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  • well that was a long quiet period

    well that was a long quiet period

    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 band has a hit…

  • baja norte for winter

    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? The prior post was…

  • puerto don juan

    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 off on a 41-hour,…

  • four months later…

    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 blogging. 2024 has been…

  • welcome to our second season

    welcome to our second season

    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…

  • where are we? where have we been?

    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 Point aka Puerto Penasco…

  • provisions

    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 not stop by the…

  • rubbish. trash. basura.

    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 week and make it…

  • time zones

    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 Laughlin, NV) as a…

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