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The bookends to experience

Family photo books have been my format of choice lately for documenting our travels. After our first sailboat adventure–which we memorialized into a video–my friend … Read More ›

Posted on July 1, 2019July 4, 2019
creative, homeschool

Happy Birthday, Harry Potter

It’s Harry Potter’s birthday! We’ve been cooking up some fun projects since reading the first book in the series (Sorcerer’s Stone) last month. A big … Read More ›

Posted on July 31, 2018June 30, 2019
creative

Children of a non-quilter

There is a saying, Blessed are the children of quilters, for they shall inherit the quilts. Well, my children won’t have have to deal with … Read More ›

Posted on July 23, 2018July 4, 2019
land-cruising

Road trip, closing out

We haven’t seen Steve in since 2012, I think (?)  He appears in quite a few posts during our early sailing days. Since then, he’s gotten himself a … Read More ›

Posted on April 15, 2018July 4, 2019
land-cruising

Also known as “The Cousins Trip”

I grew up with many (many) cousins. We played, fought, got in trouble and argued with each other over the years.  I have fond memories … Read More ›

Posted on April 5, 2018July 4, 2019
land-cruising

Tennesee to the mid-Atlantic states

We had to stop off at Nick and Stacy’s again in Tennessee before hitting the east coast. Usually we see them once a year when … Read More ›

Posted on March 28, 2018July 4, 2019
land-cruising

Carlsbad Caverns, NM to Hot Springs National Park, AR

Making our way back east, we hit Carlsbad Caverns, which turned out to be the highlight of our trip in my mind. I felt like a … Read More ›

Posted on March 10, 2018July 4, 2019
van

Van tour

Our van, or Rewildie, as we sometimes call her, is a 2006 Dodge Sprinter, 140″ wheel base, passenger van. Tig wrote a detailed post about … Read More ›

Posted on February 20, 2018July 31, 2023
remuddling

Good enough

A common theme among our friends who build their own houses (or gut remuddle them in our case) is this magical point of good enough. … Read More ›

Posted on December 3, 2017July 4, 2019
family life

One step further

Throwback to November 2014. Three years ago, the day after Halloween, a huge snow dump cut off our power (this was the beginning of the … Read More ›

Posted on November 6, 2017July 4, 2019

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We are a family of four, living the good life on the New England coast. You can often find us remuddling our house, tending our garden, taking road trips in our Sprinter van, and plotting other adventures. We completed two cruises on our sailboat, sv Wildest Dream, in 2013 and 2016.

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