On Land

Cruising The Sea of Cortez (A Preview)

Posted By Steve on Sep 29, 2018

Yeah, yeah – I’m a little behind on sharing stories from our winter in the Sea of Cortez. Let this pic of Megan at the top of Tetakawi serve as a teaser (just north of San Carlos, Son). Yeah, yeah – I’m a little behind on sharing stories from our winter in the Sea of Cortez. So, let the above pic of Megan at the top of Tetakawi serve as a little teaser. Oh, and this shot from north of San Carlos. ;-) Oh, and...

We Bought (Yet Another) Old House | 1849 Historic Italianate

Posted By Steve on Sep 29, 2018

After selling Manonash V in Mexico, we found ourselves, well… homeless in the middle of a really cold winter. So, what better adventure than to travel 30,000 miles in three months, viewing almost 50 historic fixer-upper homes across 18 states, from Illinois to Georgia. We toured a lot of terrifying shacks in less-than-desirable locations, but we kept coming back to a home that was being sold by the historic Wentworth College in...

We Bought (Yet Another) Boat! | West Wight Potter 19

Posted By Steve on Sep 29, 2018

Sigh… we need another project like we need a hole in the head! We were all set to hunker down this winter and focus all of our free time on rehabilitation projects on our historic home, but, upon receiving an invitation to some friends on an excursion along the Sacramento River Delta (and San Francisco Bay) next spring, Megan did a casual search for any small trailerable sailboats that might interest us. (Albeit, we hadn’t...

“He Didn’t Mean It, Officer – I Swear!” (aka She Had It Coming)

Posted By Steve on Jul 11, 2017

Everyone knew it was only a matter of time before I bludgeoned my wife across the face with a blunt instrument of death. We’ve been working on various projects at the cabin this year; leveling the shifting floors, installing a new water heater, constantly fighting the 50 year old outboard, and finally/eventually tackling a project that has been put off for too many years – installing the new roof. Last year my father hauled all...

A Typical Day In The [Alternative] Life (Steve)

Posted By Steve on Jun 19, 2017

I came down from the mountains earlier this week to buy some supplies, I powered up my phone to find a few text messages from friends, one asking, “How’s your new life? What are your days like? I want to know everything!” It occurred to me that, while life has finally fallen into an ‘every day’ groove for us here at the cabin, to our family and friends (and friendly blog readers) back home, it must feel like we’ve fallen off the face...

Phase One of Life Change is Complete! (Megan)

Posted By Megan on Jun 19, 2017

It’s now been just over one month since we pulled out of the driveway of our house in Poulsbo, Washington for the last time with a full truck, and turned everything in our lives upside down to follow a crazy dream that we’ve had for almost a decade. The term Manonash means “The annihilation of a conditioned mind”, and has been a consistent name for our sailboats over the years. It also represents a mindset that we have adopted and...