Sailing Adventure Music Video
Here is a Music Video the Schafer kids recorded during their year long 2013 South Pacific Sailing Adventure. It was recorded, edited and created completely by our 7 children (ages…
Family of nine returns from year-long South Pacific sailing adventure
If you live in or near Victoria, you are welcome to join us for an evening where we will be sharing experiences from our year long sailing trip and how…
The Great Wall of China
Teyauna grasped my hand a little tighter as another group of local tourists pushed past us on their flight up the ancient steps. We had been hiking for half an…
Stop in China – We sure stand out!
Today was our first full day in China. Instead of heading straight home we decided to stopover in China for a few days to break up our trip. After arriving…
Treetop Adventure Park – Sydney, Australia
We awoke to the thundering roar of unusual Australian weather. The Tree Top Adventure Park had told us they would run their tours rain or shine and unless there was…
Botanical Gardens of Vanuatu
After spending the week cleaning and packing and scrubbing our beloved Far and Away I was exhausted. I lay down on the crisp white sheets in our rented house in…
Too Much Luggage!
Thomas had offered to take us somewhere to weigh our luggage this morning but by 8:15 he had not yet arrived. I called him in desperation, “Oh ya... Are you…
A family of monkeys
The truck skidded and slid and we made our way up one of the more driven “roads” in Tanna Vanuatu as we headed for the World’s Largest Banyan Tree. Passing…
Captain Cook Cruises Fiji – I’m Liking This!
Captain Cook Cruises was this weeks special treat for the family. Yes, true, we have our own sailboat but it was time to be pampered and to have a few…
Eli tries to Rescue a Dog in the Water
This morning Eli was out in the cockpit with Zakary and Teyauna. Zak as always was harnessed onto his safety line that runs from the inside of the boat to…