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Category: Packing up and moving

Packing Up and Moving describes how we transitioned from life in a house to a life on a St Francis 50 catamaran. The blog posts in this sub-category covers the pure chaos of downsizing to being able to reflect back and provide some lessons learned and checklists.

A composite image that includes four checklists I created after moving from a house to a sailboat as a family of six from Canada.
December 28, 2015December 28, 2015Lorraine Escher

Checklists for the BIG move: moving from house to boat

July 18, 2015July 18, 2015Lorraine Escher

Audio clip from our first CBC Radio interview

July 17, 2015July 17, 2015Lorraine Escher

Logistics: strategies for getting from house to boat

July 12, 2015July 12, 2015Lorraine Escher

Stress-free camping? Not here.

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015Lorraine Escher

A visit from CBC Radio’s Stu Mills

July 5, 2015July 5, 2015Lorraine Escher

Camping solo with four kids

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015Lorraine Escher

Happy Canada Day!

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015Lorraine Escher

We’ve moved out – the adventure begins

June 28, 2015June 28, 2015Lorraine Escher

Shipping our gear to Florida

June 23, 2015June 23, 2015Lorraine Escher

Tent unoccupied: the reluctant campers

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