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Category: Destinations

San Carlos to Puerto Escondido and Environs

By Jody Fraser On February 11, 2019

October 27 – November 16, 2018 Once we came to terms with the fact that we were now down 200W of solar (and ordered new panels to be hand-delivered by our good friends making their way …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, friends, walkabout

To San Carlos to San Diego and Back

By Jody Fraser On February 3, 2019

September 22 – October 26, 2018 Suddenly it was the end of September and it was time to get home for Courtney and Spencer’s wedding in San Diego! (Separate post to come…) So we made …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, walkabout

Back in the Mexican Saddle: La Paz to BLA

By Jody Fraser On January 28, 2019

August 12 – September 21, 2018 Based on the blog contents, you’d think we’d left Mexico for good, but no, we came back – we’re not done with this place yet. We actually returned right …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, walkabout

Thailand: Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai

By Jody Fraser On January 8, 2019

Whoa…it’s been two months since we’ve posted anything to this blog, and we’re still not through Thailand! Well, this IS the last Thailand entry, meaning we’ve dragged you through one short month in only one …

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Thailand: Surat Thani, Pak Chong, and Khao Yai NP

By Jody Fraser On November 10, 2018

Ok, still in Thailand…Our little excursion in and around Khao Sok National Park left a bit of a sour taste in our mouths, so we had to give another national park a fair shake. This would also …

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family, friends, walkabout

Thailand: Phuket Town and Khao Sok National Park

By Jody Fraser On October 17, 2018

Yep, we’re still in Thailand – well, not physically, but blog-wise, that’s where we are. And weather-wise on mainland Mexico, it seemed just about as hot and sticky as Thailand, so there is that. We …

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family, friends, walkabout

Thailand: Bangkok, Phuket, and Koh Yao Yai

By Jody Fraser On September 28, 2018

We spent the past month and a half in Bahía de los Angeles in the Sea of Cortez with extremely limited wifi, so we are woefully behind on the blog. Hopefully, we can still remember …

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family, friends, walkabout

FLN Goes to Thailand: A Teaser

By Jody Fraser On August 7, 2018

We’re back in Mexico after a month in the U.S. and a month in Thailand, which means more than 2 months (plus some since we’re lagging on the blog) have flown by! There are soooo …

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friends, walkabout

Alaska Video Overload!

By Jody Fraser On July 23, 2018

Our last blog post was all photos of our visits to San Diego, Alaska, and San Francisco – all photos because we didn’t have time to work up the video that went along with each of …

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FLN Goes to the Great White North

By Jody Fraser On July 7, 2018

Well, we went to California and Alaska, anyway. And, It. Was. COLD. Cold for our thin, Mexican blood. We did see 90-degrees (F) in Los Altos at the beginning of July, but a lot of …

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family, friends

The Beautiful Baja – and Sad So-longs

By Jody Fraser On May 30, 2018

After taking care of some logistics in Mazatlán (which have changed since making all the arrangements – more on that in the Addendum below) in preparation for summer travel, boat work, etc., we sailed across …

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Boat Work, Destinations
cruisers, euchre!, friends, wcm rally

Magical Mobula Rays

By Jody Fraser On May 15, 2018

We shared one of our favorite anchorages at Isla Danzante with the likes of She’s No Lady, JollyDogs, Mamala, and new friends to us, S/V The Answer. Lucky for us, our new friends had a …

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cruisers, friends

Off to Mazatlán

By Jody Fraser On April 28, 2018

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re on our second lap here in Mexico, writing about places we’ve been and seen (and you’ve seen on the blog) last year. But we love these places, the people, …

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cruisers, friends, projects, provisioning

Bahía de Banderas – It’s “Paradise”

By Jody Fraser On April 14, 2018

After a couple of months in the Costalegre region of the mainland, it was time to head north again, what with medical and dental appointments on the docket and all of our summer commitments on …

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Boat Work, Destinations
dockside, friends, laundry, projects, provisioning

A Family Affair – in Mexico!

By Jody Fraser On March 10, 2018

Fun, fun times with my biological family, including our old and new cuñadas (sisters-in-law), and our boat family! Of course, most of our boat family was already here in Barra, but mi familia de los …

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cruisers, dockside, family, friends

Skiing, Pickle Ball, and Las Vegas…What?!

By Jody Fraser On February 20, 2018

After an absolutely exhausting, extremely fun couple of months with our boating buddies (see four previous posts!), we were looking forward to some home-cookin’ – that is, our U.S.-based homies. With the exception of Rand’s …

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bffs, family, friends

La Cruz to Tenacatita to Barra

By Jody Fraser On February 5, 2018

Well, it was a record for cruisers in La Cruz – which is known as one of the “Velcro” towns in Mexico – we made it outta there in only 4 days! It was a …

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cruisers, friends, ice cream, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

To the Mexican Mainland – Again

By Jody Fraser On January 20, 2018

The girls came, they saw, and then departed La Paz in early January, so we figured we would, too. Actually, we have a plane to catch out of Manzanillo in early February, so we really …

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anchoring, Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, laundry, provisioning, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

New Year’s Joy

By Jody Fraser On January 9, 2018

Well, the 2017 Christmas holiday with SNL, Adventurer, and Ripple was an absolute hoot, but the 2018 New Year’s holiday took the cake. Flea, Lea, and Stace arrived on Dec. 29 for 10 days of …

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anchoring, bffs, cruisers, friends, ice cream, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, water play

Happy Holidays with Boat People

By Jody Fraser On December 27, 2017

Spending Thanksgiving in the States meant not going home for Christmas due to travel expenses and logistics of leaving da boat again so soon. Our consolation was that Thad and Kristin of She’s No Lady …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, friends, hiking, ice cream, projects, SUNSETS!, walkabout

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What Have We Been Up To?

  • San Carlos to Puerto Escondido and Environs
  • To San Carlos to San Diego and Back
  • Back in the Mexican Saddle: La Paz to BLA
  • Thailand: Ayutthaya and Chiang Mai
  • Thailand: Surat Thani, Pak Chong, and Khao Yai NP

Looking Back…

  • + 2019
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2018
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + May
    • + April
    • + March
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2017
    • + December
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + June
    • + May
    • + April
    • + March
    • + February
    • + January
  • + 2016
    • + December
    • + November
    • + October
    • + September
    • + August
    • + July
    • + June
    • + May

Bookmarks

  • Cat2Fold
  • Dazzler's Watch – Advice and Stories from Life on the Sea!
  • Gato Loco Sailing
  • Halcyon Wandering – Living by the Compass
  • Older Woman @ Large
  • On Deck with SV Liahona
  • Orion and the Sea
  • Resolute Sets Sail
  • Rum Doxy – A Boat Too Far
  • S/V Adventurer
  • S/V Delos – Sailing Around the World on a Sailboat
  • S/V Dogfish
  • S/V Pura Vida – The Good Life in 37 Feet
  • S/V Secret Water Adventure
  • S/V Shawnigan – A Family Afloat
  • Sailing La Vagabonde – A Few Words Behind the Movies
  • Sailing Mango
  • Sailing Tanda Malaika
  • Sailing with a Purpose – Adventure Adrift
  • Sailing with Bloom
  • Sailing with Pelagic
  • Salt & Light – Growing closer…no matter the distance
  • Small World Big Dream
  • Strikhedonia Seawind 1160
  • SV Ripple
  • SV The Answer – Not All Who Wander Are Lost…
  • Te Poerava – Our Journey
  • The Figure 8 Voyage
  • Voyage of L'Chaim
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