Nuku Hiva, Pacific Crossing
In the dark, the island was a foreboding dark mass on the horizon, a threatening black image on the radar screen. After being at sea for so long, seeing nothing for weeks, and falling into a pleasant state of not worrying about running into anything, it felt strangely scary to suddenly be within three miles […]
Tags: accomplishments·happiness·Nuku Hiva·Pacific Crossing·Taiohae Bay·thankful·Woman on a Boat
WE DID IT!!! We are in the Marquesas!
May 9th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Our Route, Pacific Crossing, Passages
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!! WE MADE IT!!!!!!! we are in the south pacific and holy smokes, i can’t believe we’re really here. After 25 days at sea. Lord have mercy, I am really really really really really glad to not be moving anymore! I’ve wondered for days now how to write this post. Honestly, I wish that I […]
Tags: accomplishments·Faith·happiness·Introspection·Marquesas·Marriage·Nuku Hiva·Pacific Crossing·South Pacific·thankful·Woman on a Boat
We’re Off!!*
February 10th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Our Route, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
Hopefully, by the time most of you read this, we will be far away from Emeryville, completely FREE of our slip, and making 6-8 knots downwind, beginning our grand adventure. If this miracle happens, I probably won’t post for a few days – well, no guarantees – because we are going to try and sail […]
Tags: friendships·San Francisco·thankful·winter·Woman on a Boat
Change is in the air, and I’m thankful for it!
November 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Introspection, Life Lessons, On Faith, Preparing for the trip, The beginning
Among the thousands of things I have to be thankful for, the one that is standing out a bit more right now is – CHANGE. Of course, most of the time, I only like change when there is a “guaranteed” benefit for me, but I would also say that, in general, I just like it […]
Tags: Faith·happiness·Introspection·passion & purpose·thankful