Ana on December 30th, 2008

We celebrated Mom’s birthday with some belly dancing and some very delicious Moroccan food. Tio Charles decided that he wanted to try some belly dancing too.

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Ana on October 7th, 2008

Someone took my pen. Why does it bother me so, I have this attachment to a generic little pen. I know there is another one just like it in the supply closet, yet it is hard to fight the urge to yell “Give me back my pen” My pen. It was my pen. I’d grown [...]

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Ana and Nathan on September 1st, 2008

So it’s a little late coming, but here’s the announcement: We’ve made it to Annapolis! After nearly 2,500 miles since March, some rough seas, some crazy storms, and a lot of beautiful sunsets, we’re finally at our new home. It still feels a little weird to think that we’re not moving again, but we’ve found [...]

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Ana and Nathan on July 25th, 2008

We decided to take Altair through the oldest man made canal in the US. It was built in 1805. To read more about the canal click here. To see the photos of our trip click here.

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Ana on July 2nd, 2008

We decided to take a detour from the ICW to spend a few days hanging out in New Bern and catching up with our friends Jim and Kendra.  New Bern is the second oldest city in North Carolina and was named after the Swiss capital, Bern.    We had a great time.   Got to see where [...]

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Ana on June 24th, 2008

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Ana and Nathan on June 21st, 2008

Lightning Crashes! So far, Cape Fear has lived up to it’s name. The good ship Altair has been through many scary moments, some have left her crew quaking in their shoes, but none as scary as what was experienced this morning. Lightning Crashes! We safely arrived in North Carolina the morning of June 20, and [...]

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Ana and Nathan on June 4th, 2008

On Sunday we had the chance to see the shuttle launch. It was a pretty cool experience. Below is the video. For photos of the launch you can click here.

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Ana and Nathan on June 4th, 2008

While we were in Cocoa, Tyler was invited to his first Yappy Hour.   It was a fund raiser for a poodle rescue group.   We had a great time, the theme was “Red, White, and Blue / Support our Troops”.  Some of the dogs had great costumes.   To see photos of the event click here.

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Ana and Nathan on June 3rd, 2008

We can’t say enough about Florida… we can’t say enough about Florida to convey how large this state seems to be and how daunting it is for us to still be in Florida after a month of moving the boat north nearly each and every day after our arrival in the US. Perhaps a poem [...]

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