With all our commitments done, we ventured into new territory; unscheduled travel. With nothing on the calendar but to get to Colorado before winter we waved goodbye to our Washington family and pointed Marcel further North West in hopes of making it to un-civilization before the sun set. Kerri had...
Kerri and I spent nearly a week living like regular folk; inside a house, on a regular bed, with running water, electricity, and a daily hot shower. This, so I could relieve my sister and brother in-law from parent-sitting for a weekend so they could get away for something fun....
Immediately we were traveling by the worst way; by a schedule. In just a few short days we needed to be at a predetermined destination to link up with my brother & wife to visit my eldest brother near Clearlake, California. This, at least, allowed us to drop in at...
We returned from our New Zealand sailing adventures and got straight to work rebuilding our new [to us] van. The original plan was to rebuild only a few small things and get to our land-travels ASAP, but as usual plans change. The change happened because on day-1 I came to...
Five years. After five full years of sailing and all that is sailboat-life, and mid way through our final passage of 2024, Kerri approached me with the idea of getting another van in the USA. We both have parents that are nearing an age where we may need to take...
Well, that’s it folks! Almost 10 years to the day that I bought Jonas (aka Big Blue), he was handed off to the new owners at Phoenix International Airport. From there we rented a mini-van (a Dodge too), packed it full of all our belongings, and took off on a...
Well, that’s it. The couple that flew out from Texas to look at possibly purchasing Big Blue did leave us a deposit on the purchase. Since they were unable to drive Big Blue back to Texas that very weekend, they allowed us to hang out in the old fella one...
Our return to Arizona was simply to meetup with even more nomad friends. We have done little camping by ourselves this whole winter, and even less was in our future. That was okay, as it may very well be the last time we get to see most of these people....
I froze when Kerri said she wanted to drive into Las Cruces to see friends.I reminded her of my track record with Las Cruces and van breakdowns (specifically brakes) in the most blunt way I could – I’ve never made it to or through Las Cruces without some form of...
