Jun 2
Christening
We both are very excited to be getting under way tomorrow. It has been eight days since we got the boat, though only six days working on it and half of that time I was out of town so Bill was working on it alone and yet… we’re ready to get moving. Mosquito net or not we are aching for adventure. Just because we have no rain-proof tarp or canvas doesn’t mean we need to stay put another day. We took the boat out and it floats! That’s all the encouragement we need. We don’t have a working kitchen, but we can cook on the ground.
Adventure calls.
We named the boat Evangeline after the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about a young French woman from Acadia traveling south to find her husband and eventually ending up in New Orleans. We also just found out that in the original Greek the name means “good news”. It is also lore that a feminine boat name assuages the masculine gods of the open sea. The Mississippi is a masculine river (one of the very few); we figured we’d choose a pretty name so Mr. Mississippi would treat her right.
The rum we used for the christening was from New Orleans, bottled and given to us by a video blogging couple we met the day we departed from California. Check them out at www.ayearatthewheel.com.
We felt it was appropriate to offer some back to the mighty waters which would soon bear us to those distant banks. We shall see if the spirits approve. By the way… if you haven’t already, I suggest you check out the links at the top of the page. Especially the donations link.
18 Comments so far
Leave a comment
Sorry I missed the christening. Have fun guys!
Congrats, boys, on episode number one!! I can’t wait to follow this adventure!
rad!
Dear Bill (and Max),
Great first episode! So, is that a real boat or some kind of pretend boat with actors on board playing real people? I’m thinking the banjo is definitely fake. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the shark episode.
Happy sailing,
Eric
I can’t wait! This is going to be great! Bon Voyage . . .
Bored? Read Longfellow’s Evangeline here:
http://tinyurl.com/ypxj86
Dude… Just to let you know… You didn’t start out in Minneapolis, it was St. Paul.
Dear Tom,
Wishing you good luck and fair weather
By dorothy parker
This level reach of blue is not my sea;
Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun,
Whose quiet ripples meet obediently
A marked and measured line, one after one.
This is no sea of mine. that humbly laves
Untroubled sands, spread glittering and warm.
I have a need of wilder, crueler waves;
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
Becky
So excited to have you back on the Web Bill! Totally missed you over winter. Safe travels you two!
Yeah dudes! FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT on that boat.
Love and hugs.
kc
I just want to say that I love you both.
As does Nicole.
Here’s to ridiculous lives,
N+N
Hi Max (and Bill)
Great video.. will be following you guys half way around the world here in Asia.
Sean
the spirits approve… do you mean the water approving the rum, or the rum approving the water? HA!
Hey, there’s no Mr. Mississippi! It’s Miss Issippi, or better yet, Mrs. Ippi. Get it straight.
Oh, and your video for this entry doesn’t work.
Hey, I just see a big white square where the video for this day should be. Would it be possible for you to re-upload it (or whatever) to the site? Thanks.
(Or is my computer broken? It sees & plays all the other videos.)
[...] that time I was out of town so Bill was working on it alone and yet?? we??re ready to get moving. Mohttp://www.mynameisbill.com/wordpress/?p=72′Pirates’ Convene in New Orleans — Arghh Me Matey WTFThe costumed pirate wore a plumed hat and [...]
…
Buy Quality Drugs Now!…