{"id":27,"date":"2017-10-20T23:57:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteusrising.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2019-03-29T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T15:28:08","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/proteusrising.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-45\" src=\"http:\/\/proteusrising.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/croppedwinetastingshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"381\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casz &amp; Greg at a recent wine tasting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The humans behind Proteus Rising, are Greg &amp; Casz, a married couple, currently living in the Pacific Northwest, just outside of Seattle, Washington.\u00a0Greg and Casz came together as a couple in late 2004, blending their families to create a big family of seven.<\/p>\n<p>In April of 2017, the realization that they were fast approaching having an &#8220;empty nest,&#8221; the couple decided to figure out what the next adventure in their life would be. What they did know was that they wanted to travel. And extensively.<\/p>\n<p>After examining all the pros and cons, it was then they decided that they needed to break the chains of modern life as wage slaves, sell everything, buy a blue-water cruiser, and sail to all the places in the world they&#8217;ve always wanted to visit.<\/p>\n<p>Proteus Rising is the result of that decision.<\/p>\n<p>As with every project or plan, it doesn&#8217;t really survive contact with &#8220;the enemy.&#8221; That enemy in our case was &#8220;real life.&#8221; So we quickly realized that we would need a land-base operation for following our youngest son&#8217;s college athletic career. So we bought an RV.<\/p>\n<p>Now we truly are going From Land to Sea and All Around the World. (#fromlandtoseaandallaroundtheworld) And we want you to come with us.\u00a0 Follow us here, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC1j-U8z0ZXKlONX5kZ1Jlyg\">YouTube<\/a>, or on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProteusRising\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/proteus.rising\/\">Instagram<\/a>, or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ProteusRising\/\"> Facebook.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68\" src=\"http:\/\/proteusrising.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/IMG_20171206_075347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"326\" height=\"245\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kola &amp; Sprite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Individually, Greg has spent the last 20 years working<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rothedigital.com\/\"> as a digital security engineer<\/a> &#8212; aka as a white-hat hacker. He loves technology, video games, and tequila. You can often find him reading a detective novel, listening to rock music, especially RUSH, or playing with the family&#8217;s dogs &#8212; Kola &amp; Sprite.\u00a0 Casz is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Casondra-Brewster\/e\/B00IAFN90U\">writer <\/a>and Army Veteran. She loves reading, cooking, yoga, and whiskey. Both can be a bit geeky about Jeopardy. Together, they have a great appreciation for good coffee, fine wine, and spiced rum. Never happy standing still you can often find them fishing, hiking, camping,\u00a0 and exploring new places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The humans behind Proteus Rising, are Greg &amp; Casz, a married couple, currently living in the Pacific Northwest, just outside of Seattle, Washington.\u00a0Greg and Casz came together as a couple in late 2004, blending their families to create a big family of seven. 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