Saltykisses

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Family of 5 living aboard a sailboat, cruising around learning how to sail, parent and live.


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    Family of 5 sailing on their steel sailboat to far off lands. Learning to sail, learning to parent, learning about life.

LATEST ARTICLES ( 152 )

  • Bahamian Bubba–not on Island Time

    Bahamian Bubba–not Island Time

    I guess my oven isn’t baking so well and need to get induced tomorrow – yuck. We are 38 weeks pregnant. Not what I planned at all. I’ve never been induced so I’... Read more

    Posted on 07 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Best Boat Toy Ever

    Best Boat Ever

    Lately this blog is all about kids, and lately our lives have been ALL ABOUT KIDS! Groundhog day has hit us. Today was like Christmas, boxes arrived from the... Read more

    Posted on 05 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • the Future Looks Cold and Rough

    Future Looks Cold Rough

    Our stint in Nassau is almost up (I'm due in 2 weeks) but from there where are we going??? We’ll your guess is as good as mine. I think our problem is that we... Read more

    Posted on 03 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • MESSing Around

    MESSing Around

    Today was a day of making messes! On my part, not really on anyone else's. I’ve been looking at a great baby bed for the new bub but found out it was going to b... Read more

    Posted on 01 March 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Why We Started a Blog

    Carl was on Windtraveler's blog this morning reading about their blogging tips, he recommended that I read it as well. It was quite interesting and I picked up ... Read more

    Posted on 26 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Coming Full Circle

    Coming Full Circle

    Isn’t it funny that people always say that you’re going to marry your dad and become your mother, then you spend what seems like your whole life avoiding this... Read more

    Posted on 25 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • We Have Roaches

    Have Roaches

    We have big ones, little ones, fast ones, s l o w ones – but glad we don’t have flying ones. I put out some poison not too long ago but I mustn’t have caught... Read more

    Posted on 24 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Warning: a Lot of Skin!

    Warning: Skin!

    Today was hot hot hot! It was 84F here in Nassau but my body was telling me 104F, if we would have been on anchor I’d probably have been naked all day or... Read more

    Posted on 23 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Marina Noise Pollution

    Marina Noise Pollution

    I’ve been having trouble sleeping, my hips dip down too far in our soft mattress causing a throbbing pain and having the change sides about every hour, so I... Read more

    Posted on 21 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Our Favorite Cookies

    Favorite Cookies

    Here is a recipe for our favorite cookies, maybe they’re our favorite because their the only ones I know how to make. It’s a great recipe because there are no... Read more

    Posted on 20 February 2014 FAMILY, FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES
  • 5 Mile Tour of Nassau

    Mile Tour Nassau

    I think Carl’s master plan was to put me into labour yesterday, but no such luck. We walked to the birthing center at 1:00 and made real good time at 30 minutes... Read more

    Posted on 18 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Massacre in the Bahamas

    Massacre Bahamas

    Today really started yesterday. The grocery shuttle took me past Montagu Beach in Nassau to check out where the weekend boat race will be. Read more

    Posted on 16 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • It’s Not All Peaches and Cream

    It’s Peaches Cream

    We tell people that we live on a boat and that we have no jobs and they think WOW what a life, it’s like living a 24/7 vacation. But really it’s not. We have... Read more

    Posted on 15 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • When Does a Boat Get Organized?

    When Does Boat Organized?

    NEVER! Over the past few days Carl has been working on projects. Our parts came in for the hot water heater: DONE, we had some items welded for the deck,... Read more

    Posted on 12 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Lucky Lucky Kiddos

    Lucky Kiddos

    Yeah baby, that’s a picture of me with our spanking new Atlantis card (good until Monday). All thanks to the lovely staff at Bay Street Marina who scored the... Read more

    Posted on 08 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Fat Lady Bitchin

    Lady Bitchin

    its been tough lately. I’m 34 weeks pregnant and suffering through the heat, and it’s only winter! I have feet that look like Fiona’s off of shrek, extremely... Read more

    Posted on 06 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Return from the Great Getaway

    Return from Great Getaway

    Even though it was a rather slow sail down wind back to Nassau it was great. Half way there we got a couple of visitors playing off our bow, it made our day. Read more

    Posted on 03 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Kiwi Grip Review–part II

    Kiwi Grip Review–part

    Honestly I don’t know where we went wrong, maybe we put it on too think, I just don’t know. The texture is nice to walk on but when wet it’s slippery. Read more

    Posted on 03 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Our Midweek Getaway

    Midweek Getaway

    DAY ONE: We spent the afternoon at Hermit Crab Cay (AKA Sandy Cay). It was lovely we haven’t laughed or screamed so much in a while. Wags was the first to notic... Read more

    Posted on 02 February 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL
  • Best Little Bakery Around

    Best Little Bakery Around

    We found a great local place that has fresh bread everyday and it is delicious. A little hole in the wall place and I’m not sure how Carl found it but it... Read more

    Posted on 27 January 2014 FAMILY, TRAVEL