Highlights

Cruising on a boat has some high highs, and low lows. Overall is it much more than just highlights, it is a lifestyle. It is hard to sum it up, but we know the blog has lots of posts, so here is a taste:

Delivery of Kosmos - When we got Kosmos. Nothing too interesting, but it took a long time to get prepared for our travels, and you can see many blog posts before we started travelling extensively.
Attack of the Beans - A Day in the Life of our 21 Day Passage.
Welcome to Nuka Hiva - Landfall after our first big passage of 21 days at sea.
Swimming with Dolphins - Ever swim with hundreds of sea mammals?
Ultimate Anchor at Apataki - Did you know Spaghetti makes for a great anchor?
South Pacific Photo Catchup - For a while we had no Internet. When we got to Tahiti, we were finally able to post some photos from some of our first adventures. This was the first in a series of posts to catch up with photos.
Moorea Sunsets - An idea of some sunsets we have seen.
Very Remote - The island of Suwarrow is almost as remote as you can get.
103 Foot Deep Car - In the clear waters of Nuie at the bottom of a “chimney”.
Swimming with Whales - Lots of whales in Tonga.
Grabs vs. the Volcano - We went right to the edge.
Advanced Wreck Diving - Coolidge is cool.
Dolphin Show in Big Waves - Dolphins like to surf.
Diving with Cruisers - A great time on the Great Barrier Reef seeing giant potato cod.
Reveling in Mother Nature’s Majesty – A great night on passage with calm seas
2007 Highlights - An amazing year.
Rock Stars in Ende - We get lots of attention sometimes.
Bali to Singapore Bashing - Our toughest weather conditions. Keep reading the subsequent stories…
Eric Grab MD - We were there to help a hurt local at a small village in Indonesia.
Malaka Museums - Interesting “customs” museum in Malaysia.
Caves of Wonder - Hawngs in Thailand.
Elephants Training - Not circus elephants, work ones in India.
The Key Rescue - A local helped us rescue our boat key.
Guided Tour of Oman - A great time touring Oman.
Egyptology 101 and The Pyramids - A series of posts on the amazing sights in Egypt.
Meteora Monastaries – Some monks just want a little privacy.
Family Lunch – An amazing home made lunch in Greece.
Ramadan Dinner and Matmata - A great family dinner we were humbled to attend. Later in the week seeing an original Star Wars movie set, and riding quads on the Sahara.
Scary Scari - A scary and crazy tale of sinking boats and rescues at Stromboli, Italy.
Gardens and Caves - Monaco is a really neat place with some unexpected plant life and underground areas.
Segway into Paris – The modern way to tour Paris.
The Rock - The gateway to the Med is a swiss cheese of tunnels topped with monkeys.
2008 Reflections - And you thought 2007 was amazing… Look at 2008!
Mammal Park – We were surprised to find such an interesting and diverse park in the middle of Guadeloupe.
Batch 14 Fuel – Green fuel.
Dinghy Flipping – It was bound to happen to us at one point, but it also came after a fun tour seeing a frigate bird santuary.
Jolly Time – A very nice day seeing Antigua.
Dominica Delights – A wonderful tour of forests and fruits.
Sperm Whales – We had a whale researcher teach us about sperm whales and we saw a mother and calf nursing.
Busy Bonaire – A busy day of touring and we finally tried wind surfing at one of the best windsurfing places in the world. Also in Bonaire we went land sailing.
Dive Dive Dive – We did a bunch of diving in Bonaire. This is just one story of many.
Puberty Party in San Blas – It is a big event for the Kuna people.
The Panama Canal – The first of a multi-part story of us going through the Panama Canal.
Costa Rica Adventures – Several stories of our adventures in Costa Rica with Mike. Including zip lines and an amazing white water rafting trip.
Windy Windy – We got some of the strongest winds on our trip on this trip to Nicaragua.
Eating and Zipping – Yum food and zip lining. Also see the next day with ATV tour and tacos pastor.
Cabo in a Day – We had a very full day meeting new friends and touring around.
Return of the Waypoint – We connected with a waypoint we previously set over 2 years before. We have circumnavigated the planet aboard Kosmos!
2009 Summary – Continuing the yearly overview for Kosmos in 2009.
Some Overall Stats – And some statistics on the trip. Wow, we went a lot of miles!
Unexpected? – We published a book on our travels in the South Pacific!
Passage Across America – We drove from San Diego to Maine in our diesel Jetta on one load of fuel!
Unexpected 2? – We published another book about our travels, this time in Australia and Asia!
San Francisco/Oakland – We took our Kosmos to the Bay Area for a couple of months
Keith – We had a baby!