HH the DL

I played hookey from work on October 22nd, for a once in a lifetime experience.


He is humble, funny, smart, amazing at the same time. I'm so glad I went.

There

We've finally planted vegetables in our garden!

Our garden is located in our side yard along the garage. It's nice so we don't have to walk too far to water and check on things. It also makes the side yard look a bit nicer! We planted broccoli, white cabbage, red cabbage, bibb lettuce and lavender. You can see Sadie's new favorite place on the deck.

Five awesome things that happened on my vacation

5. Learning the basics of sailing
4. Buying a Playboy magazine in a foreign country
3. Hanging out with such kickass people
2. The FOOD!
1. Getting to spend quality time with the love of my life

The crew

Before I go into how amazing our vacation was, I'd like to introduce the members of our crew. These are such cool people, and I know that the sailing part was so incredible because of these guys. You can be pretty miserable in close quarters with some people, so I'm glad we got along so well. If it sounds like I'm bragging on these folks it's because I am so in awe of how much these people have accomplished. They are all in the early 30s and are just doing really cool things.

Rigel: our fearless captain. He was incredibly patient with all of us, teaching us the basics of sailing and not getting mad when I kept referring to on deck as 'upstairs'. Considering he's sailed around the world and written a book about it, I think he was experienced enough to be our captain.

Ariel: Rigel's wife. She has her own graphic design company and even designed the City of Savannah's new logo.

Michael: Canadian. Went to college with Rigel and Ariel. He does freelance photography and writing. Probably one of the most hilarious guys I know. He is also an experienced sailor.

Kelli: She was part owner of a coffee shop in Savannah for about 4 years. Sold her half to her partner earlier this year, and has been traveling through Europe for a few months. She is planning to move to Argentina for a year to do some social work, then she'll go to grad school.

Shannon: She introduced us to everyone and is responsible for making the sailing trip happen. After working in the corporate world for too long, she decided to do what she did on her own. Successful business owner; avid world traveler. She also did Peace Corps in Cote d Ivoire.

Katrina: four-time ironman athlete. Need I say more?

I am so excited to have met Katrina and since she lives in Atlanta, I hope to hang out with her more. Cool chick.

Sailing Lesson #3

Points of Sail:
Beat (close haul) - closest to wind
Reach - wind is on beam
Broad Reach - wind is at rear quarter
Run - Wind is directly on stern

Our Boat

Uh, I need to add that this is the boat we chartered, not a boat we own.

3 weeks to go...

We're going sailing on the Adriatic with this guy in 3 weeks!

We'll start out in Split

And end in Dubrovnik

So far, all I know about sailing is:

1. The wind is always up

2. You wind a winch clockwise.

Hopefully that's enough.