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Free Luff Nation

Free Luff Nation

Going Everywhere. Very Slowly.

  • Most Recently AtSomewhere in the U.S.A.
  • About
    • Crew: Then and Now
    • Da Boat: Free Luff, Baby!
  • How We Got Here
    • When it Started
    • Charter to Liveaboard
    • Liveaboard to Cruising
  • Shakedown
  • Interim
  • The Life
  • Where’s Free Luff?
  • Miscellania

Tag: walkabout

Back on Da Boat – Mazatlán to La Cruz

By Jody Fraser On March 5, 2020

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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Capt. Fishguts, friends, projects, walkabout, water play, watermaker

Taking the High Road, Part VI: Oh Oregon

By Jody Fraser On January 14, 2020

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 …

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euchre!, friends, hiking, road trip, walkabout

Retracing Tracks 2019: Barra de Navidad

By Jody Fraser On May 10, 2019

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 …

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family, friends, ice cream, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, walkabout

Time to Head South (Again) to La Paz

By Jody Fraser On March 4, 2019

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 …

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cruisers, friends, hiking, walkabout

San Carlos to Puerto Escondido and Environs

By Jody Fraser On February 11, 2019

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 …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, friends, walkabout

To San Carlos to San Diego and Back

By Jody Fraser On February 3, 2019

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 …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, walkabout

Back in the Mexican Saddle: La Paz to BLA

By Jody Fraser On January 28, 2019

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 …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, walkabout

Thailand: Surat Thani, Pak Chong, and Khao Yai NP

By Jody Fraser On November 10, 2018

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 …

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family, friends, walkabout

Thailand: Phuket Town and Khao Sok National Park

By Jody Fraser On October 17, 2018

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 …

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family, friends, walkabout

Thailand: Bangkok, Phuket, and Koh Yao Yai

By Jody Fraser On September 28, 2018

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 …

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family, friends, walkabout

FLN Goes to Thailand: A Teaser

By Jody Fraser On August 7, 2018

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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friends, walkabout

Happy Holidays with Boat People

By Jody Fraser On December 27, 2017

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 …

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Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, friends, hiking, ice cream, projects, SUNSETS!, walkabout

Back Down The Baja: Destination Puerto Esco

By Jody Fraser On October 29, 2017

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 …

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cruisers, euchre!, hiking, walkabout, water play

“Chasing Summer” – La Paz to Santa Rosalía

By Jody Fraser On July 31, 2017

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 …

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Bitey!, Capt. Fishguts, cruisers, dockside, ice cream, laundry, provisioning, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, walkabout, water play, wifi

Road Trip to Todos Santos

By Jody Fraser On May 13, 2017

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 …

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friends, walkabout

Shenanigans in La Paz

By Jody Fraser On May 10, 2017

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 …

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Destinations
anchoring, dockside, family, friends, ice cream, laundry, murals, provisioning, walkabout

La Cruz to Barra de Navidad

By Jody Fraser On February 7, 2017

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 …

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anchoring, friends, ice cream, laundry, murals, sunrise!, SUNSETS!, surfing, walkabout, wifi

Puerto Vallarta Walkabout

By Jody Fraser On January 2, 2017

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 …

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bffs, ice cream, markets, murals, walkabout

Crossing the Sea to San Blas, Nayarit

By Jody Fraser On December 8, 2016

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., …

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anchoring, Bitey!, cruisers, Jungle Tour, walkabout

Cabo San Lucas

By Jody Fraser On November 20, 2016

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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anchoring, family, ice cream, laundry, sunrise!, super moon, walkabout, water play

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  • Isolation in The Sea: Home Base
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Bookmarks

  • Adventures aboard Epifania
  • Adventures with S/V Milou – A tale of a nine year old girl on the ocean
  • Allan and Rina's Sailing Adventure – The Travels of S/V Follow You Follow Me Continue…
  • call it kismit – by land or by sea, it's meant to be
  • Cat2Fold
  • Dazzler's Watch – Advice and Stories from Life on the Sea!
  • Footloose Adventures – Wandering the world under sail
  • Gato Loco Sailing
  • Halcyon Wandering – Living by the Compass
  • If You're Lucky Enough: Carolyn and JD's Blog
  • Jollydogs – Seawind 1160 catamaran cruising adventures
  • Live Free 2 Sail Fast – The adventures of a family sailing to points south of the border, taking life slowly
  • Older Woman @ Large
  • On Deck with SV Liahona
  • Orion and the Sea
  • Resolute Sets Sail
  • Rolling with Yahtzee – Dream Big. Wander Far. Love Life.
  • Rum Doxy – A Boat Too Far
  • S/V Adventurer
  • S/V Delos – Sailing Around the World on a Sailboat
  • S/V Dogfish
  • S/V Luego – Our Next Adventure
  • S/V Madrone – Follow the travels of S/V Madrone, a Taswell 43
  • S/V Secret Water Adventure
  • S/V Shawnigan – A Family Afloat
  • S/V Silver Wings – Follow the Adventures
  • Sailing La Vagabonde – A Few Words Behind the Movies
  • Sailing Mango
  • Sailing Pandion
  • Sailing Tanda Malaika
  • Sailing Totem – dreamworthy to seaworthy
  • Sailing with a Purpose – Adventure Adrift
  • Sailing with Aldabra
  • Sailing with Bloom
  • Sailing with Pelagic
  • Sailing Xpression – Young Family, Small Boat, Big World
  • Salt & Light – Growing closer…no matter the distance
  • Small World Big Dream
  • Strikhedonia Seawind 1160
  • SV Ripple
  • SV The Answer – Not All Who Wander Are Lost…
  • The Figure 8 Voyage
  • Trio Travels
  • Voyage of L'Chaim
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