Boat necessities

With right at 30 days left before we move aboard, we’ve been busy watching TV, drinking beer, telling our employers about our plans, and stocking up on important necessities for GIRO, like:     Ahem. We may have a theme.

A Storm, a Sailboat, and a SUP…

… all go on Spring Break together… Our first full week aboard GIRO since Mosquito-gateTM, and we have another badass story to tell. It was Spring Break 2016… and we were excited to spend our days lounging on the boat fixing everything on our to-do list,  sailing in the wind getting the eff off the dock, and embracing […]

12, 18, 16

12 The number of years Matt and I have been married! Today is our anniversary. In the last 12 years, we have: lived in four homes lived in three cities raised four kids (two from Matt’s previous marriage – now all grown up teenagers!) survived two custody battles owned seven pets: six dogs and one […]

Crossing the Gulf of Mexico – Part Three

Our final episode of the 2015 Gulf Crossing Trilogy. Warning, this post is more image intensive than the prior two. A picture is worth a thousand words right? Well, if that’s the case then this post should read like War and Peace. Just kidding, I’m not that eloquent, nor do I have the patience to […]

Crossing the Gulf of Mexico – Part Two

HOLY CRAP! Our last post was November when I wrote about part one of the crossing! We really need to do a better job of getting these posts out. I hope everyone had a Happy Holidays. Now that we’re back we’ll pick up where we left off. In our last episode we left Fort Lauderdale, […]