Author: Mark Haskell
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Our Mentor
On the way home we called our friend Greg, who had introduced us to Pleasure-Way vans, and he suggested meeting at Crooked River State Park in St Mary’s, Georgia. He and his trusty sidekick James beat us there and reserved two great spots at the end of a dead-end road in the park. Greg suggested…
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Dad Meets Van
** Begin Rant ** One of the unpleasant surprises about van ownership is that condo associations in Florida don’t like vans in their parking lots. All of our siblings and parents have condos in Florida and we can’t park in any of their lots. We don’t want to camp overnight, just visit! ** End Rant…
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Fort De Soto Park
We’ve moved to the gulf side of Florida to visit mom & dad Haskell. Fort De Soto Park was a great location to enjoy the beach and visit. We practically had the park to ourselves. Only one other couple was on the East Beach when we arrived. Scattered showers missed us, though we could see…
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Fast Forward
New, to us, Pleasure-Way Plateau-TS After taking a ten year hiatus to return to the working world, life has allowed us to resume full-time adventuring. The “vessel” this time is a van. Instead of sailing vessel, sv now stands for sprinter van, so we get to keep the name svIntuition. Beth looks at home in…
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Welcome to the Adventure
Welcome to the record of our year-long sailing adventure. We took off from North Carolina in June of 2006 where we explored the East Coast of the US and the Islands of the Bahamas until June of 2007. We’re back at work and school now and missing the life of new vistas and new friends.…
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Wind Jamming on the Maine Coast
June 2013 Although I grew up in northern New York state, my parents are both maniacs, that is from the state of Maine. My father, being an art professor and having long periods of the summer free, would take the family back to Maine to visit relatives and take us tent camping on the coast. A…
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