A Journey's End
It might appear that we just arrived in Rhode Island, but what actually happened is that I finally had time to show you last year's journey's end! It took a long time to get there because I was busy. Busy completing my masters in cybersecurity, feeling overloaded with all of the things I thought I had to do, and on top of that starting my own cybersecurity business that will soft launch soon.
This journey north with my mom, Penny, and friends, Holly and Darrin, was an AMAZING 5 weeks. It's not very often that you have friends and family that will tolerate and enjoy each other 24 hours a day for 5 weeks straight on a boat with nowhere to run, but that is what defines this friend group. We've laughed, cried, loved, and confided in each other and that's why you see us just hanging out at the end and chatting instead of running away from each other once we found shore.
In the last video of this journey (don't worry, there will be more), we successfully, and I'd say pretty gracefully, raised and lowered an Oxley spinnaker, anchored by Lady Liberty, and navigated the busy New York East River, through Long Island Sound, then arrived in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Once I got there, I learned that it's pronounced East "Grennich," Warwick is pronounced "Warrick," and Cowesett is pronounced, believe it or not, like "kuh-we-sit." The northeast has a very unique community, but overall I'd say it's a very happy and welcoming place to visit!
Following my arrival there, I got to hang out with my sister for a solid two months and, other than when I bought the boat, that is the most time we got to spend with each other since we were in high school. For a moment, it felt like I was home and I got to taste what others take for granted: living in.a community with family and friends all around that don't move or leave every three years as we did in the military.
I know you're probably wondering why I now live on a sailboat and don't stay anywhere longer than a few months, and I wonder that sometimes too. But out here we develop a community of boaters and somehow whether you just arrived or frequent a port often, it's pretty easy to wave at another boat and walk away with another lifetime friend.
I'll let you get to the video now. I'm trying out some new editing software and did this in a day, so it's not as polished as what I normally give, but I felt like I was in a bit of a time crunch and I was having fun. I like to think that's what counts!
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