wrote:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:57:21 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Joe wrote:

Hi Joe!
How ya been?

On Feb 13, 10:32 am, cavelamb wrote:

I think to make this thing happen, I'm going to have to quit listening to
that part of myself and just load up and go.
What is that part of yourself telling you?
Probably what we call the "sensible" self.

The part that notices that most people don't do crazy adventurous stuff any
more. It's so much safer, cheaper, and comfortable to stay home and watch
crazy people have their adventures on TV.

I can't attribute correctly, but I recall someone quoted as saying an
adventure was someone *else* suffering from their foolishness thousands of
miles from home - or something to that effect.


Two takes on adventu

"The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude"
- Robert Lipkin


"An adventure is a disaster that works out okay"
- unknown



Copy that *both* of 'em!

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On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:57:21 -0600, cavelamb
wrote:

Joe wrote:

Hi Joe!
How ya been?

On Feb 13, 10:32 am, cavelamb wrote:

I think to make this thing happen, I'm going to have to quit listening
to
that part of myself and just load up and go.

What is that part of yourself telling you?

Probably what we call the "sensible" self.

The part that notices that most people don't do crazy adventurous stuff
any
more. It's so much safer, cheaper, and comfortable to stay home and watch
crazy people have their adventures on TV.

I can't attribute correctly, but I recall someone quoted as saying an
adventure was someone *else* suffering from their foolishness thousands of
miles from home - or something to that effect.


Two takes on adventu

"The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude"
- Robert Lipkin


"An adventure is a disaster that works out okay"
- unknown



I've had lots of the latter ones... mostly related to girlfriends. lol

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

Joe wrote:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off
the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

The perfect time will never come if you are waiting for it.

Joe
Richard


Hey Joe,

We are trying to put together a trip down there to look at slips
and apartments.

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to sit down with you and
hear the story over a beer or two.

How about send me a note at this address so we can hook up?


Richard

On Feb 13, 2:25*pm, cavelamb wrote:
Joe wrote:
* * * “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the
things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off
the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

The perfect time will never come if you are waiting for it.

Joe
Richard

Hey Joe,

We are trying to put together a trip down there to look at slips
and apartments.

If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to sit down with you and
hear the story over a beer or two.

How about send me a note at this address so we can hook up?

Richard

Hello Richard,

Shoot me an email to joe at el lago coffee dot com

Joe

cavelamb wrote:
Dave wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:27:03 -0600, cavelamb
said:

got to go to Block Island!
Always wanted to go there.

It is indeed a very nice stop. Gets very crowded, though. Our club
keeps a
mooring there for members.

Some day (in the hopefully not to distant future) we are going to cast
off from
our normal mundane lives, and sail up the ICW to "Down East".

Then turn around and run for our lives from the cold!


It should be a whale of a trip.

I keep telling myself that. And self keeps saying, yeahbut first we
have to
blah blah blah.

I think to make this thing happen, I'm going to have to quit listening to
that part of myself and just load up and go.

That's the only way anybody ever actually breaks loose, isn't it.

My wife and I went through the same thing before our year-long ICW trip.
People asked if it was scary to quit our good jobs and just take
off, but as the time approached I realized it was scarier to think that
20 years hence we might look back and realize that we had the
opportunity and never did it!

For details of the trip: www.sv-loki.com/The_Trip/the_trip.html

BTW, one slightly unexpected issue with taking a long sabbatical is that
we have had absolutely no desire to work since returning. Fortunately
all of our assets are in real estate and the stock market, so our future
is secure!

jeff wrote:

BTW, one slightly unexpected issue with taking a long sabbatical is that
we have had absolutely no desire to work since returning. Fortunately
all of our assets are in real estate and the stock market, so our future
is secure!

Good to see that you didn't mislay your sense of humour along the way!

Cheers
Martin

jeff wrote:
cavelamb wrote:
Dave wrote:
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:27:03 -0600, cavelamb
said:

got to go to Block Island!
Always wanted to go there.

It is indeed a very nice stop. Gets very crowded, though. Our club
keeps a
mooring there for members.

Some day (in the hopefully not to distant future) we are going to cast
off from
our normal mundane lives, and sail up the ICW to "Down East".

Then turn around and run for our lives from the cold!


It should be a whale of a trip.

I keep telling myself that. And self keeps saying, yeahbut first we
have to
blah blah blah.

I think to make this thing happen, I'm going to have to quit listening to
that part of myself and just load up and go.

That's the only way anybody ever actually breaks loose, isn't it.

My wife and I went through the same thing before our year-long ICW trip.
People asked if it was scary to quit our good jobs and just take off,
but as the time approached I realized it was scarier to think that 20
years hence we might look back and realize that we had the opportunity
and never did it!

For details of the trip: www.sv-loki.com/The_Trip/the_trip.html

BTW, one slightly unexpected issue with taking a long sabbatical is that
we have had absolutely no desire to work since returning. Fortunately
all of our assets are in real estate and the stock market, so our future
is secure!






Fascinating story there, Jeff.
Kinda neat to watch the kids grow up.

so were is Summer '08?


Where is summer '08?

cavelamb wrote:
jeff wrote:
....

For details of the trip: www.sv-loki.com/The_Trip/the_trip.html

....

Fascinating story there, Jeff.
Kinda neat to watch the kids grow up.

so were is Summer '08?


Where is summer '08?

Summer '08 was a rerun of Summer '07. A month around the Vineyard, a
month in Maine, and then a week on the inner Cape and P'town. The big
difference was that instead of continuous fog in Maine we had continuous
torrential rain. This coming Summer we plan on foregoing Maine (which
will guarantee they will have glorious weather!) and spend that month
around Narragansett Bay or maybe the eastern Long Island Sound area.

jeff wrote:
.....
we have had absolutely no desire to work since returning. Fortunately
all of our assets are in real estate and the stock market, so our future
is secure!

I guess that was intended as a 'sad but true' kind of epilog to the
adventure?

Thanks for sharing.

BrianW

Brian Whatcott wrote:
jeff wrote:
....
we have had absolutely no desire to work since returning. Fortunately
all of our assets are in real estate and the stock market, so our
future is secure!

I guess that was intended as a 'sad but true' kind of epilog to the
adventure?

Thanks for sharing.

BrianW

Well, its not that bad - our house is in a prime location so its value
has held up well, especially compared to locations we are considering
for our final retirement in about 4 years. The stock market lesson is
obvious with hindsight: at the moment you think you have "enough,"
diversify into stable investments.

In an effort to live within our new budget, we do not have a "home
marina" for the summer. The last several summers we've spent 8+ weeks
traveling on the boat, so a slip for the couple of weeks we were home
was a huge luxury. Now we'll have to minimize our "home time" and spend
almost the whole summer aboard. Life is rough!

One odd thing is that our boat, which depreciates 5-10% a year was
actually our best investment last year!