Stateside for the Winter
Florida Sunset We flew from Rome to Chicago in late October, staying with our son Taylor in Davenport, Iowa. Our sailing friends from the...
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Welcome to our travel journal! We are excited to share our adventures with you, and keep you posted on our whereabouts. Click on the posts below to see what we've been up to.
Cheers!!
Florida Sunset We flew from Rome to Chicago in late October, staying with our son Taylor in Davenport, Iowa. Our sailing friends from the...
Pisa While docked in Viareggio, we caught a train for a day visit to Pisa. What an amazing city! The Leaning Tower is definitely leaning,...
We arrived in Genoa from Istanbul, Turkiye several days ahead of the cargo ship carrying our boat. We decided to take a train north to...
While waiting for our renewed passports in Phuket, we stayed at a couple of different 'condo' places. We rented a motorbike to get...
Part 2 of 2 Rebak Marina, Langkawi Randy had a pretty extensive list of boat projects to be completed while we were still in Malaysia....
Part 1 of 2 We arrived at Ocean Marina in Pattaya, Thailand on December 15, 2022, after a 7 day sail from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Our...
In early September 2023, we traveled from Thailand back to the US for the wedding of our daughter Rachael to her longtime sweetheart...
Note: 'Koh' or 'Ko' is the Thai word for 'island'. Koh Chang In mid-April, our friend Gary offered to sail with us south of Pattaya to...
Even though our boat came right from the factory, there were a few things that we wanted to modify to make it our own (ok, maybe more...
Sea Trials and Final Prep Once the boat was finished at the boatyard, it was moved to a different area of the river in Ho Chi Minh City...
Our Vietnam visas were valid for 30 days, so when they were getting close to expiring, we took a weekend trip to Cambodia. This enabled...
Things are different here. Actually, almost everything is different here. Here are just a few examples: Our apartment - its great - 2...
So many things needed to be done before we left. We had vehicles to sell (camper, pickup), a car and motorcycle to deliver, household...
June 2021 After spending a week with our son Taylor in Davenport IA (don't forget Bogart & Gary/Sniper too!), we packed up the camper,...
Our plan at this point was to sell the house, and move to Florida so that we could be closer to the boats. But we had so much stuff! Our...
After several month of researching sailboats, along with many hours spent watching YouTube sailing channels, Randy and Taylor went to the...
In May of 2018, we were vacationing in Greece on the island of Samos. We stopped at a little café in Pythagoreio for a cold beer, and met...