Monday, February 11, 2013

Tour de boat


Mark and Conrad wanted to give you a video tour of the boat. It's a length and kid-focus that only a grandparent could love--sorry. But it gives a glimpse of the boat (only the port side is shown; the starboard side is similar except that there are closets instead of a galley). It's also messy because of the ongoing projects.

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  1. It's a hard life living on a boat!

    Could they be any cuter?

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    1. Thanks, (K)! I know, that's my favorite part...

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  2. a grandparent ... and an uncle and an aunt. ... and a cousin.
    super cute!

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  3. I don't know why I wasn't following your blog before. Fascinating and cool stuff!!! Hope you all are well.

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  4. well, Jen, I met you to receive the v berth cushions your parents had fashioned, one sewn backwards, as you said to me. In Hampton...the boys loving the Air and Space museum. I have followed your posts since then, and it seems impossible so much time has gone by. I think of four years of college as an increment of time. I think of what I was doing at the time we met for five minutes in Hampton VA. I think about the lives you have touched, the gift you have given your sons, the vision to put this all together, your wonderful sense of humor telling the stories of your journey, and Matt, mastering the intricacies and endless tendrils of the things that make the boat go, stay and become a safe and warm shelter from the storm always ready to pounce outside the cabin. I see him like one of the coal shovelers in the Titanic, feeding the boilers in the unseen sweaty mess below. The contortions into spaces not built for the big and tall. The nights of no light, Feeling for connections in misunderstood systems. Solving the issues in half sleep, waking early but not to disturb the peace of the others. A fish, a lobster, a Mahi...then a shark. The hot and cold, the moist, the dry. You will find your Country quite different, and the eruptions somewhat subsiding. It is a perfect time to re-enter, and when Perry is gone you will cry to have her back, then remember all the rest of it, and may think "that was our time, and she will 'belong' to someone else, now." It's likely you will miss the daily complexities, alerts and swan dives to the berth that accompany your days on Perry. It can be a fresh beginning and you won't have to wonder what if? Ever!! [XO TT] almost...welcome home.

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    1. Thanks, TIm. It's been a long time since we met you back in Hampton. Thanks for the encouraging words and for following along all this time. Maybe we will meet again!

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