Freedom & Adventure
the next chapter…
After many years of working our way up the corporate ladder and living a “normal” American lifestyle, change is in the air! It’s time to live and explore our beautiful earth, outside of cubicle walls and fluorescent lights, to experience what true freedom means to us - to go where we want to go, do what we want to do and ultimately live a life that feeds our souls.
While the typical 8-5 loaded with meetings, touch bases, conference calls, performance reviews, team buildings, 401(k), health insurance, PTO, stock options, generous salaries, bonuses and enough office donuts to feed small armies are all fantastic things that have allowed us to realize our dream of owning Freedom, they are no longer things that bring real joy to our lives.
We can make more money, but we can’t make more time.
So, after years of talking and scheming about “the plan,” we are finally beginning to put the pieces of that puzzle together with a plan to cast off around the globe starting in mid 2023(ish). The globe, really? Yes, the globe. We have the boat to do it, and we will do it. We have been working hard and saving our pennies for the last decade, and since we can’t take it with us we plan to put it all to good use by investing in an experience of a lifetime.
What about your boat dogs? We love nothing more than our precious dogs, Mr. Sully and Miss Martha (and we miss our Sandy very badly too)! Our cruising plans will take us around the globe, but our plans will also remain flexible on timing and routes taken to accommodate the safety and comfort of these two goonies. We are planning our routes carefully and thoughtfully to ensure we arrive at destinations that don’t require animal quarantines and that are safe for all four of us to enjoy.
Work…Work…Work…Work…Work…
In the meantime, we have a lot of work (boat work, work work, mental work, all kinds of work) to do before we’re ready to head out, so be sure to keep up with our adventures on YouTube and Instagram. We may not know where life is going to take us, but what we do know is that we’ll be going there on our Nordhavn 43!
Our Timeline…
OCT 2004
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Shawn & Elizabeth purchase their first boat a few months after getting married, a Glastron 249, and the boating lifestyle begins.
APR 2014
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The game-changer, a cross country move from Milwaukee, WI to Seattle, WA to begin a lifestyle of year-round, world-class boating & adventure.
APR 2018
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Dreams are realized as Shawn & Elizabeth purchase their dream boat, N43 Endurance. They soon renamed her MV Freedom.
March 2020
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In early March of 2020, we moved aboard Freedom full time and have loved every minute of it. We cruised Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands extensively, and have made countless upgrades to prepare us for what’s coming next!
2025 & Beyond…
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By early 2025, we plan to begin our long-awaited adventures starting in Alaska, then cruising south to the Sea of Cortez, through the Panama Canal, & eventually across the Atlantic ocean into the Mediterranean Sea & beyond.
“You Only Live Once, But If You Do It Right, Once Is Enough.”
