80 Days Living Aboard – 8 of our Favorite Things
Before we get to our favorite things… first things first – GIRO is a sailing vessel again! Can I get a whoop-whoop!? We took her out for a spin this past weekend and it was as glorious as I remember. You know, since the last time I hoisted the sails. More than a year ago. During our week-long […]
We Launched, But Are We Sailing Around the World Yet??!!
When we set our launch date as June 20, we did it based on the sale of our house. We thought our boat would be fixed by this date after our lightning strike in March. We gave that date to the contractor dude… Have everything fixed by June 20. But the closer we got to launch day, […]
Expectations vs. Reality
Life is funny. We all walk around with certain expectations about things. Sometimes without even realizing we have formed them. Our subconscious creates them. Have you ever been to a movie that was hyped up so much before you saw it that you walked out of the theater thinking, “that was good, but it wasn’t […]
We live on a boat…
We did it. We have officially moved onto our boat, GIRO. WE LIVE ON A BOAT. We said goodbye to our two acres and 3100 sf house and almost all of its contents. We rented a 50 sf storage unit. And we moved probably way too much stuff to our 380 sf sailboat. (FYI.. If you are […]
No one believes you.
When you tell people that one day you will live on a boat and sail around the world, they smile and say, “That would be awesome! I would love to do something like that. Who wouldn’t??” And you say, “Yes! Exactly!” And they don’t believe you. Because they’ve probably dreamed about something similar, too. But it is just […]