Birthdays, Boats and a Journey to Tibet.

So we bought a boat! ....but we'll get to that later.

Nothing like turning another year older to make you evaluate what is currently working and not working in your life. Nothing like a trip to a mountain top Tibetan Buddhist Monastary, KARMA TRIYANA DHARMACHAKRA (KTD), to make you feel silly for stressing about it to begin with. Clear your mind, the answers are already there.

"We all have a Buddha Mind", our tour guide explained while we sat upon meditation pillows in the sun bathed Main Shrine room floating with the remnants of incense -- "It's just under all the layers of the ego", she finished.

This Shrine building was finished in 1992 by lamas, staff and volunteers and was breathtakingly painted by Tinley Chojor.

Sun poured in from these sky lights in the Main Shrine room allowing the viewer to gaze upon the intricately painted details above .

So after our day of clearing our minds and centering our souls we woke up the next morning to find everything in line for purchasing our very first sailboat. The beautiful 1976 30' Cape Dory Sailboat known lovingly by its previous owners as "Mia Xapa" is officially ours! Pop the bubbly and cheers! Here's to the amazing adventures to come!

Nick is heading up to Maine this weekend to finish the paperwork and help move the boat, he'll have pictures and another update then.

Until then our Nomad friends, keep exploring!!