The Mississippi Avenue Street Fair, in Portland, is one of our favorites. It’s always an eclectic group of people and food, and somehow it always seems to fall on the nicest weather day of the year. “Oh, Mexico…It sounds so sweet with the sun sinking low…” Getting him ready for … Read More
Lewis River
It’s not often I get to meet up with my business partner—really, any time we are able to meet up with friends it is a random occurrence in which we all end up at the same place at the same time. But here we were, just an hour apart, so … Read More
Mount St. Helens
We’re out in Portland for a bit helping Grammy out with some stuff around the house. We’re always thankful that we get to come visit her in Portland—it’s such a great town with so much to see and do close by. But then again, when we’re here we also tend … Read More
Portland-y
When I was leaving Florida I had to figure out what to do with Crabby, the hermit crab who is now 150 years old in hermit crab years. For some insane reason, airlines don’t allow a hermit crab on a plane—if you have a 90 pound Lab, he can sit … Read More
Hurricane Season Haul-Out
With nowhere to go for two days I was able to just hang on the boat, work, and… nope, that’s about it. No people came through, no going ashore, no swimming. Just quiet—except for the water being released from Lake Okeechobee. The morning that the railroad bridge opened up, the … Read More
Florida… Again.
Storms blew in and blew out, and pretty soon it was time to make our run across the Gulf Stream back to Florida. A few hours later we were in Fort Lauderdale, and as always seems to happen—like a sign—when we return to the States, a squall popped up. We … Read More
Andros Island
Once back in the Bahamas the weather turned in our favor and we got some calm following seas to continue on towards the States. From Staniel Cay we hopped across the Tongue of the Ocean to Andros Island. We weren’t sure if the weather was going to hold or not … Read More
Still Moving Together
The next few days were mostly just a blur of motoring downwind with a stiff breeze and hefty seas. Most of our hops seemed to be around 65 miles—nicely spaced for a solid 8 hour run, some afternoon playtime, and a good night of sleep. We left the crappy anchorage … Read More
Running Downwind
Our original “plan” this season had been to cruise down to the Dominican Republic, and then head over to Puerto Rico to let the boat ride out a few hurricanes while we visited family. I put plan in quotes because we never really had anything set up. We had a … Read More
JoJo the Dolphin
After a couple rolly nights off of Grace Bay we moved further north a few miles. Nice enough spot, but the tour boats are relentless here—dozens upon dozens of them flying past all day long, to take the tourists to an “uninhabited” island. When we have to tell the kids … Read More
From Wreck to Wreck
After a few windy days hunkered down in a marina on the south side of Providenciales, we headed out for a run back up around to the north side of the island. Between the south side, and the north side, we were able to make a nice stop on the … Read More