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? The prior post was about our time in Don Juan. We left there just before New Years for an overnight sail to Santa Rosalia, which…
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 blogging. 2024 has been filled with social time, a few projects, and a lot of moving. Since departing Peñasco, we have sailed just over 1,065…
It’s that time of year! No, not the one where Santa visits. The one where the named wind storms head south for winter and therefore, so can we. We splashed last week. That’s cruiser terminology for going back into the water. If you have 10 mins, watch the full video playlist of MACH 5 moving…
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 Point aka Puerto Penasco aka Arizona’s beach. We re-entered America on 22 June. Then we did all this: And that brings us to today and…
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 Laughlin, NV) as a private pilot and blackjack dealer. AZ is mountain time and didn’t do daylight savings time. My memory is that Dad left…
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 a blow was coming. Before the blow, while we were underway, we lived the proverbial “calm before the storm.” The Pacific Ocean looked like a…
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. I asked Mark if it is his longest as well. He says probably, after doing the math on childhood trips to Japan with his Dad…
Before I dive into the project talk, I’d like to say that I ADORE MORRO BAY! To the point of it being on my list of places to return to in future landlife. My adoration is partly due to Morro Bay’s proximity to Paso Robles, Hope in Spades Ranch, and friends. Mostly, it’s just a…
Two weeks ago, I exited a job I mostly enjoyed for 14 years. This is officially the longest time that I’ve been unemployed since age 16–34 years of grinding away. Sometimes at ‘just a job’ and sometimes at my passion–education! What have I been doing? Week One, I slept 12 hour days and had a…
