Please come too!

I've decided to start me voyage the morn after next. I need a good crew to come with me. We will be gone for at least a forte night, so you can't expect to see yer families again fer awhile. The journey will be hard and long, so I don't want any chicken wimps coming along with us. I only want good, strong brave men! What's in it for you? Well, if we find new lands with gold, jewels, and spices, you'll become rich. Have you ever dreamed of having yer own land? I know I have, and if we find new land, you can have some all to yourself! Not to mention, if we find new land, we'll be able to claim it for Scotland, and the King and Queen! We'll all be famous. So, whose in? Respond below if you'd like to come on the adventure of a lifetime!

What will we need?

I have made the decision to sail out into the ocean and see if I can find new land. Heck, me dad did it, why can't I? I've been wondering what to bring. The space on me ship is not too big, so we have to choose our items wisely. We will have to take potatoes, carrots, and onions because they last longer than other vegetables. You pick a lettuce and that same day it wilts and is not that great. Day after tomorrow me and Keanan the clumsy are going to go out and hunt. We think that if we dry some meat it will last longer on the boat. We'll also have to take the fishing gear so that when we run out of meat, we can catch some fish. We'll also have to take 10 goat bladders filled with fresh water. You can't drink that salt water - it'll kill ya. Not knowing what is out there or how long we'll be gone is the hardest part. When we go on a hunt, we mostly know what to expect and what to take. This will be different. Harder. Much harder. I wish me dad were still alive. I'd ask him what he took on his journey.

The village

Today I sketched the village with some minerals on a piece of bark from a tree. It makes me happy to create images, but I am still feeling restless. I think that I will build a boat to travel the ocean and see what I can find. I am excited but afraid. I must not let anyone know about my fear because I don't want to be seen as weak. I must appear to be brave and couragous.

What's over there?

Lately I've been restless. I just feel like I want to know what's beyond our island. My father, Erik the Red, has traveled the ocean. He doesn't understand what it's like to always be stuck here with no place to go. He's been places. I want to go places. Sometimes I sit on the rocks and watch the ocean crash against the rocks. I wonder what there is beyond - beyond what I can see with my eyes. Maybe someday I'll get to know.