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cruising, family life

Junkanoo

Junkanoo from Serena on Vimeo. Here’s a video from Junkanoo in Freeport. Crazy spectacular costumes like carnivale, but without the beads and the boobs. Good … Read More ›

Posted on January 3, 2013July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

Bahamian Christmas…on island time

Stringing up LED lights in our boat. Tig and I have always been a little bah humbug during the holiday season. We don’t send out … Read More ›

Posted on December 24, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

Land Cruising Part 2

Here are a few more photos from our two week vacation. We love seeing all the tropical fruits at Robert is Here farmstand. The magenta … Read More ›

Posted on December 10, 2012July 4, 2019
family life, other stuff

On Hiatus

The Winter edition of Rhythm of the Home is out and yours truly has an article in it. I’ve been in love with this on-line … Read More ›

Posted on November 28, 2012July 31, 2023
cruising, family life

Catch up post…from Halloween to Beaufort

Carolina Beach V learning to drive the dinghy despite ‘Iil man’s interference. Beach time We spent some extra time at Carolina Beach state park marina … Read More ›

Posted on November 14, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

Of horses, elephants and fairy godsisters

Sometimes the universe sprinkles some magic fairy dust our way. We met the crew of sv Tommy Dundee one rainy night at Dismal Swamp. Sara, … Read More ›

Posted on October 29, 2012July 18, 2019
cruising, family life

Oriental, NC: new abilities, new friends, new head

Oriental is such a boat friendly town. There’s the free town dock…that is, if you can get in during this busy season. The anchorage was … Read More ›

Posted on October 27, 2012August 10, 2019
cruising, family life

Manteo

V Checking out a model of Blackbeard’s ship. I wish there was more to say about sailing, but since we started the ICW, there hasn’t … Read More ›

Posted on October 21, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

Portsmouth

After a ridiculous escape out of Deltaville–more on that another day–we anchored inside the bight at New Point Comfort to stage for a run to … Read More ›

Posted on October 15, 2012July 4, 2019
cruising, family life

National Zoo

Doing’ the elephant at the National Zoo Catching up with Lyo Lyo and Tonya, who is expecting her third! Cutie pie Looking up… …at the … Read More ›

Posted on September 18, 2012July 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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