How We’re Finding Our Rhythm in Mexico
We’d heard it, we’d lived it, we thought we “got it”. Island Time is slow. Mexico time feels like Island Time with the added [...]
Why We’re Not In Canada This Summer
Many of you have sent me private messages asking if you missed a post or something, “what happened to Canada?” “Weren’t you planning on [...]
Our Adventures In Building Our Own House: Chopping Trees, Peeling, and Putting Up Logs
Standing around, behind a row of protective trees, I have to say that I felt pretty useless. Eben was cutting down the first of [...]
Our Adventures In Building Our Own House: Plans, a Shipping Container, Forms, and Rebar
Looking at our build site, sometimes I feel like we haven’t made much advancement at all. But now, looking at everything we have done [...]
How To Comfortably Live In A Travel Trailer
For those who thought living in a 41ft sailboat was crazily small for our family of four, now you may think we’re insane. We have [...]
How Many Times Can We Change Our Minds: The New Plan
How often do you figure I can write a post titled “we’ve changed our minds”!? So we’re all over the map, we know it. [...]
Moving Projects From The To Do List To Priority
As a kid, I specifically remember my mother telling me, “don’t marry a carpenter”. Her reasoning was quite simple, and true. Together with your carpenter [...]
6 More Months Of Adventures, What Will The New Year Bring?
If you missed the first 6 months of our year, this link will take you to a photo recap. The next 6 months weren't any [...]
Stuck In The Mud
Here we thought it would be the snow that would chase us out of Canada and back to the boat (because you can't build a [...]