As I look back on our year of being a liveaboard family, all I can do is smile. Thinking about all of the adventures we’ve been through, things we’ve learned, and experiences we’ve had….I wouldn’t change a thing! We started our journey after day 30 of the COVID isolation in April, 2020. After assessing ourContinue reading “Reflections (and lessons learned) from our first year of boat life”
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MINI MOVIE // A Sweet Surprise- We drove 1,900 miles after being gone a year to visit family!
2020 was a hard year. Especially if you didn’t get to see family. While it was our choice to go to Florida to live on a boat during the Pandemic, it was still very hard to be separated from family, and not even be able to visit for holidays, Birthdays, special occasions and even weddings.Continue reading “MINI MOVIE // A Sweet Surprise- We drove 1,900 miles after being gone a year to visit family!”
DESTINATION: Florida // Heading Cross-Country To See Our Boat
This was the FINAL phase of our 5-step process to get out to our boat in Florida. Join our 1700 mile road trip as we avoid tropical storms and hurricanes in order to hurry across the country to our new-to-us catamaran!
MINI MOVIE // The Conex Conundrum
Our effort to prepare an affordable (and big enough) space to store our belongings that are not coming with us to Florida.
DESTINATION: Farm // Spending time with family before we leave
We moved out of our house and headed down to Randi’s parent’s farm. While we were there, we had LOTS of adventures PLUS bought a boat!
DESTINATION: Boat Shopping // We’re buying a boat and don’t even know how to sail!
That’s right! We are buying a boat and don’t even know how to sail! (But we’re learning!) Our new video is coming out soon and it’s all about the process we went through to find a boat including the how, what, when, where and WHY!
About us, why we’re selling our stuff and moving to Florida to buy a boat!
The introduction of Steve, Randi, and Cody from Colorado…and why in the world we’re selling all of our belongings, packing up our van, heading to Florida, and buying a catamaran!
DESTINATION: Packing // How’s this going to fit??
We packed up our stuff early in order to rent our house. Little did we realize that 39 days is a REALLY short amount of time to get it done…but…we did it!
Meet Steve!
Meet the man behind the motivation to move! Born & raised in Florida, Steve is an Iraq war vet, founder of a nonprofit, Scuba Instructor, and soon to be sailor! In the video he talks about his love of the ocean, hopes for fun family adventures, and fears of homeschooling!
Meet Randi!
Meet the mom of this wandering crew! Farm girl, teacher, nonprofit director, vanlifer, and soon to be first mate! Hear about her hopes, goals, and even fears about this epic adventure!
Destination Adrift 