We have been home a week and three days, but who is counting. Am I ready to go again - you betcha! This trip - a very quick five weeks - confirmed that we are ready for more: more adventure, more challenges, new experiences, learning and sharing.
While Ron and I do liveaboard, we do not spend every waking moment together. We both work and both have our personal interests. While on our vacation we did spend all our time together. I can tell you there was no period of adjustment. We have a great amount of respect for each other's space, feelings, opinions and energy. Equally important is that we are madly in love and we just happen to like each other.
We have each been joking with our respective friends and workmates that we brought our spouse home.
There are numerous thanks you in order. First and foremost to our families and friends for the ongoing support of our dream to sail and of our liveaboard lifestyle. Thank you to Len Burton for taking on the responsibility of holding our Sail Plan. Len had the responsibility to make the decision of whether or not to hail the Coast Guard in the event we lost touch. Equally important was Barbara Hodgson VE7KLU. Barbara manages the Great Northern Boaters net from her home in North Saanich. Each and every day she ensures the net is on for boaters to check in. Barbara also held a Sail Plan as she is also a key person to relay information to the Coast Guard.
Thank you to buddy Kevin in Toastmasters who encouraged me to use this blog site and assured me that I could do it.
Thank you to all who read the blog and posted comments. Your unsolicited compliments leaves me no choice but to create another blog for next year. Don't tell anyone but I enjoyed reflecting on our days activities and how to put it into interesting reading material for you.
Prior to leaving we felt that our boat was well equipped and well stocked. With some of the new equipment (e.g. Hydrovane and SSB) it would have been great to get a little practice before departing. Can we do better next time? Ron and I believe that there is always room for improvement. Preparing for a trip such as this is no different.
Would we do anything different? Yes, we will choose a different time of year - likely June / July. We will spend some time this year recruiting boating friends to join us. We will do more and see more .
Life just keeps getting better.
What's stopping you? You too could be living your dream.
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