Nicki and Eric's sailing adventure
After spending a week in Beaufort, SC Eric and I were antsy to keep moving south. During our short break Eric fixed the whole 'boiling a lead acid battery' issue, and replaced the solar charger to properly utilize our solar panels. We finally had power we could trust! Mwahahaha. We felt like we could take …
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We left Charleston, said goodbye to that massive three-mast sailboat, and continued south. During the mid afternoon Nicki had a rather odd experience where two people wearing fancy formal clothing rocked up to a gazebo along the ICW riding a golf cart. The woman rushed down the pier and stood at the edge, waving furiously …
To finish the week we decided to push onward to Charleston, South Carolina because it sounded more interesting than Georgetown, and we were excited to meet up with Eric's parents who drove down from Maryland to visit. Watching the weather, we knew it would be a close call and we probably should have stopped …
OLD POST (COMMENTS FROM WHEN I POSTED ORIGINALLY, before I reposted in the proper timeline) I'm a little backlogged - we are currently in Titusville, Florida. It's hard to believe we've been on the boat for over a month now. It has been exhausting to cruise 40-60 miles a day, hunker down for bad weather, …
We spent a few days adjusting to life on a sailboat, and although we hadn't quite sorted everything, it was time to start cruising the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW)! We are headed south as fast as we can. During our first week of cruising we've learned so much every day. First we learned how to …
We officially moved onto the boat Sunday Nov 25th. We've been extremely busy getting ready to start cruising, so this post is mostly pictures. Click on the title of the post to see! Next update will be... whenever I get internet again! 😉
North of Fort Collins, Colorado. One evening in early April I stood outside Nix Farm, headquarters for the Fort Collins Natural Areas Department. I met Mathew, the crew leader for this night’s adventure, as well as Jessie and Alethea who joined us as volunteers. Both students were pursuing minors in Conservation Biology at Colorado State …
While working on my masters thesis research in New Zealand last year, I had the privilege of spending some time in their capital’s wildlife sanctuary, just a 15 minute bus ride from the center of Wellington. Zealandia just celebrated their 20th anniversary this July, and I wanted to share my adventure at this amazing wildlife …
