South bound

With our lives packed into four hockey duffel bags and sporting some Santa hats we headed south. The first leg of our trip to move aboard the S/V Bilancia involved a 24 hour drive to Arkansas. I think I’m still in shock.

What can’t be documented is the last two years of family discussions about returning to the sea, the months of searching for the perfect vessel for our family, figuring out how to homeschool, packing up only the necessities for our adventure, and getting our home ready to be left for months.

“To reach a port we must set sail. Sail, not tie to anchor. Sail, not drift.” -Franklin Roosevelt