Leaving on a Jetplane

Time: 2021/07/06 02:18:27
Latitude: 29-54.80N
Longitude: 164-1.75W
Speed: 5.5
Course: 313T
Marine: Yes
Wind_Speed: 23
Wind_Dir: NE
Wave_Ht: 2M
Wave_Dir: NE
Comment: Continuing NW, expect to see wind shift to N in 2 days at which point we will begin to head more E or NE as possible. Seas and wind beginning to calm somewhat compared to yesterday and previous days.


No, it is not what you may think. I did not spend my night watch devising a plan to get airlifted out of here. Today is a special anniversary for the Maple crew. Today marks six years since we boarded a plane in Vancouver bound for Greece to join Maple and start this new path in our lives. What a six years it has been!!

Some of the highlights include: hot air ballooning in Turkey; camel riding in the Sahara Desert in Tunisia; horseback riding in Cuba; ziplining in Guatemala; trekking in Peru; watching penguins swim beneath Maple's hulls in Galapagos; and scuba diving with sharks in French Polynesia.

Of course, much of the six years are not always this utopia of one mind blowing experience after the other. Most of the time, it is just us together as a family. Plenty of nagging to "Clean up your room!!"; "Whose turn is it do the dishes?"; and "Stop annoying your sister!!".

We have no regrets for giving up most of our possessions; walking away from good paying secure jobs; losing the future equity we would have continued to build in our house and instead spending what equity we could get out of the sale over the last six years. We have gained so much more than what we gave up. Sure we might be living in a cardboard box in our old age and our girls likely won't receive much of an inheritance from us, but nothing can take away these incredible years we have had together.

The other day, Ella looked at me, entirely unprompted I promise, and said "I have the best life! Thank you for taking us on this trip." And that is it, this is why we risked everything to take this journey as a family. We wanted to explore new countries and traverse oceans with our girls while we still had their undivided attention. No regrets and excited to see what the future holds for all of us!