Some History, and The Plan

Almost 20 years ago our first experience with traveling aboard a sailboat ("cruising") began.   It was October of 1993, and we set off from San Francisco on a course of adventure with our cat "Spaz", and pug-dog "Chloe".  We spent about 9 months exploring the coasts of Southern CA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama (including the San Blas Islands), Columbia (Isla Providencia),  the Bay Islands of Honduras, and Guatemala.  We had the time of our lives, met some amazing people, and vowed to do it again.  Soon.

Well, the years fly fast.  And before we knew it we had added two sons to the mix.  They grew and started school.  But our plan to "get out there" again never died.  We have a new plan, now.  We will go cruising again in the fall/winter of 2012.  We will start with the Bahamas and then head toward the eastern Caribbean to revisit some of  spots we loved so much the first time around.  But this time we will go as a family of four.  Well, five if you count Sophie the Pug.

The first time around there was no "internet".  No wifi, no cellphones (none smaller than toasters, anyway), and blogging was not yet a word.  But during our 1993 cruise we did keep written record of our adventures and sent them home via "newsletters" that arrived by post (remember that?).  It's still fun to read back over these notes and remember all the fun we had.  In fact, I am going to post excerpts of those old newsletters on this blog to give a little taste of what we experienced back in the day.  Perhaps it will explain why we are so keen to do it all again.

Our Deckhands.

Sophie Sailor Pug

Where the rainbow ends.