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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Bahía 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 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 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 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 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 readingPunta Abreojos
Punta Abreojos (26 42 72N 113 33 90W) Environmental conditions: Air and water temp tolerable. No surf. Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.1V (i.e., perfect) Euchre score: DNP Rippin’ sail today, well, initially anyway. We …
Continue readingBahía San Bartolome (Turtle Bay)
Bahía San Bartolome (Turtle Bay; 27 41 26N 114 53 34W) Environmental conditions: Air and water temp getting there. Swimming and cruiser showers a must. Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., perfect) Euchre score: …
Continue readingEnsenada y Islas Todos Santos
And So It Begins: Ensenada (31 50 39N 116 38 03W) y Isla Todos Santos (31 45 69N 116 45 56W) Environmental conditions: Hot in Cruiseport, but too nasty to swim in the marina. At …
Continue readingMellow to Mosh Pit, Part II
Location and Moorage: Channel Islands Harbor (34 10 417N, 119 13 412W); two nights dockside The sail from King Harbor/Redondo Beach up to the CI Harbor was sporty (see Shakedown Vid #1). When we departed …
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