Cerro La Bufa

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The next day in San Sebastian we tackled La Bufa, a mountaintop lookout accessible by a mostly one-ish lane dirt and cobblestone road. Straight up, tires spinning, blind curve fun. When I rent cars it is almost always the tiniest cheapest thing they’ve got. We grabbed a Bronco for this … Read More

San Sebastian

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All our years spent in Puerto Vallarta and somehow we never made it up to San Sebastián del Oeste. It’s one of Mexico’s many “Pueblos Magicos” which puts it on a list with a lot of great towns scattered around Mexico. Best of all, it’s a short drive from PV, … Read More

Orlene

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Paradise Village Marina

“Orlene, Orlene, Orlene, Orrrleeeeene, please don’t take my boat just ‘cuz you can.” Jolene popped into my head immediately when this storm was named, and I couldn’t stop humming it for a week as we watched the hurricane build up from a prediction of Category 1 storm all the way … Read More

Independence Day

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This is home for the moment as we wait patiently for hurricane season to fade away. We’re sitting just a few slips away from where we brought Lowe home from the hospital on Bumfuzzle 2. It’s funny how hurricane holes can become like a second home for cruisers. It’s a … Read More

Sayulita Sting

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Spending an afternoon in one of our favorite places. We brought along the kids’ friends from the boat next door. The four of them have been having some great times together. With this lifestyle it’s not every day that they get not one, but two good friends to hang with … Read More

Mismaloya

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We spent this weekend trotting all over the Puerto Vallarta area. Saturday morning started with breakfast in Bucerias, followed by a walk around La Cruz and the marina there, and ended with the afternoon spent in Punta Mita. Sunday we drove south to Mismaloya. Ali and I always enjoy this … Read More

Siesta

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Bumfuzzle/Sanuk

Even with a new boat to fiddle around with it is tough to get too motivated in Puerto Vallarta’s August weather. It rains pretty hard most evenings/nights for a couple of hours, so quite often we’ll run the sails out to dry out and not get moldy while we sit … Read More

You Only Turn Once Once

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Lowe turned eleven (once) the other day. He was unimpressed with the number. Apparently it falls in a gray area, somewhere between the cool numbers, ten and twelve. I’m impressed with eleven, though. It’s fun having him grow up, but still be a boy. Lowe is the family goofball, a … Read More

Slowly Settling In

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We decided to spend the day up in Sayulita to revisit some of our old haunts there. Right as the road turns from a two-lane highway into a one-lane jungle track the rain started to fall. Twenty minutes later, as we turned into town, we knew the day was shot. … Read More

Getting Situated

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Two days after I arrived, Ali and the kids flew down from Minnesota with everything we own. We had a porter wheeling a cart with six big plastic bins balanced precariously over his head as we walked out to the car I had rented. It’s just a mid-size normal car, … Read More

All Aboard Number Four

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I can’t find the exact quote, but somewhere along the way, on Bumfuzzle #1, I said that one thing I was certain of was that we would never own another boat. Another quote, “There is no certainty; there is only adventure.” Roberto Assagioli Which, I suppose, is how we find … Read More

Back from Camp

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Obviously, it’s been quiet here the past month. Ali and I have been busy, going out just about every day with friends or family, but doing so without the kids. They’ve been off at camp. Ouest for a full four weeks, and Lowe for two. On top of that, it’s … Read More