Took a drive out to wander around the ruins of the Balashi Gold Mill. Aruba found some gold a couple hundred years ago, two companies ran mills on the island, found quite a bit of gold, never made any money, and closed when World War I broke out. Nice place … Read More
Course Change Part III
See Course Change I and Course Change II if you haven’t already——-> Flying to Puerto Vallarta from Aruba at the tail end of the tourist season is not great. Let’s put it that way. From Aruba I flew to Atlanta, where my plane landed close to midnight. Because my next … Read More
Course Change Part II
Here I finally pick up where Course Change Part I left off a few weeks ago——–> …With our Guatemala boat attention lost, we turned to the internet again. On a Facebook group Ali follows she spotted a boat that had been for sale, privately, for two weeks. The boat had … Read More
Normal Life
Lots going on the past week or so, but nothing really shareable. I always write a little bit about our life at the end of my weekly newsletter for Wanderer Financial. I thought this was a nice story worth sharing here as well. The other day I was returning a … Read More
Course Change Part I
I’m going to give you some insight into how our brains work. On Sunday, March 27th, Ali sent me the listing for a catamaran a friend of ours is selling. It’s a nice boat, but I was still gobsmacked by their asking price. I often am—this isn’t a unique reaction … Read More
Aruba’s Other Island
When was the last time we went ashore? I lose track sometimes when we are at anchor. It’s quiet (aside from the wind), peaceful, the water temp is perfect, we have food, we make fresh water, we have power, we have internet, and we’ve got plenty to read. We are … Read More
Anchored in Aruba
Moving back onto a boat after six months in the States can be a little hectic. Fortunately, I have Ali, who creates a mess like this, and then magically makes it disappear again. I have no idea where any of this stuff ends up, and will spend the next six … Read More
All Aboard Aruba
It’s been a busy week. Moving homes between countries can be like that. We found a storage spot not far from my mom’s house, dropped the bus off, threw some cardboard in the windows, some covers on the tires, and called it good. Two days later Ali dropped me off … Read More
Picacho Peak
We’ve been playing a lot of futbol lately. Somehow the kids still think the two of them against me is fair. I lose just about every night. Not for lack of trying. The kids are filled with bruises and scrapes as they learn that when two of us kick the … Read More
February Blur
Davis Park along the Colorado River. Beaches, palms, and decidedly non-tropical waters. Silly us, we thought we’d walk up to the dam and take a look. We didn’t have any immediate travel plans from Laughlin, but we had an absolute ton on our plate with regards to other things, mainly … Read More
Out on the Boat
We spent a few days in Lake Havasu State Park. A nice place just a short walk up the road from town, it’s an easy place to go for a walk to dinner, grab some groceries, or get parts from Napa. The kids rode bikes, found places to disappear to, … Read More