Virginia

Population: 8.6 million
Capital: Richmond

Day 15: Travel Day | Roanoke, VA to Asheville, NC

Nov 12, 2020

Thursday, November 12, 2020Travel Day | Roanoke, VA to Asheville, NCODOMETER: 79,410 | MILES TRAVELED: 1,465instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by GrantWe hit the road and head for Asheville. The Appalachian Mountains are really tough on Thelma and we have to nurse...

Day 14: Travel Day | Baltimore, MD to Roanoke, VA

Nov 11, 2020

Wednesday, November 11, 2020Travel Day | Baltimore, MD to Roanoke, VAODOMETER: 79,166 | MILES TRAVELED: 1,221instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by JanaIt’s a rainy gray day and we leave Baltimore and Tim & Liz’s and head to Charlottesville to move our deck...

Day 5: Travel Day | Fairfax, VA to a Rest Stop in CT

Nov 3, 2020

Monday, November 2, 2020Travel Day: Fairfax, VA to a Rest Stop in CTODOMETER: 78,382 | MILES TRAVELED: 437instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by GrantWe awoke to a lovely sunrise over the Walmart parking lot next to a dumpster in Fairfax, VA. Turns out there are no...

Day 4: Travel Day: Charlottesville to Fairfax, VA

Nov 2, 2020

Sunday, November 1, 2020 Travel Day: Charlottesville to Fairfax, VA ODOMETER: 78,048 | MILES TRAVELED: 109 instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by GrantWe awoke in the warm and cozy confines of Thelma and did our final runs to the house and storage. Stand-up paddle...

Day 3: Halloween | Panorama Farm, Virginia

Oct 31, 2020

Saturday, October 31, 2020Panorama Farm, VirginiaODOMETER: 77,955 | MILES TRAVELED: 10 instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by GrantHalloween and a full moon! We saw some hot air balloons rise above the chilly early morning mist on the farm. There were more runs to...

Day 2: Panorama Farm, Virginia

Oct 30, 2020

Friday, October 30, 2020Panorama Farm, VirginiaODOMETER: 77,947 | MILES TRAVELED: 2instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by GrantToday was a continuation of packing, moving items to storage and getting Thelma ready for her inaugural journey. We didn’t have to venture...

Day 1: Moving Day | Earlysville, Virginia

Oct 29, 2020

Thursday, October 29, 2020Moving Day | Earlysville, VirginiaODOMETER: 77,945 | MILES TRAVELED: 0instagramfacebookyoutubetwitter by GrantMoving day. We spent the last three weeks packing, sorting, consolidating and selling off our stuff. We had a yard sale the...

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Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane Passage

Oct 19, 2021

Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane Passageinstagramfacebookyoutubetwitter A Long-Awaited Departure After having waited in French Polynesia for two and a half months, we excitedly sailed out of Bora Bora around 7:30 am on Saturday, September 4th....

Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 3: Bora Bora to Fiji Passage

Sep 27, 2021

After having waited in French Polynesia for two and a half months, we excitedly sailed out of Bora Bora around 7:30 am on Saturday, September 4th. Like the rest of French Polynesia, Bora Bora was in COVID lockdown, and we had spent the last week waiting for our departure paperwork to go through all the requisite bureaucratic channels. This required multiple trips to the local gendarmerie (police station), where Grant quickly befriended the two kind and helpful officers, Alex and Bruno.

Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 2: Mo’orea to Bora Bora

Sep 25, 2021

It took us about 24 hours to get from Mo’orea to Bora Bora on August 28 2021. Like the rest of French Polynesia, Bora Bora was in COVID lockdown, and we spent a week there waiting for our departure paperwork to go through all the requisite bureaucratic channels. This required multiple trips to the local gendarmerie (police station), where Grant quickly befriended the two kind and helpful officers, Alex and Bruno.

We made trips to get water, fuel and provisions, but apart from that we had to stay on the boat. We passed the time snorkeling (saw a giant moray eel!) and inventing new water sports.

Once we received our exit paperwork, we were finally free to leave for Fiji.

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