To do List: Live on a boat....Check

05 Jan

To Do List: Live On A Boat….Check

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You ever make one of those; things I want to do in this life lists? Mine is a mental one I don’t write the stuff down very often or actively pursue it. Just make a little mental note, when I think of something I want to do. Some never really have a chance of getting accomplished; get on Chef Ramsey’s Hells Kitchen (I can’t even cook a grilled cheese without burning it), other things seem like a possibility, but not likely unless I muster up a lot of motivation; Climb Mount Everest, Free Climb El Cap and then some things just unexpectedly happen like live on a boat.

I don’t know when I put live on a boat on my to do list, but I know it was on there somewhere, buried between find my secret beach like Leonardo Dicaprio in that movie and do 100 consecutive pull-ups. So after I packed up my car and left Chicago, I knew that I better make some decisions quickly, otherwise I would be spending my winter like my past summer, living out of the back of my truck.

I knew one thing for sure, I wanted to kiteboard this winter. One thing comes to mind…. Florida. In the winter time, the wind hits south Florida up and down the Atlantic coast all the way to key west. Unlike the windless summer time, you can get out at least 4-5 days a week and be kiting.

I didn’t want to rent an apartment in Florida, not only is that a big responsibility, with all the decorating, cleaning and paying rent on time, but also I would be officially be living in south Florida. When I found an old broken down live aboard boat for sale off of Fort Lauderdale, I thought……wellll maybeeeee. Then the owner said if I bought it he would throw in a second little boat that actually ran! I took a look at the smaller vessel; it was big enough, for my boyfriend, me and two kiteboards……SOLD.

Baby Kiteboard Boat

So now I live in a boat, I never really would of thought it, so who knows maybe I’ll be jogging up Mount Everest next year.