our GOAL is COMMUNITY wherever WE roam
Chilly Fall, Winter Warm
The hardest thing about October is how much I can’t wait for it to snow. I never stop looking forward to the next season, especially Winter. Our Tortuga is so warm and snug that the crisp air feels all that much fresher when we step out to the fire.
Remember that summer…?
Too busy living richly to worry if we’re making memories.
The smell of sand and sun. The sticky hands washed in cool water. The cousin you haven’t seen in years that you still love like a sister. Which one of you was the first to work up the courage to jump off first?
Don’t worry about making sure that your family and friends make great memories. Great memories happen when you make space for community and stop overthinking it.
Communities: Teenagers
Adults who play like children raise teens who are good adults.
I don’t mind admitting that I sometimes need distance from my teens. And vice versa. So, while we cook on shore the squad and the girls have a space to be themselves. Sometimes the way to have a tranquil vacation is to let someone else enjoy your Tortuga for a bit.
Here they are taking a break from leaping off the upper deck. It turns out that the roof is a great place to warm up and dry off before heading back to shore.
Built for us
Surprisingly, footsie was not an issue. Tortuga bigger on the inside.
It’s hard to think of a more accommodating living space in this tiny footprint. When people step in everyone’s first thought is, it’s bigger than it looks. and being able to step right out into the water on one side and onto the beach on the other feels like a fantasy home.
We had eight men sitting comfortably around the dining table for a card game. Later, seven of them went to to sleep on the ground while I spent my first night sleeping on a queen bed that floated on the gently moving water.
People will be curious
Enthusiasm is contagious.
People can’t help asking about my Tortuga. Whether we were at the camp ground, at the boat landing, at the gas station -even one time being flagged down by pedestrians on the way to the lake to ask me, “where can we buy one?”- it always draws attention. If you like telling lake neighbors on pontoons all about what a Tortuga is and what yours can do then you will not be disappointed.
You’ll find the most common reaction to the Tortuga is she turns to him and says, “Honey, I want one.”