I am back on the blog front after a several year hiatus. It occurred to me today that I needed to jump back into the blog scene as there is renewed spirit in the name of adventure. That spirit is coming in the form of a year long expedition in a sailboat. We plan on launching Spring 2018.
Everything we are doing now is within reference to The Trip. We read sailing books, study sailing online, shop for boats, talk logistics for various legs of the journey, plan and.... oh yea: work on the house to beef up that cruising fund (we will sell our house prior to casting off).
I don't want to say that my old blog's posts started tapering off because the adventure aspect of living in Washington wore off, but I will say we really started to feel settled in the Evergreen State. We got comfortable and have been on cruise control for a few years, playing in the Wenatchee Valley and working the 9-5. Not to say we haven't been busy- in the time since my last blogpost, Jenny and I got married, got a dog, and bought a house. The standard doings for young newlyweds I suppose. Now that we have this trip planned, we've taken the first steps on a road less traveled. We're back on an adventure. Even with it over a year away, we are living and breathing the adventure today and everyday. So I'm back on the blog to make sure I capture the whole thing. The journey is the destination- and I'm ready to report in on it.
A big part of what we spend our time on these days is our house...... This is me warning everyone that I am planning on posting on a lot of home remodeling/project stuff.
We are kind of flipping our house that we currently live in. The plan is to put a ton of work in our somewhat dilapidated house and turn it into a decent little farm house, which will ultimately give us a cruising kitty to live off of while on the sailboat.
And when I'm not working on projects around the house, I am reading sailing books. I've knocked out about 5 books so far this year- studying on how to liveaboard a boat, read the weather, anchor types, how to buy a boat, etc etc. There's a lot to learn besides how to sail. Jenny and I being novice sailors means we have a lot to learn.
We have so much to do to prepare for this trip. Because of that, I feel like every day and every hour are super important. If nothing else, having a cast off date has made me appreciate and value my time more so than it if we didn't have this plan.
It feels good to have a big project like this. My plan is to continue posting here to give updates, new information, and plans we have in the works.
We are back on a grand adventure and I hope you enjoy following along!
Cheers.
Current House Project: Remodeling Existing Bathroom
Old project where we added a bathroom to the Master Bedroom
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