April 2018 Update on Us

This weekend, Nordhavn is throwing an event at their corporate office in Dana Point to celebrate their 40 year anniversary. Unfortunately, we won’t be able to attend. Its extra-sad because Saturday, April 28 is the 11 year anniversary of when we left on our circumnavigation. It would have been so fitting to celebrate our anniversary with PAE and the Nordhavn family.

Since our names will likely come up at the event, we figured we should post a quick update.

2012 through 2016 were the hardest years of our lives. Looking back, we can’t believe we managed to survive. 2017 was a better year, but it was still tough. 2018 has gotten off to to a great start, though!

Christi’s health is still improving very, very slowly. She’s now close to remission. While she’s still sick, it’s now a mild chronic illness and she is finally capable of going cruising again. She is is still dealing with our elderly parents and is focusing on getting all our ducks are in a row so that when another opportunity arises to set-sail, we’ll be able to go.

Eric likes his job at Jaunt and likes life in the Bay Area.

Adjusting to the Bay Area was harder for Christi and Keith than it was for Eric. Life styles between the two areas are more different than Christi had anticipated. But overall the transition wasn’t too bad and we’re all finally feeling settled.

Keith is 6 now and in kindergarten. He’s enthusiastic and fun; a natural born leader and a social butterfly. His current obsessions are LEGOS and Ninjago. In school, he’s learning to read and do math. Keith has a long way to go before he’ll be ready for cruising, but he’s getting there.

Kosmos is now 12 years old. She’s doing great! The best part about the Bay Area is we’ve been able to make many overnight trips to various parts of the Bay. We’ve been to Sausalito, Treasure Island, Oakland, and Berkeley so far. This summer, we plan to do some ocean time, as well. Eric has a long list of boat projects he wants to do.

5 thoughts on “April 2018 Update on Us

  1. Welcome to Santa Cruz – good to see an N43 visiting us. Hope you will come visit At the SCYC. My wife and I have been doing the great loo for the past few years as we have jobs in the Bay Area and are about 90 % done (our Albin 31 is in Savannah GA)

  2. Hi Don,

    Thanks for the welcome! Santa Cruz is really nice. And we certainly got a great spot and view. We try to come by, probably on Sunday late afternoon.


    Eric

  3. Hi there Eric and Christie, I know life gets hectic with things going on. But I was just wondering if there is any progress on the publications of future volumes after 1 & 2 of the ” the unexpected circumnavigation ” ?
    Would love to read more please. Thanks for your inspiration and regards,
    Warwick, Brisbane Australia

  4. It’s exciting to hear that you are eager to read the rest of the series! This year, I have been busy getting caught up on important things that got pushed to the side the last few years when I was really sick. I’ve made great progress on my to-do list. I am hoping to finish up my to-do list in the next few months. Then I’ll go back to work on the books. The last two books took me about a year each to write/edit/publish. I am guessing this one will take longer because I will have less time to write now that we have the munchkin. But I will get it done as soon as I can!

  5. Just catching up with your blog! Sorry to read that you are sick! Hope that you get well soon!
    Be Blessed!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.