Date Night
The guidebook said it was a sketchy town—a tourist had been held up at gunpoint a year ago. We left the cell phones and wallets locked on the boat and climbed into the dinghy to explore.
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Îles De La Petite Terre
The French Carribean island of Guadaloupe is shaped like a butterfly. About 10 miles off the bottom of its right wing lies a piece of heaven.
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Cat On Cat: Rough Seas
I do not like rough seas
I do not like them at all
It’s frightening I can say that
It’s no place for a princess cat
Hurricane Wrath
There was little information on the current state of Barbuda following the hurricane. Many speculated so much sand had shifted that navigation might indeed land you aground.
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Antigua: Going Ashore
Entering Jolly Harbor after 14 days of being at sea is like seeing a rainbow after a storm. We’re giddy, but also apprehensive about re-entry.
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Destination: Antigua
We settled into a routine for our 14-day off-shore passage. Only a few hundred miles from our destination, we would face the ultimate crisis at sea.
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Provisioning For A Passage
I grew up in the National Park Service where the major grocery store was often 100 miles away. Fast forward through motherhood and backpacking trips and I feel well-equipped to provision a boat. Oh sea sickness…I hadn’t considered that.
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Lightning: Friend Or Foe?
There’s no better place to understand weather than in Antarctica–pelting ice blew sideways and 40mph winds threatened to blow us off the mountain. It was the moment I realized how much I love intense weather.
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Happenstance
I love how a day unfolds completely unexpectedly. How your road less travelled turns into one with many travelers. Take today for example–I was sure our sailing adventures were over.
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50 Shades Of Gray
Snowshoeing across Antarctica is a barren landscape. You take away wildlife, plants, even rocks, and you are left with a monochromatic landscape as far as the eye can see.
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More Projects
The risk of 70 feet of steel falling on the ground or onto the boat was too much to watch. I hid in the closet with the cat.
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Cat On Cat: How Did I Get Here?
There’s a door open and I can see my dad’s clothes in a big dark quiet box. I’m going in the box and staying there for the rest of my life.
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Barefoot With A Wool Hat
Until this week I couldn’t take off enough clothes to stay cool. Now, just following Hurricane Harvey, I cannot steal enough body heat to stay warm.
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Meet the Parents
Every parent wants to know how their children are doing. On day two when my dad announced he wanted to go for a swim, I was certain he would never reappear.
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Where We’re Headed
We arrived in mainland Europe in August 2022 and covered 1200 miles across the Mediterranean. We left Gémeaux in Sicily for the winter and are now back onboard exploring Croatia and Greece for the spring and summer of 2023.
Where We’ve Been
Allen's Cay in The Bahamas