The Idea

Last summer I was talking with my friend, Jake and it somehow came up that we should plan some sort of grand adventure. We discussed a motorcycle trip to all of the nation's national parks, a canoe trip down the entire Mississippi river, and backpacking all around the Yukon. We finally decided that the coolest trip would be to sail up the east coast of the United States in a little sailboat. Over the next few months, this idea grew into a serious plan as I decided that it would be feasible after all. I determined that I could use the savings from my past several jobs to afford such an adventure, while Jake decided that being employed would be more valuable to his future, and thus the trip became singlehanded. As I continued to plan in the fall, I became convinced that it would better to purchase a boat during the winter and have it stored until spring. My parents agreed to let me use their car to drive down there on my winter break so I recruited my friend, Bryce, to join me.