Working on the Water Again

Working on the Water Again

Life is good.  Life is very, very good.  Not only do we have our world bursting at the seams on the homestead, I’ve started a new adventure back on the salt this summer.  I’ve gotten my ASA sailing instructor credentials and have set a...
Renaming a Boat With Neptune’s Blessing

Renaming a Boat With Neptune’s Blessing

It’s quite possible that there are more nautical superstitions than there are nautical facts. With so many unknowns out on the high seas, and with so many variables that a sailor has no control over, it’s natural that we have become prone to grasping at...
Introducing Our New Boat: Dowitcher

Introducing Our New Boat: Dowitcher

Perhaps the excitement of a new boat went to my head just a bit as I began making plans for a journey to the far reaches of the earth in our lovely little Dowitcher.  I apologize if anyone got their hopes up due to my zeal.  Revisions to the journey will include a...
We Bought Us A Boat

We Bought Us A Boat

The high seas beckon once again. Cape Horn, the Southern Ocean, Good Hope, the Somali Coast and the Red Sea…all these once distant dreams are now a real possibility. We are whole again. Our souls fulfilled again. We have bought a boat! I dream of Intrepid...
The Alaska Report

The Alaska Report

As some of you may have noticed, the blog stagnated last month. Although we do have our hands full here on the farm, it was more directly related to my working sojourn to the north seas of Alaska. In addition to my home-based GIS business, I don the captain hat when I...