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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Alaska Video Overload!
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 …
Continue readingFLN Goes to the Great White North
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 …
Continue readingThe Beautiful Baja – and Sad So-longs
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 …
Continue readingMagical Mobula Rays
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 …
Continue readingOff to Mazatlán
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, …
Continue readingBahía de Banderas – It’s “Paradise”
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 …
Continue readingFirst Mate Musings – 18 Months In
Well, here we are – 11 months after the original post, First Mate Musings Thus Far. Eleven months. That means we’ve been out for 18 months. And if you tack on the Shakedown, in total, …
Continue readingA Family Affair – in Mexico!
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 …
Continue readingSkiing, Pickle Ball, and Las Vegas…What?!
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 …
Continue readingLa Cruz to Tenacatita to Barra
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 …
Continue readingTo the Mexican Mainland – Again
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 …
Continue readingNew Year’s Joy
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 …
Continue readingHappy Holidays with Boat People
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 …
Continue readingBack Down The Baja: Puerto Esco to La Paz
Entering our second year of cruising found us back in Puerto Escondido (after a month in the U.S.), rubbing elbows with a handful of cruisers who are in love with this area (and looking around, …
Continue readingUn Mes en los Estados Unidos
Ah home…so much to love about going home to the U.S., and yet so much weirdness going on there that we feel somewhat relieved to be living in Mexico right now. What’s to love about …
Continue readingBack Down The Baja: Destination Puerto Esco
We knew our time in Bahía de los Ángeles had to come to an end at some point, and we had a plane to catch at the end of October out of Loreto, so off …
Continue readingJerry Loses a Bet, or A Year of Cruising in the Books
Yeah, so, when we were in the throes of prepping for our departure into the big blue yonder, my dearest and only brother, Jerry, bet that I wouldn’t make it a year away from family …
Continue readingBye-bye Bahía de los Ángeles
Wow. Is it fall already? How did that happen? Seems like yesterday we were contemplating how to beat the heat up in Bahía de los Ángeles and now, all of a sudden, we’re down south …
Continue readingLidia Oh Lidia – Updated!
We got our first taste of the storm season with Tropical Storm Lidia in late-August/early-September. The communication among cruisers in the Sea of Cortez relative to weather is impressive. There are a couple of radio …
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