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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To 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 reading“Chasing Summer” – La Paz to Santa Rosalía
Thanks, Jenn and Jas, for the tag line! It truly feels like that’s what we’re doing right now. Actually, it may be more accurate to say, “fleeing summer heat!” But beyond the heat, our little …
Continue readingShenanigans in La Paz
Ah, La Paz. We fell in love with La Paz almost immediately (just after we anchored in massive current and coromuel winds). It is a big-ish city, but it doesn’t feel that big, until you …
Continue readingThe Mainland Redux
We finally left La Cruz so we could start heading up into the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast. We wanted to revisit some of the places we’d been before on our little journey …
Continue readingFun with Fam (and Ry)
We’re back in Bahía de Banderas! We left the Costalegre to connect with Tobin and Gretchen, who were in Nuevo Vallarta for a medical conference and general goofing around with us. Ryan also made his …
Continue readingBahía de Chamela
Welp, we knew our time on the Costalegre would have to come to an end eventually (for this season anyway), and after leaving Tenacatita Bay, we landed in Bahía de Chamela and the associated little town …
Continue readingLa Cruz to Barra de Navidad
When we last left our intrepid cruisers, that is – us, we were still in La Cruz entertaining the likes of Tannika and Mathieu and, of course, Monte. That was almost a month ago. It …
Continue readingBahía de Banderas — Pre-holiday Adventures
Highlights from Saturday, December 10 through Wednesday, December 14. Arrived Bahía de Banderas on December 10 – spent one lovely night at Punta de Mita after a nice sail into the anchorage. Swam with jellies …
Continue readingSan José del Cabo
San José del Cabo (23.0619N 109.6761W) Environmental conditions: Marina hot and dusty; water temp at the neighboring beach – perfect and necessary Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.0-13.2V (i.e., nearly perfect, despite too many low …
Continue readingCabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas (22 89 05N 109 91 67W) Environmental conditions: Air temp – hot-ish; water temp – perfect Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., perfect) Euchre score: DNP (Wha…?!) After a brief stop …
Continue readingPost Shakedown – Weeks Winding Down
Quit job: Check Check things off “Do Now” list: Check Going away parties: Check (well, two more to come!) See as many friends/family as possible: Check Aaaaannnd, we’re exhausted. Several things got done since our …
Continue readingNot All Fun and Games (but Mostly…)
Location and Moorage: Newport Harbor, Lido Isle Anchorage, four nights at anchor Even though we probably would have laid over in Newport again on the way back to San Diego regardless, we made this stop …
Continue readingSanta Barbara Solstice
Location and Moorage: Santa Barbara Harbor (34 24 293N, 119 41 502W); three nights dockside, one night at anchor The sail from Santa Cruz Island to Santa Barbara was, well, not a sail at all. …
Continue readingChillin’ and Illin’ in Newport
Location and Mooring: Newport Harbor (33 36 527N, 117 54 470W); four nights at anchor Pulled into the very large harbor that is Newport and had the large guest anchorage to ourselves. Little did we …
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