Happy Easter from Phoenix!

The Easter Bunny found Will!!! Using a reusable bag, the Easter Bunny filled it with great gifts for Will and his parents!

Don't worry - that green straw is edible!

Our first Easter service together at Trinity Episcopal Church in Phoenix, Arizona. This is a church that you must go and experience when in Phoenix. The exterior is impressive - but the interior blows you away with the unique stained glass.

Will and Daddy getting ready to go into the cathedral.

The stained glass windows from the exterior look nice but not that impressive, right?

But on the interior, the stained glass is just magnificent.

I hope this photo shows it well enough, but the glass thickness is irregular (each piece is at least 1.5 inches thick though). Just too cool!

On the Road! Texas

We went though Little Rock, Akansas to get to Dallas, TX. While handing out samples in Little Rock we had someone tell us they didn't believe in Environmentally friendly products. They didn't expound on the subject but we gave them samples anyway.

Dallas has been fairly nice to us - although most places use extruded plastic (foam) cups. One thing I didn't expect is how windy it is!! We could really make some time on The Nineveh!

More updates to come from Houston and Austin!

Weird is such an Ugly Word

Yesterday we (Josh, Will and I) went to a meeting to talk life insurance. We have a good friend who is in the business and we wanted to see how his company's projection for us matched up with our current company's projection.

So, we meet with our friend and his boss (I think) and immediately his boss tells us we are weird! "You guys are a little weird. You live on a boat, you have a son, and two companies? Where are you going to settle down?!?" Hmm. I suppose we made for an interesting life insurance scenario.

The Wrights At Sea . . . of asphalt

Hey Everyone! We have decided to do a big push for our company CoolCorC and go on the road out West!

After we arrived in New Orleans Will began to crawl. And now he is trying ever so hard to walk. He has become quite adventurous and really curious (he will only get to be more so, right?). We've sailed The Nineveh with help - and it's a good thing we had people who wanted to help. Will loves to sail and wiggle and walk and climb . . . all at the same time. Just like a young boy should! So, we decided it would be best to hold off on sailing right now.

Instead we will "Land Sail" stopping in cities to promote our cork sleeves and other cork products. Soon we will be traveling on the asphalt sea!

Stay tuned for more updates and photos of us traveling out West!

DESTIN!!

Our trip to Destin was basically spur of the moment. It's a long story, but we decided we would go practically the day we drove. The weather has been really lovely - the water temp is about 60 though (chilly!) - and the beach is gorgeous. Will has enjoyed playing in the sand!

We have gone to Seaside and strolled around. There was a Cuban band playing in the square so Will got to dance (in the wrap that Ashley made me) a little bit!

$3.99 a Pound!

Can you believe the size of these shrimp? They taste great too!

The Nineveh is Christened

As many of those close to us know, we have been living on our sailboat for 4 years. And for 4 years we have left the original name, "Das Boot", on the boat while we wait to get the bottom job done. It has been "Das Boot" since it was created in 1981. We had always planned on changing the name, we just never had the opportunity.

When we left Knoxville in 2006 to travel to Memphis on the Tennessee River, Ohio River and the Mississippi River we thought we would be able to change the name. This was unfortunately not the case. So we had to wait until we left Memphis.

When we planned on leaving Memphis in October of 2008 we had the boat blessed by our priest and close friend. I would like to think that the blessing helped us on our journey down the Mississippi river and will for the rest of our adventures.

Now that we have had the hull redone and the boat blessed, we've removed the old name from the hull and have replaced it with "The Nineveh." To complete the transformation we needed to christen the boat. This consists of pouring champagne down the anchor and into the sea in order to appease the sea gods. Some say there is more to it, we decided to stay with the champagne blessing. Hopefully the champagne will flow from the bayou to the sea in some form or fashion.

Will helps in christening the boat.

Sea gods appeased!