March 2012 - Bumfuzzle

Moving. Moving. Moving.

March 31, 2012Leave a Comment

When we left Vallarta a few days ago we figured we’d spend four days in Yelapa, a few in La Cruz, and on like that up the coast. Instead we’ve been pushed along by this relentless south swell that is producing some epic surf on a few breaks and also … Read More

Endless Search

March 30, 2012Leave a Comment

The more we move anchorages looking for something more comfortable the more we come to realize that these Pacific Coast anchorages are never going to be all that comfortable. This morning we left Punta Mita in the early morning calm waters to start heading north. The weather doesn’t look all … Read More

A Good Day

March 29, 2012Leave a Comment

A day in Punta Mita. This place is not known for it’s town. If it can even be called a town. It’s really just a few small hotels, a couple roads with condos, and a beachfront road lined with restaurants. And I mean lined with restaurants. Like you can’t get … Read More

On The Move

March 28, 2012Leave a Comment

Last night we talked about getting an early start today, heading to town for some leg stretching and breakfast, then straight back to the boat to get out of La Cruz before the wind picked up. So with an early start in mind it’s no surprise that Lowe would sleep … Read More

No Walk

March 27, 2012Leave a Comment

This morning we took advantage of the calm to head in to town. La Cruz is a nice little place, though at eleven o’clock in the morning, there isn’t a whole lot happening. We found a restaurant open and serving breakfast, got Ouest a heaping plate of french toast and … Read More

Yep We Did It

March 26, 2012Leave a Comment

And we’re off. We left this morning very close to the time we said we were going to leave, which these days is quite a feat. We motored out of the marina and headed for Yelapa, a small town only accessible by boat on the south side of the bay. … Read More

Slip Away

March 25, 2012Leave a Comment

Today consisted mainly in getting ready to leave. We needed to clean up our mess on the dock since if you didn’t know we had two kids you would have assumed we needed one of those Hoarder’s interventions. Straighten up the lines, fill the water tanks, give the boat one … Read More

Sky

March 24, 2012Leave a Comment

Ali hauled me up the mast today so we could officially mark the boat list as done. I had the lazy jack lines all made up but still needed to go up and attach a couple of blocks for them to run through. With that done dousing the main should … Read More

Glide

March 22, 2012Leave a Comment

I went in the water today with four-pound mallet in hand. And I let that shaft have it. And when I was spent I crawled up onto the dock, spent ten minutes under the hose, and went inside to have a look, sure that it hadn’t moved. But it had, … Read More

Run

March 21, 2012Leave a Comment

Lowe woke up yesterday with a runny nose. Ouest woke up today with one. Kids. If it’s not one thing it’s another. In just the past few days Lowe broke three teeth through and another is only a day or so away. So right when we thought maybe we were … Read More

Antsy

March 19, 2012Leave a Comment

The last thing we’re waiting on before leaving here is also the last thing I expected that we’d have to wait on, a diver. Unfortunately the water is so disgusting lately that there is zero visibility and even these local divers who go into this nasty water day after day … Read More

Goodbye Friends

March 18, 2012Leave a Comment

The other day we introduced Lowe to El Pinguino. This was a toy of Ouest’s that scared the crap out of her when she was first set in front of it. Here was Lowe’s reaction. Tonight we visited friends who are leaving tomorrow for the big Pacific crossing with their … Read More