Escape from the Ordinary

Retire early, sell everything, buy a boat 4,000 miles away and sail around the world. What could go wrong?

Meet Glen and Julie, sailors who search for paradise in places not covered in travel brochures and discover that reality can be even bigger than dreams. From Force 10 storms in the North Atlantic to the crystal blue waters and white sand islands of Fiji, Escape from the Ordinary opens a window to authentic encounters and adventures in extraordinary, far-off places.

Told with keen observations and sparkling with wry humor, Julie describes the terrors and pleasures of retiring early and living a life of total independence where even simple decisions can have big consequences. Far more than a circumnavigation account, this exhilarating, true story will engage those planning to sail off into the sunset as well as armchair travelers. This is a must-read for anyone looking for inspiration to go "all in" on your own dreams.

MORE THAN A SAILING STORY

In the tradition of Paul Theroux's Happy Isles of Oceania, they immerse themselves deeply into places and cultures that are so off-the-beaten path you will reach for an atlas to find places like Bequia, the San Blas Islands and Niue. Traveling from one epic adventure to the next on board their sturdy Amel sailboat, storms and danger are as nail-biting as Tania Abei's, Maiden Voyage. From dodging voodoo curses on Cat Island to clawing their way out of underwater caverns in the South Pacific, Glen and Julie take the reader along for the adventure of a lifetime.

Come aboard and Escape from the Ordinary in places such as:

  • Bequia
  • Caribbean
  • Trinidad
  • Venezuela
  • Colombia
  • San Blas islands
  • Peru
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Marquesas Islands
  • Tuamotu Islands
  • Tahiti
  • Palmerston Island
  • Niue
  • Tonga
  • New Zealand
  • Fiji
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    Escape from the Ordinary

    Retire early, sell everything, buy a boat 4,000 miles away and sail around the world. What could go wrong?

    Meet Glen and Julie, sailors who search for paradise in places not covered in travel brochures and discover that reality can be even bigger than dreams. From Force 10 storms in the North Atlantic to the crystal blue waters and white sand islands of Fiji, Escape from the Ordinary opens a window to authentic encounters and adventures in extraordinary, far-off places.

    Told with keen observations and sparkling with wry humor, Julie describes the terrors and pleasures of retiring early and living a life of total independence where even simple decisions can have big consequences. Far more than a circumnavigation account, this exhilarating, true story will engage those planning to sail off into the sunset as well as armchair travelers. This is a must-read for anyone looking for inspiration to go "all in" on your own dreams.

    MORE THAN A SAILING STORY

    In the tradition of Paul Theroux's Happy Isles of Oceania, they immerse themselves deeply into places and cultures that are so off-the-beaten path you will reach for an atlas to find places like Bequia, the San Blas Islands and Niue. Traveling from one epic adventure to the next on board their sturdy Amel sailboat, storms and danger are as nail-biting as Tania Abei's, Maiden Voyage. From dodging voodoo curses on Cat Island to clawing their way out of underwater caverns in the South Pacific, Glen and Julie take the reader along for the adventure of a lifetime.

    Come aboard and Escape from the Ordinary in places such as:

  • Bequia
  • Caribbean
  • Trinidad
  • Venezuela
  • Colombia
  • San Blas islands
  • Peru
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Marquesas Islands
  • Tuamotu Islands
  • Tahiti
  • Palmerston Island
  • Niue
  • Tonga
  • New Zealand
  • Fiji
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    Escape from the Ordinary

    Escape from the Ordinary

    by Julie Bradley
    Escape from the Ordinary

    Escape from the Ordinary

    by Julie Bradley

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    Overview

    Retire early, sell everything, buy a boat 4,000 miles away and sail around the world. What could go wrong?

    Meet Glen and Julie, sailors who search for paradise in places not covered in travel brochures and discover that reality can be even bigger than dreams. From Force 10 storms in the North Atlantic to the crystal blue waters and white sand islands of Fiji, Escape from the Ordinary opens a window to authentic encounters and adventures in extraordinary, far-off places.

    Told with keen observations and sparkling with wry humor, Julie describes the terrors and pleasures of retiring early and living a life of total independence where even simple decisions can have big consequences. Far more than a circumnavigation account, this exhilarating, true story will engage those planning to sail off into the sunset as well as armchair travelers. This is a must-read for anyone looking for inspiration to go "all in" on your own dreams.

    MORE THAN A SAILING STORY

    In the tradition of Paul Theroux's Happy Isles of Oceania, they immerse themselves deeply into places and cultures that are so off-the-beaten path you will reach for an atlas to find places like Bequia, the San Blas Islands and Niue. Traveling from one epic adventure to the next on board their sturdy Amel sailboat, storms and danger are as nail-biting as Tania Abei's, Maiden Voyage. From dodging voodoo curses on Cat Island to clawing their way out of underwater caverns in the South Pacific, Glen and Julie take the reader along for the adventure of a lifetime.

    Come aboard and Escape from the Ordinary in places such as:

  • Bequia
  • Caribbean
  • Trinidad
  • Venezuela
  • Colombia
  • San Blas islands
  • Peru
  • Galapagos Islands
  • Marquesas Islands
  • Tuamotu Islands
  • Tahiti
  • Palmerston Island
  • Niue
  • Tonga
  • New Zealand
  • Fiji

  • Product Details

    ISBN-13: 9781732918405
    Publisher: Close Reach Publishing
    Publication date: 12/14/2018
    Series: Escape , #1
    Pages: 328
    Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.69(d)

    About the Author

    Janet Metzger, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, has performed as a stage, television, voice, and film actor and as a jazz vocalist in hotels and supper clubs. For five years she was the voice of Headline News, now HLN, during which time she also promoted features and news stories for CNN and CNN International. She is a graduate of Florida State University.


    Julie Bradley is the author of Escape from the Ordinary and the upcoming Crossing Pirate Water. Julie served over twenty years in Army Military Intelligence, then sailed off with her husband for the circumnavigation adventure of a lifetime. Until their voyage, Julie's writing consisted of Intelligence reports, but eventually she loosened up enough and her writing has since appeared in Latitude 38, Cruising World, Boating New Zealand, and in the Sunday travel section of local and regional newspapers. Julie and her husband presently live in the high country of Arizona and pay back all their good fortune by doing volunteer disaster response humanitarian work for the International and American Red Cross.

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