by Dana | May 5, 2019 | cross-country drive Space Coast Florida to Portland Oregon, downsizing, live aboard Portland Oregon
This will be our backyard most of this summer. The post office does not deliver here.After spending six years living aboard boats, traveling through 31 countries, home is more where the boat is than a fixed address for Wayne and me.We moved to Florida last September... by Dana | Jun 27, 2017 | Columbia River, downsizing, Portland Oregon, Post-cruising
Portland Oregon railroad bridge, as seen from our temporary digs, at Wayne’s folks, looking East.What’s it like when you’re done cruising, if you go minimalist, like we did? It’s a little weird.No home.No car.No storage unit.No furniture.... by Dana | Mar 20, 2017 | Buying and selling a van for Australia road trips, buying and selling a vehicle via Gumtree, downsizing, Great Australian road tripping
Road to Blowhole Beach, Deep Creek area, South Australia – 4 Wheel Drive only. This is one of the reasons we sold our vanand bought a 4-wheel drive to complete our circumnavigation of Oz. How many folks allow 3 days to sell one home, move into... by Dana | Feb 8, 2017 | cruiser humor, cruising Australia by van, cruising transitions, downsizing
Sydney area, 1st load from Journey to our new-to-us van, with about 1/8th the storage capacity of our boat.Sydney area felt like some crazy vortex that held us fast well beyond when we wanted and needed to move on to explore Australia (aka Oz). We... by Dana | Jan 22, 2017 | Australian road trip, campervan life, downsizing, Pearson 365 ketch sailboat. Boat maintenance and repair, Toyota Hiace poptop campervan
Life on the road for several months in Australia (aka Oz) will be a bit different!Thanks, Rich Kallerud, for finding the perfect pix to show what we’ve got planned!This was our New Zealand budgetfor a road trip vehicle….This is what we ended up... by GWTAdmin | Dec 12, 2014 | cruising preparation, cruising transitions, downsizing, Jacksonville FL, Jacksonville's NAS Mulberry Cove Marina, Ortega Landing Marina, pearson 365 sailboat, West Marine
Pandemonium. Part of the process ofstuffing a household’s worth of goodsfor 2 years into a 150 square footliving space.What does it take to transition back to cruising after five months of land-lubbing (aka “dirt dwelling”)? More than you’d expect, we...