Our first overnight passage without crew aboard is in the books. It was a beautiful gentle sail back to Greek waters. 26 hours with just the two of us taking turns on watch. There is nothing like sitting at them helm, wind filling your sails while the earth slowly tucks the sun into bed …
Uh, don’t tell our mothers, and don’t try this at home…but we just developed an excellent system for “speed snorkeling”. You see five times as much stuff without all that scissor-kicking nonsense. We’re very serious about taking the “tired” out of retired. Believe it or not, your arms get kinda tired speed snorkeling so we …
Skirting along Montenegro’s coastline, we came across this little white church precariously perched atop a craggy island cliff. As we sailed past, it beguiled me and I made the captain circle around so I could see her closer. Captain’s don’t like changing course but he’s a good man and obliged. We decided to settle …
Our relaxing visit to Lake Skadar was the perfect way to say goodbye to Montenegro. Perfect because if there is anything Montenegro does best—besides epic mountains, crazy long tunnels, and jaw dropping scenery, it would be that they are the most chill country and people we’ve ever encountered. In a tiny little bay where …
Earlier in the summer, when we first came through Montenegro, we hired a driver to take us out to see a nearby lake that everyone told us must be seen. When we reached the lookout point, our Oregonian eyes deceived us. It didn’t really look all that must-see. From high upon a hill at a …
On Sunday morning, we took advantage of the fact that we still had our rental car and headed into Podgorica to attend the little church branch there. We discovered an amazing collection of really wonderful people and some awesome sister missionaries with some impressive language skills. The sisters were especially awesome because they saved …
Good to be back home. Especially when the marina gives a Valentino Rossi fan like myself the perfect spot to park. Our 3 month Schengen exile is up and we are happily provisioning for a 24 hour passage back to Greece. Being back in Porto Montenegro means hitting up Big Bite. It’s our Chick-fil-A …
Our daughter Cheyenne and her husband Clark left me the perfect parting gift. I plan to use it a lot…you know…to “keep the sun out of my eyes.”
It was an AWESOME day, spending it with some of our kids and sharing our dreams with them. It’s great to have them around and we’re trying to soak it all in. Definitely a perfect birthday. …and yes, I really need a haircut.
