SV Changes Sold

November 5, 2020 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Ohio, SV Changes, United States | 4 Comments

I hope everyone is doing as well as possible with the COVID19 pandemic. We are staying healthy and haven’t come down with the virus that we know. I continue to work weekends at Hospice of the Western Reserve practicing appropriate precautions and have the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) that I need. We take it very […]

We Made it Home

October 21, 2015 · by Lorraine | in 2015, Boat Projects, Erie Canal, Family, Marinas, Ohio, Passages, SV Changes | tagged Buffalo, camera, GRYC, Rich Marine | 2 Comments

Hi everyone! As you can see I haven’t been posting. Sorry but just not up to it. We visited friends in Long Island Sound, then went up the Hudson River and into the Erie Canal spending a weekend in Fairport, NY to visit my brother and his family. Then we went the rest of the […]

Why the Blog

November 22, 2014 · by Lorraine | in 2014, Ohio, United States | tagged blog, Katie, writing | 9 Comments

Saturday, November 22 It seems like I do some of my best thinking at night, so I’m going to reflect on the purpose of writing the blog for me. Last trip as you may recall, I wrote about every day on our trip. Please go here, if you want to read that blog of our […]

Life sometimes throws you curve balls.

September 21, 2014 · by Lorraine | in 2014, Ohio, United States | 17 Comments

Sunday, September 21, 2014 Phil and I made it home to Solon, Ohio, in the Cleveland area June 17. We saw family, including my daughter Katie a couple times. That’s when the curve ball came also called “life changing on a dime”. July 4th weekend Katie had a pain crises. It ended up that she […]

To the Middle of No Where

October 3, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, anchorages, Ohio, United States | tagged rain, Rivers, Sounds, swing bridges, trawlers, waves, Weather | 3 Comments

Saturday, September 28, Day 81 This morning dawned with lots of fluffy clouds in the sky and a lull in the wind. I looked at the calendar and realized that our friends Don and D were going on a trip a week from Monday. Wow in only ONE week! So if we wanted to see […]

We are off

July 5, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Canada, Ohio | tagged night crossing, Ohio | 8 Comments

Just wanted to send you a quick note to let you know that we have left Grand River Yacht Club at 8pm to arrive at Port Stanley, Ontario Canada tomorrow. Will post more later.

Cushions completed

July 4, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Lorraine's Projects, Ohio, Sewing, SV Changes | tagged cushions, sewing | 8 Comments

Katie’s Thoughts on the Trip

July 3, 2013 · by ocallaghankatherine | in 2013, Ohio | tagged Family | 2 Comments

So mom wanted me to make a post about what I thought about them going on this trip. I am happy they are going on this trip. I know they will have a lot of fun, meet a lot of great people, have a lot of great experiences, and go to a lot of cool […]

Friends, Family and Cushions

July 2, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Lorraine's Projects, Ohio, Sewing | tagged boat projects, Preparations, sailrite sewing machine, sewing | 7 Comments

Preparing for my last days at work.

June 20, 2013 · by Lorraine | in 2013, Ohio, Uncategorized | tagged Preparations, work | 4 Comments

I have 7 working days left and this has been the week that I have had to tell my patients that I am leaving on a trip that will last a year, maybe longer and I will no longer be THEIR nurse. It’s been a sad week for me and I’ve shed a few tears […]