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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Taking the High Road, Part VI: Oh Oregon
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 …
Continue readingRetracing Tracks 2019: Barra de Navidad
February 3 – March 14, 2019 For the past few years, we’ve been doing laps between the Baja Peninsula and the Sea of Cortez and mainland Mexico as far south as Santiago Bay/Manzanillo. We cover …
Continue readingTime to Head South (Again) to La Paz
November 25 – December 14, 2018 Still getting caught up on the blog…here’s a super short post to get us there. It’s all about the pics anyway, right? Once we saw the Sacketts and their …
Continue readingSan Carlos to Puerto Escondido and Environs
October 27 – November 16, 2018 Once we came to terms with the fact that we were now down 200W of solar (and ordered new panels to be hand-delivered by our good friends making their way …
Continue readingTo San Carlos to San Diego and Back
September 22 – October 26, 2018 Suddenly it was the end of September and it was time to get home for Courtney and Spencer’s wedding in San Diego! (Separate post to come…) So we made …
Continue readingBack in the Mexican Saddle: La Paz to BLA
August 12 – September 21, 2018 Based on the blog contents, you’d think we’d left Mexico for good, but no, we came back – we’re not done with this place yet. We actually returned right …
Continue readingThailand: Surat Thani, Pak Chong, and Khao Yai NP
Ok, still in Thailand…Our little excursion in and around Khao Sok National Park left a bit of a sour taste in our mouths, so we had to give another national park a fair shake. This would also …
Continue readingThailand: Phuket Town and Khao Sok National Park
Yep, we’re still in Thailand – well, not physically, but blog-wise, that’s where we are. And weather-wise on mainland Mexico, it seemed just about as hot and sticky as Thailand, so there is that. We …
Continue readingThailand: Bangkok, Phuket, and Koh Yao Yai
We spent the past month and a half in Bahía de los Angeles in the Sea of Cortez with extremely limited wifi, so we are woefully behind on the blog. Hopefully, we can still remember …
Continue readingFLN Goes to Thailand: A Teaser
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 …
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: 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 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 readingRoad Trip to Todos Santos
You may recall that we’ve spent a fair amount of time hangin’ around with Tom and Barb aboard S/V Ellie while here in Mexico. What you may not know is that we knew them back in …
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 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 readingPuerto Vallarta Walkabout
On the second day of the new year, we decided it was a good day to experience the sights and hustle and bustle of Puerto Vallarta. We set off in Genevieve, packed in like sardines …
Continue readingCrossing the Sea to San Blas, Nayarit
San Blas, Nayarit (21 30 80N 105 14 29W); Capitol of the Jejene (no-see-ums; read: Bitey!) Environmental conditions: Chilly-ish on the crossing; lovely in San Blas (but buggy!) Fridge temp: Perfect Battery state: 13.2V (i.e., …
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 …
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