Cruising families cherish their time together, even when long cruising adventures end.
Here’s a nice article from Spinsheet.com on returning home from an extended cruise…
In all the reading I’ve done about living the cruising dream, I haven’t often read about what happens when it’s all over or, more to the point, how to cope with being back at the dock for good. When we started planning our 14-month cruise so many, many months ago, we tried not to contemplate the end. My husband was fond of quipping, “The end of the cruise is a lot like death: you know it’s coming, but you prefer not to think about it.” How uplifting.
Now, even the end of our year-long cruise has come and gone. With no self help books leading the way, you might wonder what folks do to cope with the tumult we bring upon ourselves. In our case, we embraced denial and stayed on the boat. We simply did not get off, at least not until December’s cold set in, much to the surprise of landlubber acquaintances who often asked, “Don’t you have a house?” Read More
