That's the sound of us checking a bunch of tasks off our to-do list for MerSea!

"She woke in the morning

She knew that her life had passed her by

And she called out a warning

Don't ever let life pass you by”

If fireworks happen in the fog & you can't see them, are they really fireworks?

This weekend we decided to anchor, basically down the street from our house, but in the ocean.

One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat.

I'm just going to give a spoiler alert at the beginning of the blog: Our trip to Monterey was NOT a disaster!

.....to get us out into the bay early enough to experience being on our boat under way in the dark. 3 AM to be truthful.

Three years ago today I had the revelation of what I wanted to do in my life: Sail Around The World! And this is some of what I've learned in that time.

Unfortunately that's what it feels like right now owning our sailboat, MerSea. However she's 38 years old.

We are back from our trip to Texas. And on the way back from the trip I was inspired to write about why I would much rather see the world by boat than any other form of transportation.

Was it a gamble whether Zephyr would like sailing on MerSea? Hell yes!! He didn't seem to love our other boat, Foxie, very much.

So we did it! We crossed a big goal off of our list! We sailed to Moss Landing! What can I say about it? A lot.

I actually forget this nursery rhyme or whatever it is but it sounds perfect for the jumble of information that I'm about to post.

I'm going to put our personal adventures on hold for this week & introduce a few sailing reads that I've loved. I'll write about more in the future.

We finally made some breakthroughs! So happy! Matt finished up doing all the things that needed to be done around the engine area, so we were able to get the galley back into place!

So April 8th will be the 1 year anniversary of owning MerSea! We still believe we really lucked out when we found her.

Thankfully Matt is still plugging along & getting everything in ship-shape so that we don't have to repeat this hell of removing the galley again. Zephyr & I are basically there for moral support.

I've decided that this week I'm going to take a break from all of the boat issues we're having currently & go back about 5 months ago to a trip we took with my family: Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother in Law - Colin, & Niece - Ayla, to Belize!

Until we get our own YouTube channel, (which I'll have to see if there will be any demand for or if I'll be able to figure out just how to create one), I've decided to put the 6 channels of sailing vlogs that we watch on a regular basis.

Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Tears of frustration are abounding in our household right now.