by Lin Pardey

4.9 stars - 14 reviews

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Lin Pardey and her husband Larry are internationally famous for their sailing adventures. But In 1980 -- fresh from an eleven years-long sailing journey, where they forged the early years of their marriage on high seas and in exotic locales -- they came to California looking for a good spot to build a boat, test Lin’s skills as a writer and taste the apparent security life ashore could offer. Nestled in a rocky outcropping of winding, sparsely populated dirt roads, 60 miles from the sea and 50 miles from Los Angeles, Bull Canyon would seem an unlikely place for boat-building. But when Lin and Larry set eyes on the abandoned stone cottage at the top of a rutted, dusty lane, it was love at first sight....

One Reviewer Notes:

...This intriguing tale of Lin and Larry Pardey's life in Bull Canyon will mesmerize the reader. The soft, gentle way Lin captured the goings on of the Canyon made me feel as if I too wanted to live beyond the sidewalks for a while. This time capsule of the four years they spent their building the "Taleisin," even though at one point as Lin said, "the charm began to wear off," gives everyone a nice glimpse into their relationship and life together as they pursued yet another dream. Life in Bull Canyon didn't always prove to be easy and they wondered about their decision ... "Had we made a mistake in trading the freedom of our sailing life for the constraints that now molded our days and nights?" I enjoyed meeting their endearing, albeit somewhat whacky, neighbors who were able to make a go at life sans the benefit of telephones and electricity. This is a story of an interlude in the life of the Pardeys, a life well spent. In Larry's words, "I'm the luckiest guy alive. I'm not spending the best part of my life working for `the man.' I've got a grand partner to share my ideas." This lilting memoir will complete those who read the Serraffyn books and send the rest of its readers to them in search of that dream and adventure!

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Bull Canyon: A Boatbuilder, a Writer and Other Wildlife

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