well that was a long quiet period
Christiana hello! anyone still out there? I didn’t mean to stop blogging. It just happened. Season 2 was some of everything and more. In some ways, it was like when a…
Cruising Life
baja norte for winter
Mark and I seem to do things slightly off schedule. So, why wouldn’t we stay in Baja Norte with its cold temps, northerly winds, and lack of snorkeling for winter?…
puerto don juan
Hopping in the time machine, let’s head back to 17 Dec 2023. We departed Puerto Peñasco after a simple rigging repair and a few days in a slip. We set…
four months later…
Well. I did not plan for a 4 month lapse in blog posts. I expected to have a weekly–or at least bi-weekly–writing habit. Mark continues his streak of never ever…
where are we? where have we been?
Ahoy! It’s late September, if you haven’t already listened to Earth, Wind, & Fire’s September (video)…you have 3 days! Way back in June, we hauled MACH 5 out in Rocky…
provisions
As we adapt to cruising life, a few things happen. One is the trash situation from the previous blog post. Another is food. In sailing terms, one provisions. One does…
rubbish. trash. basura.
Whatever you call waste from living, cooking, eating, cleaning, it has to go somewhere. In the USA in land-life, we are luckily that these really wonderful people come by every…
time zones
My first memory of time zones is from 1981. I was 10yo. We lived in Bullhead City, AZ for a bit. My Dad worked for Don Laughlin (the founder of…
Bahìa Magdalena, Baja Sur
We arrived in Mag Bay–as cruisers call it–on Wednesday, March 22 after a 3 day, 2 night uneventful motor sail. We needed to be in by midday on Wednesday because…
Bahìa Tortugas, Baja Sur
We arrived in Bahìa Tortugas (Turtle Bay) on Wednesday morning. We anchored, got ship shape, ate breakfast burritos, and went to bed! The passage was our first multi-day–4 days and…