Carnival de Ensenada, ‘Historia y AlegrÃa’
Christiana We extended our stay in Cruiseport Marina, Ensenada, by 4 weeks to attend carnival. This was our first ever carnival. It was tamer than what we’ve seen on YouTube and…
Cruising Life
one month in mexico
Today, 12 Feb 2023 is the one month anniversary of our arrival in Mexico and becoming international cruisers! For me, Christiana, this marks the longest continuous stint outside the USA.…
mont to morro
About two weeks ago, we did another passage. We left the 5 million barking sea lions on Monterey for the foggy Morro Bay, which is filled with adorable otters. It’s…
our first passage
In true Mark and Christiana style, our first passage involved jumping into the middle of the pool. Not wading in, not the complete deep end. But that 4.5′ zone where…
the beginning of cruising life
On May 24, after 41 days on the hard, MACH 5 and her people splashed back into the water! It was wonderful. Nothing leaked immediately (or in the days since).…
Trixie & Tohatsu 20
I didn’t start a post on the purchase of our dinghy. If I did, this post would have begun on July 3, 2021, and been published on October 13, 2021.…