Steve and all, I read most of the Fiero's website a short while back when someone on another BB happened to mention it. Lucky people those two. Their's is a position a lot of us would like to be in, myself for sure. I always wonder when I read one of these kinds of things and I have read quite a few, what the heck kind of financial shape must you have to be in to spend that much time floating around on your boat every year. These people are not off in Bora-Bora or some-such where you can live off the land. They're right here where the groceries are spendy, a doctors visit is astronomical and we all know what the price of gas is doing. But it always seems the same. I read about all the fun these folks are having, dropping out of society, so to speak. But, I never see it laid down anywhere what it REALLY costs to do something like this, or what these folks might do to generate income along the way and how much of their time is spent supporting their habit. Nor have I ever seen one who wrote about the company he sold for 10 million or whatever before he was able to see his way clear to take off and leave the rest of the world behind. I'm trying hard to envision myself doing just like these folks (well....other than the power boat part), but I wish I could find someone who would actually come out and say; well, yeah.... we did have 3 million bucks in the bank before we left. I did really enjoy reading about all of their travels though, what a great way to live!. It makes me itch to go too ..... Rik Steve & Diana Parsons wrote:
Bill and Eli are great folks. We just bought a new CDory 22, and they had great advice for outfitting. Bill said they have been without a house for 20 years, and currently live in the camper and CDory. Either the CDogs or CBrats websites have links.
Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "RandyG" <RandyG@cite.nic.edu> To: "MSOG" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 7:48 AM Subject: M_Boats: Web Site Forward
Friends,
My brother (former sailor now power boater/cruiser) forwarded me this web link http://www.geocities.com/bill_fiero/ . The link is to a web site hosted by Bill and El Fiero who have spent the last 5 years trailer-cruising the US. Bill and El are power boats. Their web site hosts trip logs of interesting cruising grounds all around the US. It looks like some interesting and enjoyable reading and a good reference to future cruising locations.
Randy Graves M17 #410 M15 #407 _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
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