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Thawing out in San Francisco with 13 Wheelbarrow loads of Cargo

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 16, 2013
Post category:California Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing

16 January 2013 – Thawing out in San Francisco Our first week in the San Francisco area has been freezing cold. When we left Canada for our sailboat, we told…

Keeping our Baby and Kids Safe at Sea

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 16, 2013
Post category:California Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing

These days they make tons of things for baby's but few people have had to design special things for baby's on boats. In order to make our boat safe for…

Don’t Bring a Trailer when Driving Through a Redwood Tree

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 11, 2013
Post category:California Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing Uncategorized

Perhaps we should have paid more attention to the sign that said “No Trailers beyond this point” but I really did not want to unhitch our small little trailer from…

Will Our Adventure be Cancelled Because of a Big Toe?

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 8, 2013
Post category:Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

January 6, 2013 Will Our Adventure be Cancelled Because of a Big Toe? We picked up our U-haul trailer on December 31st because they were closed on New Year's day.…

Preparing with the use of Pig’s Feet

Post author:Norm
Post published:January 8, 2013
Post category:Normand Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific

3 Jan 2013 Sailing from North America to the South Pacific involves some long distances without seeing land. While the longest distance and duration will be as we travel to…

Family Adventuring – Almost Ready

Post author:Norm
Post published:December 30, 2012
Post category:Alyssa Dailin Eli Jaeden Kirsten Normand Orin Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific Teyauna Zakary

Some think our family is a crazy bunch and after 18 years, I am beginning to question my own sanity with our latest adventure. Traveling the world with my wife…

Family Adventuring

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 8, 2012
Post category:Alyssa Dailin Eli Fiji French Polynesia Jaeden Kirsten Marquesas Normand Orin Samoa Schafer South Pacific Sailing South Pacific Tahiti & the Society Islands Teyauna Tonga Tuamotus Zakary

The Schafer family is planning another adventure. This time we have yet one more family member to add to the mix. This adventure will include our family of 9 on…

Need Cheering Up – Go Visit an Airport!

Post author:Norm
Post published:October 20, 2011
Post category:2011 Normand

Arriving at the airport an hour before another friend of mine I sat down at perhaps what may be considered a front-running contender to Disney as the happiest place on…

Day 5 – Rocky Mountaineer

Post author:Norm
Post published:August 11, 2011
Post category:2011 British Columbia Canada Normand Train

11 August 2011 We were off to the train station at 7:20 am and quickly boarded the train for an early morning departure. By 8:30 am we were on our…

Day 4 – Rocky Mountaineer

Post author:Norm
Post published:August 10, 2011
Post category:2011 Canada Normand Train

10 August 2011 The Rocky Mountaineer had us up and out the door of our hotel by 7:30 am. In the end however we ended up waiting around for some…