So the time has come and we're Celyn Away!

We’re on the road!!  On the adventure that we’ve always talked about, put off, talked about again, and now finally making happen.  Fredoom 55…it’s been my mantra over the last year, as the numbers loomed ever closer.  It’s happening now.

Last year when Cecil had his cancer scare, we made a plan that this would be the year we’d pursue the dream of boating on the west coast for a period of time.  He’s hoping that will include catching some salmon and crab to satisfy his passion for seafood.  I’m more hoping that it’ll include peace, photography, time to write,  maybe a visit from a pod of orca’s, some eagles…you get the picture.

We’d  begun working on this plan by fixing up the old Chris Craft Scorpion that we own (please see previous posts for pictures). She is just beautiful now, ‘Celyn Away’ …very intentionally named for what we hoped to do in her.  However, it was difficult to get answers form people as to whether the inboard engine would handle the salt-water.  No one seemed to be able to say for sure one way or the other, and the concern on our part continued. 

In May, while having another discussion about this continued,  on the Thursday night before the long weekend, I decided to look on Kijiji Nanaimo to see if there was a more suitable boat.  Of course we knew there would be more suitable boat.  What we were concerned about was a suitable price. 


Part way down the page we saw an ad from a guy looking for partners to invest in the exact boat Cecil had talked about, that was part of an estate sale and at a very good price.  Deciding that we were going to make this happen one way r another, we emailed him to see if he was still looking for partners.  He was.  Was the boat still available?  Not sure, he’d check.  It was.  Could we be there to look at it?  We could.  So the next morning we were off in the car to look at a boat on the other side of the country. 

Don’t think for one minute that we’re not aware of how fortunate we are that we were able to do what we did.  But being ‘lucky’ has taken a lot of determined work through the years.  Work to ensure that we were in a financial position to grab the opportunities when they came along.  Work to set all of my employment up to be portable, so that I could do whatever it was I needed to do from wherever I was, through embracing the new technology and all that this electronic world we live in has to offer.  Work in making sure that home was taken care of and what was most important secure when we wouldn’t be there.  I might even add work in getting to the point where we can give ourselves permission not to feel guilty about the freedom that we don have, after all the years of supporting the needs of all of those that depended on us for so long.  It was the most rewarding thing in the world to know that all those pieces that we’d worked to put in place over the years were allowing us to jump at opportunities that presented themselves!  Freedom 55!

On the coast we met the future partner, investigated to boat and realized all the signs that this was what we were meant to be doing were in place.   Name of the boat…RDream.  Sign number one.  Name of the marina?  Ladysmith, same as our farm.  Sign number two. The key hook inside the door?  Three dolphins, sign number three.  Even down to the man who had owned it, a 91 year old WW2 vet named Jim who’d lived his last years in a wheelchair, but didn’t let go of his passion for boats.  We bought in, how could we not!

So now we’re making our way back across the country to spend time on RDream for the first time.  Guess we’ll know soon if it’s truly RDream or not…but we are so blessed that we get to explore this and find out one way or the other.  

Never underestimate the power of setting your intentions for how you want to see your life unfold.  Its the formula of the Passion Test.  Intention, Attention, no tension.  Clarify what it is you do want to do and how you want your life to look. Do what you can from where you are to work towards that vision.  Then trust that the Universe is working for you, not against you, and that the pieces will fall into place as they need to to see your vision come alive.  Its a team effort for sure, but if you are clear on what you want to achieve, you’ll be amazed by what you’re capable of achieving.  

So stay with us, we’ll try to keep you updated as we go along, planning for the best but knowing

it’ll be what it’ll be, and that’s what will be best for us. 

Now, until next time, start thinking about how you want your life to work, and begin to gain clarity on what it is you’re passionate about.  And if you need help with that, just let me know!  That’s what I’m here for!