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Chapter 12: Sailboat Owners! Now What? – Proteus Rising (Travel Life) Book One (Buy A Boat)

In this episode we talk about what we learned going through the process of shopping for and buying a sailboat. We attend the Seattle Boat show as new boat owners, discover a new restaurant and pub, and start making tough decisions, like where the heck we are going to moor a 41-foot sailboat.
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Who we are: We are Casz & Greg, empty nesters, Gen Xers, Adventure-Seeking Explorers, along with our two pups, Kola & Sprite. We bought a sailboat, sold our house, and bought an RV. Come with us as we venture from land to sea and all around the world. #proteusrising

We left the chains of the corporate-sponsored suburban lifestyle, said goodbye to our mortgage, the golden handcuffs jobs, and are living a life that lets us see the world on our own terms. #proteusrising

Post Script information:

Places in this video:
Seattle, WA
Mercer Island, WA
North Bend, WA

Where we get our music: http://www.epidemicsound.com/
This episode features:
The Road to the Sea – Andreas Ericson
Written In Stone – Dayon
Long Roads – John and The Land of Plenty
Back to Seattle – Björn Skogsberg

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Chapter Six: Falling In Love! Proteus Rising – Book One

We’re finally starting to get into a rhythm with this vlogging. Those that are following us on social media know that things are progressing on our #fiveyearplan, so that’s why there’s a bit of time between episodes. But, like we just noted, we’re getting into a rhythm and the next episode is already in production. Woohoo!

In this episode, we finally get a chance to see The Bayfield 36 we were totally geeking-out on in Chapter Five. We have a good time in Anacortes, Wash. and have great hope for our #fromlandtoseaandallaroundtheworld future. Our son has an epic football season, and starts to get acceptances to colleges and some recruiting looks as a two-sport athlete. But plans go a bit sideways with money to purchase any boat, let alone this one.

Watch and see how we handle it all.

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Who we are: Watch two Gen-Xers, Casz & Greg, along with their two pups, Kola & Sprite, leave the chains of the corporate-sponsored suburban lifestyle, say goodbye to their mortgage, the golden handcuffs jobs, and live a life that lets them see the world on their own terms. #sellthehousebuyaboat

Post Script information:

Places in this video:  The Brown Lantern, Anacortes, Washington
Where we get our music: http://www.epidemicsound.com/
This episode features:
The Road to the Sea, Andreas Ericson

Between the Sun & The Deep Blue Sea, Martin Carlberg

I Could Fall In Love With You (Instrumental Version), Martin Carlberg

See Tank on Hudl:  https://www.hudl.com/profile/4427851/Tank-Brewster

 

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Chapter One: We’re Doing This! Now What? Proteus Rising – Book One

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” ~ Jesse Owens

Chasing a dream is a lot of hurry up and wait. But the waiting lets you think, plan, asses, change tactics, and determine the next right step. We’ve been doing a lot of chasing in these past months. We’ve also had lots of stalled moments, where the waiting has been an exercise in patience and determination. We’ve also been learning everything we can about the life we’re headed towards. Deep discussions in early morning light or after midnight darkness keeps us fueled for the next leg of this journey. And bit by bit we are getting it done. We can see the pot at the end of the rainbow. Now we just have to navigate this new life.

That navigation has been a challenge. With every challenge there are victories and failures. Both teach us lots. Casz says a lot lately: “Partial Victory is Mine!” Every accomplishment, no matter how small is worth celebrating. But we’re saving the champagne for the boat when we get her. In the meantime we work. And work it has been.  It took us a bit to get this next chapter/video out. Our apologies for the delay. Bet you thought we got cold feet and decided not to do it. Quite the opposite. We’re all in. However, we didn’t want to slap a chapter (episode) together. As it was, poor Casz was just about done with this episode and lost it all…and had to start all over again. That learning curve is still there — it’s not as steep now, and we’re really beginning to enjoy creating these little video books for you.

We have to tell you, though, this whole process of going from land to sea and all around the world is coming at us like a speed boat and some days we are at anchor trying to react (by the way, don’t be like the driver of that motor boat). Regardless, it’s here and we’re feeling more natural about recording our lives — because that takes some getting used to naturally. You need to be honest. You need to allow yourself to be vulnerable. In the big wide world that can seem very scary. Without those things the stories we share won’t have any real meaning to those who follow our adventure. So we’re determined to be real with our stories. We promise you that.

It was a whirlwind summer and you get a peak into all we did to cross off the list so we can sell the house, buy a boat, and sail around the world.

One word about lists. They seem to multiply. We have our big category lists for this, but we also have smaller task lists. There are daily lists (what did you purge today?); and there are weekend lists; and there are dream lists. The lists go on and on. It’s overwhelming and we can totally see why that would be a game stopper for anyone considering this kind of alternative living — especially if they are like us and have 30-plus years of family life to simplify. There’s no other way to describe it but this:  Hot Mess. Our garage looks like a disaster zone as we categorize things to sell, things to keep, things to give away or throw away.

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Next time we’re really getting into purging, enjoying our son’s senior football season, and sailboat shopping. Yep, we’re starting to shop now. So, stay tuned. We hope to get on an every-other week release for the time being. We’re shooting for 5 p.m. every “Thorsday”…the Viking (@gregor.the.red on Instagram) would have it no other way.

Skol!

Greg & Casz

 

 

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