Our Plan

Currently we don't have a plan that satisfies most people who ask.

We've learned that trying to predict more than a few weeks ahead is pointless. So I can tell you that in general we spend the winters in Mexico on our sailboat, and the summers traveling the US in our trailer. 

The rest just happens. 

I can say that this journey ended up being much more spiritual and healing than I every imagined! We have changed fundamentally since 2017 when I first started this blog. 

Our values, goals, relationships, all shifted as we stepped away from a common lifestyle and embarked into the unknown.

This blog is about mostly my (Yona) process of integration. Sharing my thoughts, feelings, challenges and joys as we travel this great earth. 

Thanks for being here!

Written in 2017

We've always said, the "Sail Away Plan" does not rule us. At any time we can adjust the plan to suit our budget, comfort levels, and health.  This said, we do have a secret desire to escape conventional living for an alternative lifestyle. (This does not include trailer living.)

We chose cruising. Sailboat cruising for now. Where we end up depends on life. However, the dream is to sail to Mexico for a few years where we spend our winters enjoying the warmer climate and the summers back in Washington, working, upgrading our rental homes (sold!), sailing with friends and living in our little trailer. After that, if we still feel brave, it's west to the Pacific Islands and still west to New Zealand and Australia.

Hopefully we will get to spend a good amount of time traveling by land in these awesome countries. Shay has eluded to the possibility of buying a goat farm and settling down in New Zealand. I would love to see the Great Barrier Reef.

We don't have a dream of sailing around the world, although if that happens, I'd love to sail the Med. Since pirates stand in the way of that happening now, I think we'll stick to the Pacific Basin.

For now we need a sailboat. And lots more practice. And then some more practice sailing around Mexico. We'd be happy with that for now. Or in 2 years time.

As I don't intend to live in this trailer for much more than that!

Our Checklist

1. Remodel House - Check
2. Buy Shay a new back - Check
3. Sell House - Check
4. Buy Trailer -Check
5. Sell belongings/Store the rest - Check
6. Move into Trailer - Check
7. Buy Sailboat- Check
8. Sail Sailboat- Check
9. Refit Sailboat- Check
10. Ability to afford good tequila- all the money went to the boat!
11. Sail sailboat to Mexico- Check