I wrote about how the Internet aboard ship is “…Really?” back in April. Time for an update.
Health Emergencies while Residential Cruising
It all comes down to one thing: Doing your homework.
Preparation
There’s No Place Like Home
Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz, went on quite an adventure to learn that truism. The Hero’s Journey, described by Joseph Campbell, talks about Adventure, the hardships, and the coming home in the end.
Launch Checklist
Coming along? Here’s what you need to do first, not counting the obvious of reserving your space, flying to meet the ship, yadda yadda. This is necessarily slanted toward Americans since that’s what I know, but others can probably get some ideas here too.
Some Dreams are Meant to Be
In 2015, Randy and I discussed that someday, we wanted to retire to a cruise ship — Residential Cruising wasn’t yet a thing.
Home At Last
We are finally aboard our ship, after it finally passed all inspections (including the unfair ones, and the truly stupid ones), marking the true start of our Residential Cruising life.
We Are Pioneers
It didn’t occur to us when we signed up for living on a Residential Cruising ship that we were being pioneers. Maybe we are pioneers in general already, and I just hadn’t considered it.
Why We’re Not Upset at the Delays
We’re still in pause mode: our Residential Cruising ship, which was supposed to sail May 15, still hasn’t sailed. At minimum it will be more than a month of delay — we’re not sure yet. And we’re not upset by that.
More on Crew Accommodations
There was significant reaction to one aspect of my recent article about the Odyssey, so I thought I’d expand on it: how the crew is being treated on the first-ever Residential Cruising ship.
Blog #2: Not Only Homeless, We Can’t Even Live In Our Car
When getting ready to move into full-time Residential Cruising, we didn’t just sell our house and Get Rid of all our stuff, making us “homeless” until we could board our ship.
Blog #1: It’s Getting Real
We passed a big milestone this weekend.
Products Worth Taking Along on Residential Cruising
I’ve long had a list of Recommended Products on my main site — stuff I actually did or do use that might be helpful — but I thought I’d talk about a few things that we’ve picked up recently specifically for our Residential Cruising life that are handy enough that they aren’t really about shipboard living: they’re useful even if you can’t join that life soon or ever.
Can Residential Cruisers Vote?
As I set out to my new cruising life I thought that I might miss out on voting. That’s especially a big deal for me with national elections like the one coming up. Happily I found the bottom line is, voting from abroad is probably easier than you think.
Before Residential Cruising: Letting Go
It wasn’t simply about “moving away” when you go from a large house to a small cabin.