Why We Started All This
Sometime back in late 2018 the First Mate wanted to talk to me about some concerns that she was having. She posed the question of what would happen if one of us passed away earlier than expected. She was thinking that if I survived, I would probably be content with single-handing the sailboat and just sailing away on adventures. She, on the other hand, could not see herself single-handing the sailboat and the thought of just living aboard at the marina did not sit well with her. By early 2019 it became clear what our alternatives were and we hatched a plan for both of us. We decided to buy land and get it ready in the event that something happened to one of us before our time. We started looking online in early January, and by March 2019 we started driving out to areas where there was some acreage…
