We are having so much fun here at the anchorage in Marine Stadium. I drove down from Orlando in time for Christmas. First order of business: laundry. We had 12 loads of laundry to do and completely took over a local laundromat. Now that we had clean sheets, towels and…
We spent a couple of days in West Palm Beach anchored while a cold front came through. One evening we decided to dingy to shore for dinner. It was cold!!! 49 degrees and very windy. Aislin really really really wanted to bring Skipper along, which means eating outside, in the…
After a week of sailing school we still had a few things that needed to be fixed/ installed on the boat so we went to Titusville to meet up with our mechanic. Ben got some great pictures of the Titusville Municipal Marina –he was thrilled when they gave him 2…
We enrolled in sailing school with the Blue Water Sailing School out of Fort Lauderdale. While Kim is, of course, an excellent sailor and sailing instructor, and Benjamin certainly knows small boat sailing and racing, Aislin and I have a lot to learn. We have gotten pretty good at inshore…
Time to deck the halls on Wonderstruck and get it ready for Christmas. We set the mood with the Jimmy Buffett Christmas Island CD and went to work. We hung lights along the lifelines and around the cockpit. The weather was perfect, there was a nice breeze in the air. Kim and…
First destination from Daytona— Fort Lauderdale. We started traveling down the ICW (also known as the ditch). We only had a few small hiccups along the way. Overall the weather was beautiful. We were able to anchor out each night except in Vero Beach, they didn’t even have mooring…
With our family all together we had a wonderful week in Daytona. Aislin turned 13!!!! Can you believe it? We are now a family with TWO teenagers. We gave her the shirt she designed herself, and she appropriately pretended to be surprised when she opened the gift. She also got…
Finally we were off. Things are semi put away, still a lot more sorting to do. Kim and Aislin took off for Daytona Beach from Brunswick. I had to work and Ben was at a church retreat, so our dear friend, Bill, came along to help. He’s one of those…
It all started with a dream. The year was 2009, the kids were ages 5 and 3. I had recently had to say goodbye to my dog and best friend of 14 years, Lucy. We had moved to our house in Mount Dora, started to settle in the community there,…
The tiny house movement looks like so much fun; downsizing, getting down to the essentials. You and I have both watched those TV programs and dreamed of a simpler life. What they don’t show is the process. We moved from a 3000 sq foot house to about 700 sq feet…