Tag: hobbies

Sierra Mountains, California, Family Time and Horsebackriding Fun.

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in Travel

About 35 years ago, my brothers and I started an annual tradition of a California wilderness backpacking trip up in the Sierra Mountains. ☀️ We have enjoyed so many experiences up at the alpine lakes, granite slabs, amazing colors, vast views, great talks and the yummiest S’mores ever.

As soon as our children were old enough, we introduced them to this amazing hobby. Most of the kids love it and continue on these annual trips with each other. So Cool. 🤗 Very special for me to have shared this love of nature with my family. Dinkey Wilderness was our choice this trip just a week ago. We had a creative afternoon of Andrew Goldsworthy.

And of course my yoga practice

😁😁 I can’t thank my friends and family enough for such an amazing birthday!! I loved and appreciated all of it! Such amazing people in my life, I am blessed for you all! 🥰🥰

My day was filled with family, hugs, games, flowers, pizza, cakes, cookies, dogs and the best of all…LOVE! ❤️❤️

Happy National Daughters Day! 🥰🥰 It is celebrated every year on Sept. 25. It is a day to celebrate the great gift of daughters, and the relationships we share with them. 🥰🥰So, I have tons to be grateful for this day! My daughter Montana is a pure GIFT in my life! And.. I got to spend 2 weeks with her, WAHOO! 🥰🥰

Morro Bay Beach Ride was FABULOUS! A totally terrific time, back in the saddle again!! I can’t thank my good friend Penny Crawford enough for sharing her beautiful horses with me for the day in Morro Bay! Now that I got my fix, I am ready to start thinking about boat life again in another month.

Sewing is a Healthy Hobby

by Scott and Kathy Erwin, Sail the World, posted in Travel

Canvas sewing project maybe #15, but I have lost count. The truth of it is I am a hobbyist, plain and simple. Not as much as I am the lover of my natural world, but a close second. To immerse myself in a project and fully drift away in creating something from nothing, is bliss. I am not an artist, and don’t care to follow directions, funny huh? I create!

My projects aren’t perfect but they are mine and I am proud to have made them. I am a life long learner, finding great happiness in the process of a new challenge. This week was all about my canvas project of making a UV paddle board bag, all 11.3 feet of it! The last two covers I bought were wrecked by UV within a few months. A good cruiser friend of mine Chrissy, sold me a bolt of Grey Top Notch fabric, amazing fabric btw, but impossible to get out here in the islands. This challenge had perfect timing, since we had a bit of weather for hunkering down and Scott was down for the count with a bad cough. Sewing for me is quite therapeutic, gives me inner peace and energy at the same time! Now off to see the sunset.