"The Ark" our first home on the water, We moved aboard with our 4 kids in 1969, and moved off with our 6 kids in 1971.  Peace & Tranquility at Still Pond Maryland. We spent many summers there with Jenny & Kathy.

(Note the corpse on the roof)

This is "The Ark" in it's winter slip. After the oldest four of our kids had abandoned ship, we moved back aboard with Jenny & Kathy. The summers were idyllic but the winters were an endurance test. It was  heated by a coal stove and wood burning fireplace . Hey girls, remember hauling wood?

We moved onto the "Sand Dollar" from  "The Ark"  in 1983

This is our Summer Slip

We are in our Winter Slip in the Fall

of our last year Living on the Water

The Winter looked a little different..

(See the Firewood on thedeck)

First Thaw of Winter and the ice is breaking up

"Enough Already"

This is where we lived in the winter of 2004.

When we first moved onto the "Sand Dollar" in 1983

our plan was to live aboard for the rest of our lives...

But now we felt the Lord was speaking to us and saying

"To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose under the heaven"

and so we moved to Philadelphia

and now live within walking distance of our church.

But let's start at the beginning...

Click on: Our Childhood Years