Close to the Surface

<p>For years Bryan and Bethany Lee dreamed of traveling by sailboat in the Pacific Ocean. They spent a decade preparing along with their two young children and finally when their kids were in middle school they crossed the Columbia River Bar and headed south. </p><p>They survived their first treacherous night in the ocean and sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge through the Channel Islands of California and on into Mexico.</p><p>When their hand-built dinghy went missing on the coast of Baja they hammered together a new one in a Cabo San Lucas parking spot and carried on with their journey.</p><p>Again and again the Lees were welcomed into the lives of those they met on the way and buoyed by the generosity of strangers who became friends. </p><p>In <em>Close to the Surface</em> Bethany recounts her family's story her own uncertain pilgrimage and the ingenuity and courage it takes to sail over the horizon and find your way home.</p>