I’m sure there’s some extreme sand skiing sport out there, but we aren’t quite at that level yet. Plus we missed our family and had lots of milestones to celebrate. So the crew of Tideye made plans to fly off to the mountains for a little change of scenery. But wait. First we need to grab our friends from the airport – time to party!

Having our home filled with happy giggling people has always filled my cup. So when the Sabins mentioned that they would be able to make the trek to the Bahamas to see us I was very, VERY excited. Then the logistics started to filter down through my brain. Ten people…six kids 9 and under…one floating home…one dinghy…hmmmm. After way too much thinking about the how/what/where’s I just figured, well, it’ll probably all work out. I mean, what could actually go wrong?

The thing about good friends is that things do work out and they are usually waves and waves of fun. Thanks so much for all the giggles and hugs guys – let’s do it again soon!

After we got Tideye all tucked in for a week without us, we threw a couple things in a suitcase and made a run for the airport. It looked a little questionable. Five people for a week in the snow and all we had were two carry on bags!? Yep… but we might have done a little online shopping. I’d been sending packages to my parents’ place for weeks. I knew our return baggage would look quite a bit different.

We made it to Colorado after a ferry trip and three flights ready for some snowy fun. Logan and I celebrated 11 years of wedded bliss and Lucy Lynn turned SEVEN. We skied, we celebrated, and we slept. A lot. We came back to the boat refreshed and excited about new adventures on the horizon.

I woke up this morning to a glassy harbor – the kind of stillness that has the truly awesome power to becalm my mind and body. I see this as a beautiful omen since we are tackling a week’s worth of chores in one day in order to make our move south. It’s time. We are sailing from the Abacos to the Exumas over the next week. Route to be determined by the weather, but we’ll have clean clothes, fresh provisions and a rad captain on board. So again, what could do wrong?