My first time being published in a sailing magazine! Hopefully not the last! https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/endless-possibilities-with-mary-elkins-and-tim-lewis/
Published in Latitude 38!
First YouTube Video Uploaded – Season 1 Teaser
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9mw8aQjZA6w It only took five months... but here it is, our first video, a very short peek into the first part of Season 1. This hasn't exactly been a joy to create, and I'm not entirely proud of it... and I'm my own worst critic! (Aren't we all?) As I neared completion of the video, …
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Mary’s Story
A California native, I've spent most of my adult life landlocked and working in the IT industry in Colorado. While employed full-time and raising three sons, I managed to indulge my love of nature and thirst for challenge and outdoor adventure through trail running, backpacking, and mountain climbing. Pining for the ocean that I learned …
Mosquito wars and life in quarantine
October 18, 2020 The mosquitos here are quite determined! This little one inflicted quite a few itchy bites on us before I finally clapped it out between my palms. (Thank goodness this isn’t baseball or I would have struck out 20 times before finally landing a hit.) Tim nailed one on the ceiling last night, …
Safely Quarantined in Grenada
We are in Grenada! Pets, humans, and luggage all survived the journey in one piece. I cried tears of joy all over my mask when we landed. This has been many months - and years - in the making! After disembarking from the plane, we were greeted by what seemed like dozens of Grenadians herding …
Noses violated!
Grenada requires negative COVID-19 PCR test results less than 72 hours before flying in. Even after Florida eased many stay-at-home restrictions, Tim and I decided to continue playing it safe and avoided social situations and restaurants completely. We weren't taking any chances on blowing our escape. We've taken the pandemic seriously all along, and in …
A special kind of hell…
I am going to lose my mind! Packing for the Caribbean is HARD! I have three suitcases and two barrels I can fill, and the rest I need to donate, sell, throw away, or send to my sisters. I've already sold most of my furniture already. Letting go of my beautiful things that I selected …
Our first time seeing our boat… on YouTube?!
Our boat is on YouTube! We’ve been following Sailing Millennial Falcon for some time and we just discovered they have been working on their boat on the hard at the same marina on Carriacou as our boat (named Sail Be Happy - but not for long), only steps away, and she appears in about a …
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We did it… we took the leap
One year ago today I met the man who would become my sweetheart. When I joined him on a sail aboard his little Hunter 30 “Euphoria,” I had no expectations. I was just happy to go for a sail and make a new friend in my new home state. Meet “Sail Be Happy” (soon to …
Sailing Euphoria Too 