Travel news of Maggie and Nev

Hold onto your hats folks, but my sister and her hubby have just begun a new adventure..they are on their way to Alaska for 2yrs. They left yesterday on a slow meander on their first leg to Mexico where they will have their boat 'shipped' . The currents and weather make the sail up to Alaska pretty rough and uncomfortable so they decided to take the easier way and have her shipped up to Canada..below is my sisters first blog on SailBlog which they can access via satelite as they dont always have access to the internet obviously.

03/03/2013, Cherry Cove, Catalina Island

Wow! Just over two years since our last entry on this blog, and we couldn't be happier than to be able to say we're on our way again!!
We sailed out of Oxnard on March 1st around noon-time with a lot less hoopla than our last departure but a lot more gratitude and appreciation tucked in our hearts. We had a wonderful evening of goodbyes the night before with Trev, Star and our precious grandbaby, Dax, who seems to love being on BLUE! Donna and Steve, our live-aboard buddies of two years, joined us too, and I felt quite tearful when Steve said there would be a hole in the soul of A dock when Blue left :(
God is good as ever, and the weather was perfect as we made our way to Smugglers Cove for our first night and then on to Cherry Cove yesterday. The seals and dolphins were plentiful, the salty air smelled so familiarly good as it splashed around our bow... we couldn't stop grinning.
Our plans are confusing to most but we think we have it figured out: for now we are gunk-holing our way down to San Diego and Ensenada, Mexico, over the next two weeks. BLUE will be loaded onto YachtPath in Ensenada and shipped to Victoria, Canada, where our friend from Nordic V, Blake, will meet and help Nev take her over to Annacortes, WA. After celebrating Dax's first birthday on April 16th we'll be on the road to Washington driving our Daziblu... we hope to set sail for Alaska May 1st from Annacortes.
The first chapter of our new adventure has finally begun... we welcome you to come along with us for the ride!

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Going home at last!

After a weekend of terrible sleep and utter exhaustion, Liv is finally going home! Her labs this morning are normal for the first time, no fun for a little girl to be listening to old folk gurgling and snoring or ranting and raving..its time to go home and rest properly...and have some of moms cooking!!

Im just so relieved she is ok and on the mend!

YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN:

# You call a bathing suit a a "kossie"

# You call a traffic light a "robot".

# You call an elevator a "lift"

# You call a car hood a "bonnet"

# You call a car trunk a "boot"

# You call a pickup truck a "bakkie"

# You call a Barbeque a "Braai"

# Employee s dance and sing in front of the building to show how unhappy they are.

# You get cold easily. Anything below 16 degrees Celsius is Arctic weather.

# You know what Rooibos Tea is, even if you've never had any.

#You can sing your national anthem in four languages and you have no idea what it means in any of them.

# You know someone who knows someone who has met Nelson Mandela.

# You go to braais regularly, where you eat boerewors and swim, sometimes simultaneously.

# You produce a R100 note instead of your driver's licence when stopped by a traffic officer.

# You can do your monthly shopping on the pavement!!!!!

# You have to hire a security guard whenever you park your car.

# You know a taxi can move twice its certified number of people in one trip.

#You travel 100's of kilometres to see snow.

# You know the rules of Rugby better than any referee!

# More people vote in a local reality TV show than in a local election.

# People have the most wonderful names: Christmas, Goodwill, Pretty, Wednesday, Blessing, Brilliant, Gift, Precious, Innocence and Given, Patience, Portion, Coronation.

# "Now now" or "just now" can mean anything from a minute to a month.

# You start every sentence with yes/no or ja/nee.

#You continue to wait after a traffic light has turned to green to make way for taxis travelling in the opposite direction.

# Travelling at 120 km/h, you're the slowest vehicle on the freeway.

# A bullet train is being introduced, but potholes can't be fixed.

# The last time you visited the coast you paid more in speeding fines and toll fees than you did for the entire holiday.

# You have to prove that you don't need a loan to get one.

# Prisoners, Doctors and Nurses go on strike.

# You don't stop at red traffic lights, just in case somebody hijacks your car.

Meet Mr Hugh Ted Pitt

and a little girl with a smile on her face...

Hugh is a family name, we name our children dogs and soft toys after some vague great great ancestor, Ted because he was 'thought' to be a bear..but his daddy was a travelling man!

I was baffled by Pitt though..when asked, she explained

'he hangs around my arm-pit all day...'

I think the girl is much much better