The life of a World Explorer is not 24/7 excitement. But, it beats working. There is, as I’m finding out alot of down time (Yay). As a result of this down time I’ve been doing alot of thinking (not really). One of the fruits of all this thinking is a new word! Well, I hope it’s a new word. It’s new to me. The word is “GloBo”. It’s short for Global Hobo. Not sure if I like it or not yet. I’m not gonna commit and put it on my calling cards, but I may get a T-shirt made.
We’ve spent the last week hanging out in the San Juan Islands and we have been a little surprised at the number of boats that are up here. It is no where near as crowded as it would be in July or August, but again, not as vacant as we thought it would be.
Anchored out on Jones Island, San Juan Islands.
If your following our tracker you’ll know where we have been so far. And by “know where we are”, I mean EVERY god damn 10 minutes! An update every 10 minutes seems like a bit of over kill, but unless I have the tracker turned on and my phone turned on with GPS AND Bluetooth enabled, 10 minutes is the only choice I got. If I turn on all that I have more control, but that means I got to keep my phone on and charged up. So, I think we are just gonna stick with the 10 minute updates, at least over the summer. May just do an once or twice a day update later on when we do the bigger trips down the coast this fall. If you have not been following along and don’t know what I’m talking about, you should take a minute and check it out….go ahead: https//:share.delorme.com/KevinMidkiff
Nothing insanely exciting has happened so far. Although we did see 30+ knots of wind while we were anchored out in Liberty Bay (Poulsbo) and as a result lost the cover to our auto pilot control panel.
Out of 8 days of moving about we’ve gotten approx. 3 days of sailing. Not full days, but something is better than nothing.
We have officially conquered six islands, in our quest to dominate s/v Bella Star.
Tawn bags a big one. Sucia Island.
On San Juan Island at Roche Harbor.
CB…
Are you watching Bella Star? They are on your tail. We are next.
Hi guys, so excited to be able to follow your adventure! The pictures are awesome! Everyone says “Hi!”
Hey guys!
Been following your progress everyday and it’s lighting a fire under my butt! So fun to see where you’re going….but MOAR PICTURES. I can’t live vicariously without them. Hope all is well and I’ll just keep padding your hit count daily.
Mike
Mike: Moar pictures, Check
Aunt Jane: Thanks for checking in.We will try to keep the updates and laughs coming. :)