Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.
Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.
May 16 – June 6, 2020 After a couple of months chillin’ (read: isolatin’) on the Costalegre, it was high time to start moving north in anticipation of the upcoming summer storm season. With all …
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Ever since our dear friend, Ryan, spent nearly three months with us back in 2017, flying his drone – launching from terra firma and from my hand while at sea – and taking amazing photographs …
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We had an amazing wildlife encounter today. We took the dinghy to the north side of the Coronados (see “Where’s Free Luff” for geographic reference) so Rand could (legally) spear fish, but, unfortunately, the fishing …
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Have I told you that I’m in love? Well, of course, I’m still in love with my husband of 20 years (most of the time), but another love affair has been ongoing, unbeknownst to me, …
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March 26 – May 15, 2020 Welp, we left Zihua in the rear view mirror and returned to a very quiet Barra de Navidad; the COVID-19 pandemic was casting a wide net over the globe, …
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February 25 – March 26, 2020 As some of you may or may not know, this was the year we’d tentatively planned on leaving Mexico for environs further south. Ideas abounded – perhaps we’d cruise …
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December 27, 2019 – February 24, 2020 This 2019-2020 sailing season has been a bit different for us – in more ways than one – we seem to be arriving earlier and spending longer periods …
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After spending an extended summer in the States, putting thousands of miles on the Civic and seeing oodles of loved ones (see previous posts), we returned to our floating home, and decided right then that …
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Whew! After that gigantic, slightly better than epic road trip (see previous posts), we found ourselves back in San Diego. And just in time to celebrate Randy’s 50th one more (and last) time, participate in …
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We reluctantly put Oregon in the rear view mirror, after catching a glimpse of Thad and Kristin in Bend, and the stellar Crater Lake, and made a dash for Lake Tahoe, our home for the …
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We’d been anticipating our visit to Thad and Kristin’s terrestrial abode in Bend, Oregon, since, well, since they bought it, and since we saw them in Michigan earlier in the summer. They enthusiastically espoused the …
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We may have mentioned this, but when this road trip plan was hatched, it was supposed to be a tour of national parks, with a smattering of side trips to visit friends and family. Well, …
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Still getting caught up on the blog from our summertime road trip! And time is just flying! So, there may be a flurry of posting activity in the next couple of weeks to get us …
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After blasting through Yellowstone, the Tetons, and Driggs, we headed to Saint Maries, Idaho, to get reacquainted with one of my best friends from my days at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in …
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Why, yes, we are quite behind on the blog. Last we checked in, we were at Rainy Lake with our boat buddies, David, Eileen, and Jack, enjoying proper Midwestern weather and life off the grid. …
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The High Road? What we mean is that we took a meandering northern route from Michigan back to the west coast. When the time came to leave Michigan after six weeks, it was bittersweet – …
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Where: Suttons Bay, Traverse City, Leland and Fishtown, Northport, Omena, Charlevoix, Harbor Springs, Petoskey, Grand Rapids, Little Point Sable, Mackinac Island, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Marquette Zowee. After sprinting across the country from San Diego …
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Our first summer as real cruisers – that is, we’d left the relative stability of living in a marina and working in the States for the wilds of Mexico and beyond (well, someday we’ll go …
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Oh da boat. I think our new tag line should be “It’s Always Somethin’,” since “Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.” seems to be BS, as we have been moving around Mexico quite quickly. But not this …
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March 15 – April 19, 2019 After a weird month-plus in Barra, what with Rand being gone for most of it, we were off once again to Punta de Mita and La Cruz in Bahía …
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