We, Kurt & Marcia, are a couple of fortunate baby boomers who were able to achieve the retirement lifestyle they planned and worked towards. We split our time between living on our 50-foot steel trawler, Alpenglow, based out of Puget Sound and a winter home near Tucson. During the late-Spring & Summer we cruise the Inside Passage to/from SE Alaska. When the inevitable grayness creeps into the PNW, we head south to Arizona, where we hike & bike while luxuriating in the space that a home gives over a boat. We find the two, very different, climates, landscapes & life styles mesh well, keeping both of them fresh and interesting.
We have no children but share our lives with a “pampered” (not spoiled) miniature Australian labradoodle. Drake (short for :”Fur Fantastic Drake”) joined us in early January 2020 as a 9-week old puppy. Drake follows in the paw prints of our two calico cats, Annie and Maggie, 
that accompanied us on our cruises until 2018.
Besides this blog, we maintain a blog documenting some of our older, non-boating trips at oldtripsremembered.blogspot.com.
Greeting from Phoenix! I stumbled across your blog researching a possible DD purchase - do do exactly what you are doing! Would love to reach out and get some info on your DD experience? Drew - n3519h@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteGlad things are well by you in retirement. MPH
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I are planning to have a cruising lifestyle similar to yours. We have stayed in Bainbridge several times and are considering making it our home base. We saw your boat a couple of weeks ago when we were staying on the public dock. Which marina do you consider home base??
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