Saltbreaker

Oh man.  Been a while.  What have I been up to?  Well, here it is in a very short summary.

Korea was great, I met a lot of really fantastic people, made some really good friends, learned another culture in depth, and figured out a lot about myself.

That brings you up to date till June of 2010, when I flew back to San Francisco.  I was here for a couple of weeks before heading back to Chicago for a wedding and a family roadtrip/reunion to/in Nags Head, NC.  From there I flew back to SF for a few months, where I went hiking in Yosemite for a week, and started a job freelance writing for a website here in the city.  In November I decided to take advantage of the freedom my new job gave me, so I found an apartment in Baja, Mexico for a month and spent my days on the beach and my nights working remotely.

From that 80 degree haven, I flew back to Chicago for Christmas and then again out west, stopping in SF before attempting a crosscountry skiing trip across Yosemite.  They had just gotten 13 feet of snow.  It didn't work out so well.  Then back to San Francisco to crash on the floor in my old apartment.

For those of you who don't know, ever since I graduated my brother Alex and I have been saving everything we can to help pay for what we hope will be a pretty epic trip.  In January we finally bought the 32' sailboat we plan on taking around the world in an adventure that will likely take at least 2 years.  I've moved aboard, and these past few weeks have been filled with nonstop planning and boatwork. If all goes well, we plan on leaving the dock this May, when we'll work our way down the coast before hopping out to Hawaii, the South Pacific, and beyond.

This post isn't an attempt to kickstart my old blog, but to announce a new one which I promise to update more often. From now on, follow us at www.saltbreaker.com, where posts will be centered around boat work, general preparation, and in the not too distant future: our new life at sea.