Ouest awoke this morning and before an hour had passed she had on her Carnaval hat and mask and was waving around her wand wanting to go on a walk—still in her pajamas. So yeah, that was twenty pesos well spent. In the afternoon while Lowe was napping Ouest and … Read More

Today was the big Carnaval parade. This is supposed to be the second largest in the world behind Rio so with two kids in tow we weren’t expecting to see a whole lot, but we figured we could at least head down and experience the crowds before fighting our way … Read More

Another beach day. Found a good spot just three minutes down the road by bus and down an alley from an OXXO—meaning convenience store hot dogs, iced coffee, and beer for Ali and me, and peanuts for the kids. Our day at the beach is sort of a Mexican version … Read More

Today is Adoption Day for me and my mom. She brought me home on February 8, 1974, a month after being born to a 17-year-old girl, and for that I am eternally thankful. On this day every year she sends me a note telling me she is thinking of that … Read More

The marina here doesn’t have beach access but right down the road is the heart of the Mazatlan tourist industry, complete with as nice a beach as our kids could ask for. With the tide way out there are plenty of pools to splash in, and when a full swim … Read More

Last night we went out for a walk shortly before bedtime. We were sitting down watching Lowe try to reach a tree branch that was just out of his reach when Ouest suddenly jumped up saying, “Me help you Lowe. Me help you Lowe.” She sprinted towards him and Ali … Read More

Exciting, I know—running lights. We haven’t had running lights since the near fire aboard last year. I should have tackled the problem sooner I suppose, but we’re doing so few night sails that it was classified low priority by me. I just disconnected the wires and never flipped the breaker … Read More

We moved back aboard yesterday afternoon. Ouest always makes me smile when we do this. “Are you happy to be back on the boat Ouest?” “Me happy. Me missed the boat. And my room. And my bed.” Ali and I have never been sentimental about “things.” We sell boats, cars, … Read More

At the beach today a couple of guys came by playing music. Lowe loves music—he is instantly dancing whenever he hears anything resembling a beat. We hired them on for a song and sat back to enjoy. Lowe danced and then just sat down in Ali’s lap to take it … Read More

Just another day bumming around Mazatlan.

Recently we were contacted by the producers of an upcoming reality-style parenting television show. They seemed to think we would be the perfect fit for the show which is to be about unusual parenting styles. Two Americans having kids in Mexico to live on a sailboat qualifies as that I … Read More

This morning we took the gang over to the aquarium. We like wandering around the grounds there more than we like the actual aquarium. While we were standing around looking at the crocodiles we heard a loud thump. We turned to see a huge orange iguana had fallen out of … Read More