Drum roll please

Our new adventure started out with bang...but with a bit more research..went out with a fizzz
I had planned a trip to New Zealand, then on to Australia via a container ship or break bulk, that would have knocked two things off my bucket list..cross the Pacific on a boat and go to Australia, after contacting a few shipping company's I found out just how expensive that mode of travel is, they charge you three times more than it cost to fly and twice as much as a cruise ship! on top of all that I found out we are going to be grandparents again and that took the wind out of my sails..quite literally...
So we are going to hang here for awhile....but my feet are already itching!
We have been looking at RVs
A land Yacht!
There is quite alot to see here in the US!
The possibility's are endless!!

Saying Goodby

We have sold our boat Adagio
With the sale comes all the doubts and questions, did we do the right thing, will we be sorry?
I have to say yes to both of them.
We did do the right thing, she is going to a very young couple whom will love her, take care of her and sail her like we did...
and...
yes I am sorry.....I am going to miss sailing so much......but we are not done with sailing yet.....rest assured of that.
She is now ready for her new dreams and so are we. I haven’t detailed much about what we are going to do yet, but I have some wonderful ideas!
so stay tuned.....

Pictures of the work we have done...inside...

New floor in galley

This is just some the work we have done in the boat!

new shelfs in library

new custom carpet

new carpet and led lighting

new chairs

more of the custom carpet 

new hatch and new lighting

new curtains and lamb on bed…Lol

check out my poof i made under the chair!

Meditation anyone?

I decided to try to learn to meditate.....
I thought it will help me become one with the universe, a wiser, calmer and generally a better person!
So I sat on the back of the boat one evening and gazed out over the calm waters of the bayou.
A few seagulls flew by, carried by the wind, then a pelican swooped down and settled on the water. This is just what I need....I thought!
After just a few minutes, things, words and images started to float up into my mind..
I thought of the universe as a vast, impersonal, life creating thing, that is ever changing and moving.
This touched me deeply and it seemed that time stopped, suddenly a wave a peace came over me or from within me.....still not sure.
Then another thought popped up,
"I am so alive in this impersonal universe....so glad, or am I?"
Then another thought...
"Life on earth is sustained by things feeding on one another...Ewww....Whats up with that.....?"
Then another thought flew in.
"Shit happens."
Realizing I had strayed from my mediation and my thoughts should be good, soothing and calming, I took a deep cleansing breath and looked back out on to the bayou.
New thought!
"Pew.....it stinks over here near the paper mill, and that thing is so noisy!"
Then another thought....
"I feel the need to urinate"
Bummer....

 Here's some pictures to help you meditate!

These were taken off the back of the boat...

Finally🌞Back on board

Finally after a year and a half, living with friends and house sitting, we are almost ready to head back out on Adagio, we have worked so hard on her, she is almost a new boat!
We replace almost one side  of her with new metal, engine rebuilt, generator repaired,  new pro furl on stay sail, house repainted, sails redone and repaired, house enclosure canvas redone and cleaned, deck repainted, hatches repaired, it has been a whirl wind of boat, boat, boat.
I have new carpet in the hall, in the state room, and a new floor in the galley.
We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel!
We are leaving after hurricanes season and we are off to see more of the world! I for one am so ready!

Hacked!

My blog was hacked and someone tried to post some very strange posts, thank goodness they only got to the draft stage, and I was alerted by Google that something was going on and I was able to delete them.

My blog is a mess right now, so bear with me while I try to clean it up!

Wandering aimless

We have had the boat in the water for about three months now, but due to some things that we can not control, we still are not back on board. Hopefully that will change, but for the time being we are house sitting for for some friends. 

The house we are staying in is super cool and very big, but, compared to the sail boat, it feels strange. 

I do miss Adagio! But I will stay the course and make the best of my time here in this new house. It does have a pool, so that makes things a little better! Lol....

I have been doing some gardening, growing tomatoes and herbs, so far so good, I have not killed anything yet..fingers crossed. 

I confess to taking life in the same way as I did on on the sailing trips we have made, wandering aimlessly. 

Wandering aimlessly could in some ways describe a lot of my life, It's not a bad thing but it's not for everyone.  It takes a special faith that good things will happen to you even if you don't seek them or perhaps in spite of what you do or where you go.  Think of all the things you have done in your life, hasn't it all worked out for the best? 

It doesn't mean that in your life can't have goals; it just means that you need to make life itself a goal and not just something we pass through on the way to some other perceived goal.  I have goals in my life and have met most of them, and I have have come to grips with those that I have not yet met, but I have thoroughly enjoyed taking the scenic route to getting there all of these years.  I have no way to know where I would be now if I had been more focused, more goal oriented.  Wherever it would be, I'll bet that the journey there would not have been nearly as interesting as the one I have taken.  No, that's not for me, I choose to live life where I am standing at the moment and not constantly wish that I were someplace else.  Wandering aimlessly I have stumbled over some beautiful places, met some of the most interesting people and have experienced life in a way that makes me grateful every day to have been on this wonderful adventure! This world we are living in right now is the real world! Make the most of it, sing, dance, and go wild!