May 23, 2022
A cold front arrived in Toronto along with a nasty storm that took down trees, power lines, and killed seven people in Ontario. While the storm was raising ruckus, I was in the plane circling at 14,000 feet, waiting for the storm to move on so we could land. It's great to see my brother Doug and sister-in-law Merrilee after three years apart. Wednesday, I touch down in Houston and will gather up daughter Courtney and grand daughter Hailey for big hugs.
Visit Portugal to see what’s going on in our lives.
A cold front arrived in Toronto along with a nasty storm that took down trees, power lines, and killed seven people in Ontario. While the storm was raising ruckus, I was in the plane circling at 14,000 feet, waiting for the storm to move on so we could land. It's great to see my brother Doug and sister-in-law Merrilee after three years apart. Wednesday, I touch down in Houston and will gather up daughter Courtney and grand daughter Hailey for big hugs.
Visit Portugal to see what’s going on in our lives.
Our beautiful Big Sky was sold last year.
We renamed our house in Portugal "Casa Céu Grande" "Big Sky" in Portuguese.
See our August 2021 video below.
We renamed our house in Portugal "Casa Céu Grande" "Big Sky" in Portuguese.
See our August 2021 video below.
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Our house in Carvoeiro, Lagoa, Portugal
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Following 13.5 fabulous years living aboard our luxury floating condo, she is now sold.
Thank you Big Sky for the most incredible adventures and a bucket full of memories to last the rest of our lives. She now belongs to a new family.
We moved into our bungalow casa in Carvoeiro, Portugal, September 2020. * Big Sky safely escorted us through the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Black Sea, and up and down the Atlantic Ocean as we explored more than five dozen countries soaking up the beauty of the world and her people. In a word, it was magical. Waking in the morning at anchor surrounded by calm blue waters is my version of heaven. I’ll be homesick for the hundreds of chattering, leaping dolphins who greeted us over the years, the occasional whale, and dozens of flying fish. I’ll miss the ease of waking in one country, and having dinner in another. Changing languages with our greetings like changing socks. We will miss the sailing community, perhaps the most friendly community out there. Con’s realized dream, “To Sail in Retirement” began for us in 2007 and has been quite possibly his greatest dream for our retirement. My message for those with a similar dream, “Don’t put it off for tomorrow, as there are no guarantees in life. Do it now while you have your health and youth.” * Visit Portugal 2022. * My article: The Inspirational Philosophy of Sailing Through Life: https://www.nauticalmind.com/blog/2012/02/sailing-through-life/ |
Below: View of Sintra from Castle dos Mouros; Erice amphitheatre in Sicily; Gulfo di Castelemmarre, Sicily; castles in Erice; Paxos in the Greek Ionian, and the northern end of the island of Milos.
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09/22/19
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