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After Daniel Hays and his father built a twenty-five-foot boat and sailed it around Cape Horn, he thought he'd finally put his wanderlust to rest. He returned to school, bought a residence, took employment, got married.
But as it turned out, in real life Daniel Hays felt lost. So he took his love for the ocean and his need to escape civilization and pushed it further: he bought an island off of the coast of Nova Scotia; built a tiny house; packed up his wife and stepson, two dogs, and three boatloads of supplies; and moved there.
This is the storyline of fulfilling a fantasy: to have from your own rules and your own wits. And Daniel Hays, as readers of My Old Man and the Sea will remember, is well equipped to do both. He generates electricity from solar power and a terrifying windmill, funnels rainwater for their showers, creates a toilet seat out of an whale vertebra, strings their bed through to pulleys so that by day it can be lifted taken care of. For him, every morning is a wonder and every storm a blood-coursing thrill.
But while Daniel loves this long lasting boy's life, his wife longs for the life span they left out, and his spirited stepson is feeling isolated. Soon, their Swiss Family Robinson existence becomes a vision only Daniel can easily see.
Funny, tender, and fascinating, filled with the details of your unconventional life, this is actually the story of how the Hays family lived on Whale Island, and exactly how, finally, they had to leave.
But as it turned out, in real life Daniel Hays felt lost. So he took his love for the ocean and his need to escape civilization and pushed it further: he bought an island off of the coast of Nova Scotia; built a tiny house; packed up his wife and stepson, two dogs, and three boatloads of supplies; and moved there.
This is the storyline of fulfilling a fantasy: to have from your own rules and your own wits. And Daniel Hays, as readers of My Old Man and the Sea will remember, is well equipped to do both. He generates electricity from solar power and a terrifying windmill, funnels rainwater for their showers, creates a toilet seat out of an whale vertebra, strings their bed through to pulleys so that by day it can be lifted taken care of. For him, every morning is a wonder and every storm a blood-coursing thrill.
But while Daniel loves this long lasting boy's life, his wife longs for the life span they left out, and his spirited stepson is feeling isolated. Soon, their Swiss Family Robinson existence becomes a vision only Daniel can easily see.
Funny, tender, and fascinating, filled with the details of your unconventional life, this is actually the story of how the Hays family lived on Whale Island, and exactly how, finally, they had to leave.
