December 2012

Well as you can tell by my lack of updating our blog we have been stationary for quite some time now. It seems I just can't bring myself to bore people with our day to day lives (something that I am sure everyone can appreciate). We spent a year in Redwood City but upon notification of the closure of the marina we were staying at we decided to move outside the bay to Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in order to finish out Amanda's school year in Redwood City. Many people were very upset by the closure of this Redwood City marina (Pete's Harbor) but Mark and I looked at it as a opportunity for new adventures. I must say the thought of loosing another marina in order to build a multi-story waterfront housing makes me sad but our hopes are that Redwood City will eventually realize this and they will make moves to encourage boating in this area in the future....for now money wins. Although we have only been in Pillar Point a few months we are really enjoying our time here. The people here are great and I love that this is a real fishing harbor. Mark has been busy crabbing and having a great time with it. It is also very refreshing to be back on the ocean. After spending the past 1+ years in a backwater slough it was really wonderful to see waves crashing once again. Our plans at this point are written in the sand at low tide but Amanda is looking to transfer to a university in the fall at which point we will probably spend a few months cruising the bay area and then possibly head south. The cold weather here at Half Moon Bay has me dreaming of the tropics so who knows maybe this is when great plans will be made for the future :)