We awoke early Monday morning to the violent slamming of the v-berth door. All thought flattened, compressed and buried, and we sat up to the roll of the waves on the beam. 5:15 am and somehow daylight. The last nights at anchor in Otranto had been mast moving and stern presenting but still somehow lulling. […]
“Can I come back?” A couple months ago, after returning from our trip abroad and well into homeschooling back in Folly Beach, Quinn made an error in judgement and was promptly kicked out of school (yes, that means ‘sent to his room’). Our session was interrupted by an airplane with those very words. Humbled, he […]
So clearly, we got a bit behind on our log here…but sometimes that happens when you are setting off to avoid complete solitude, vulnerability, excess seediness and find yourself instead settling amongst the sea turtles, boobies, and gorgeous coral reefs. We left our lovely serene anchorage in Vieques mainly because we were the only ones […]
Of all the possibilities of things that could go wrong, that of watching Madame Geneva float away after kayaking to a remote rocky coral beach off the coast of Esperanza was not one of them. Not even a flicker on the radar. So when Justin, half submerged in water with his snorkel mask stuck to […]
We got the call from Otto late on Saturday that he was stopping for fuel in San Juan and then continuing on to his final destination. The radio silence that proceeded this call seemed irrelevant; we were heading east on Sunday, Justin’s birthday, to meet up with Madame Geneva! He mentioned that the bow thruster wasn’t […]
What is she doing? I never know what she is doing…* Tracking Madame Geneva from her dip back into the drink on Friday to her ultimate destination on the eastern side of Puerto Rico is rather unnerving. When she left the coast of Florida, the Iridium Go email notification of where she is at all […]
Judging by where we are, where we’ve been, and what we’ve done so far on this next adventure the only thing I can say with any certainty is that I cannot predict what will happen next. Not a chance. Kelly described our painstakingly thoughtful and premeditated last minute dash to PR quite well I think. […]
When your boat is on the hard, you are stuck in so many ways. You can’t go where you were going (obvious) but you also cannot live where you were living. So our Fort Lauderdale experience was much appreciated by way of the hotel rooms…we were well taken care of but no closer to what […]
There is much to love in Miami. That is a rather unsuspecting comment coming from me. I understand. But oh how true. Now granted we did get five kid free days after many 24 7 weeks. But even still. Music in the streets? Check. Art? Check. Interesting architecture? Check. Hotter than a sauna? You got […]
What a contrast. Easy Gulf Stream crossing to Mia Marina in the heart of downtown. High rise skyscrapers all around the basin. Miami has a beat, a pulse. There is always music somewhere nearby. The marina has live bands at night and restaurants, daiquiri bars and free water! Madame Geneva is clean- a big deal- […]