Four years ago today, we departed San Diego with our buddy boat, She’s No Lady, at our side. FOUR years ago! Some of you may recall when I wrote in my first musings post, and …
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Tag: COVID-19
A Political Upwelling in Isolation
March 15th-ish to Present Disclaimer: This post goes a bit political. We generally try to keep religion and politics off our blog, but at this time in our collective lives, politics cannot be ignored. If …
Continue reading2020 Migration: Northbound on the Mainland
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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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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The blog post I was writing was another installment of First Mate Musings, but it’s impossible to write anything without first acknowledging that shit just got really real, and really weird. We’d started hearing about …
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