Today is March 2nd and our plans to get moving are in full swing. It seems that some part of each conversation is about the impeding departure. We are collecting boxes and making lists. This past Monday we spent several hours at Sam's Club talking … [Read more]
Tillers
Three months have passed and we are now starting to make progress towards departure. It feels like there is a lot to do, but then it also feels like there is not very much to do. I will head back to the boat in a few weeks to do some work, paint the … [Read more]
Perspective
It always seems to come down to a matter of perspective. I bought a steel boat in Portland. She was built in Hawaii by the John Hutton. Last week (Thursday) I was at home thinking that winter really had settled in to the Rocky Mountains quickly. … [Read more]
Guess what I bought…
It's official, yesterday at 3:30 I bought a boat. She is the big sister of Bernard Moitessier's Tamata. At 36 feet and 14 tons, she is just what I have spent these past few years looking for. She was built in Hawaii by Hutton Marine. She has been … [Read more]
Homeward Bound – List in Hand
Austin, Texas. Yesterday I went Surfing with my good friend Darin, otherwise known as Creamy, which is short for Cream Corn, a long lost nick name from our days together as river guides in Colorado. We where the Corn Brothers. Sweet Corn (that's me) … [Read more]
Slingshots, Mistakes and the Seventh Inning Stretch
Zoom. I started out at 0630 in a little surf town in North Carolina, a little surf town called Surf City. I could hear the waves from my hotel room. I was just North of the state line. I needed to be in Florida, south Florida at the end of the day. … [Read more]
Insomnia – Again
I know, I know -- sleep. Sleep so I can be rested and ready. Sleep so I can be an attentive driver. I can't sleep. My mind is filled with the events of Friday. I left Annapolis mid morning in what can only be described as a monsoon. So wet was … [Read more]
Leg Work
Every endeavor takes leg work. Lots and lots of leg work. For my lawyer friends it means pouring over case law, writing briefs and getting little sleep. For the programmers it is looking at endless miles of code, looking for the missing or extra bit. … [Read more]
Insomnia
Ever since my experiences with the espresso 4 days ago I have been unable to really sleep. I seem to catch a nap here and there. In general I seem to have little use for long periods of rest. I arrived in the DC area the next day after a restless … [Read more]
On the Road – On the Hunt
Columbia, Missouri. A nice college town. I have landed in the center of the university district, at what must be the half way point in my journey cross country. The time is passing quickly. Hard to believe that I will be in DC tomorrow. Just 2 … [Read more]