Category Archives: Adventure

Biking Home

Posted on August 6, 2020 by

It takes me around 5 hours to drive the 295 miles between our home in Minneapolis and our cottage outside of Watersmeet, Michigan.  I’ve driven the route countless times.  It’s a chore. For years I’ve thought about making the trip … Continue reading →

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Travel School. What I Learned Homeschooling my Son for Five Months

Posted on June 25, 2015 by

My wife, son and I just returned from a 5-month trip. We spent most of this time sailing a boat from Grenada to the Virgin Islands. Just the three of us—it was an amazing, inspiring, awesomely fun adventure. I had … Continue reading →

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Re-Entry—It Isn’t Just Hard On Astronauts

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

We are back. Just a few short weeks ago Sarah, Jimmy and I stepped off the boat that had been our short term home and began a 22 hour journey from Tortola, B.V.I., that included a ridiculously dangerous taxi ride, … Continue reading →

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New Friends & Sad Endings

Posted on May 24, 2015 by

“Welcome back,” the Cruz Bay Customs Official said to me as I stepped up to clear into the United States on the island of St John. After the longest absence of our lives, we were back on U.S. soil. I … Continue reading →

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Up Island

Posted on April 24, 2015 by

Traveling the Caribbean by sailboat is something that I’ve dreamed about for years.  And I can now confirm that the actual experience is even better than I expected.  After saying goodbye to our college girls, Sarah, Jimmy and I departed Antigua and started heading … Continue reading →

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College Girls

Posted on April 9, 2015 by

Our college girls, Maddie and Caitlin, came for a visit last week.  We don’t get to see them as much now that they are away at school and starting their own lives.  And this makes the times we get to … Continue reading →

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Landfall Without a TSA Agent in Sight

Posted on March 20, 2015 by

There are different ways to travel.  By car, by plane, by foot, by bus.  You get the picture.  But one thing that I’ve discovered on this trip is that there is nothing quite like arriving in a new country on a … Continue reading →

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Back in the Saddle

Posted on March 17, 2015 by

We are sailing again!  We departed Grenada on a Leopard 43 catamaran last week and made our way through the Grenadines and up to St. Vincent.  Grenada has been good to us, but boy did it feel good to put … Continue reading →

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A Sunday Night with the Southern Cross

Posted on March 4, 2015 by

“Well, the boat is not sinking,” my friend Chris Rundlett yelled to me over the noise and hiss of the wind and waves. It was 11:30pm and we were a few miles off the west coast of St. Vincent. We … Continue reading →

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On The Hard–Stuck in Paradise

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

We are back on dry land.  “On the hard,” as sailors say to confuse the landlubbers. After a great sail from Grenada up to Carriacou and Petit St Vincent, we have now retreated back to the SE Coast of Grenada. … Continue reading →

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