Well it’s taken a couple of days to get settled down here in Mazatlan, but it’s feeling good. After fourteen hours on a bus I arrived at our house just as the kids were waking up. They were still doing that little kid sleepwalk, rubbing their eyes and dragging their … Read More
Guaymas to… San Carlos?
A little piece I like to call, “A stupid crappy sail in a stupid crappy boat to a stupid crappy place.”
Out of the Water
The boat got hauled out of the water this morning. Two guys came out in a panga to pick me up and pull me in. The guy that came aboard with me acted as if he had never been on a boat before. It was actually pretty funny watching him … Read More
What a Trip
This is the longest post ever. But frankly, I’m too tired to split it up. So here goes. Conditions were primo yesterday when I took off, twelve knots of wind on the beam and we were flying along. “This is going to be easy.” Winds stayed up around 8 throughout … Read More
It’s a Sailboat, Sail It
All right, it’s been two days—where do I start? Well I don’t really know. After a few hours, reading e-mail, talking to friends, I came to a conclusion: the head gasket is blown and the cause of the overheating that caused it was the Bar’s Head Gasket Repair that I … Read More
Overheating
Man, that day did not go as planned. It started off well enough. I picked up the fish—yay! Still alive. I can’t believe it. This is how you transport a fish on a Mexican bus. Then I got back to work on the engine. A while back I noticed that … Read More
Alone in Mexico
I kissed Ali and the kids goodbye and walked into the airport at eight o’clock in the morning. I finally reached the boat at six the next morning. Nobody said flying to Tucson and hopping a bus to Mexico was an efficient choice. But it did turn out to be … Read More
Gearing Up
Ouest, Grammy, and I went off to the rink again today. Another month and I’d have her tearing up the ice. That will have to wait until another time though as I am gearing up for my return to Bumfuzzle tomorrow. I’m headed back to San Carlos with loads of … Read More
Family and Friends
Haircut complete. For some reason she has absolutely no qualms about letting Ali cut her hair. Ouest got the thrill of the month when her cousins (actually my cousin’s kids) showed up for an afternoon of fun. Oh how I wish those girls lived right down the street from Grandma … Read More
Hanging
This is about it around here right now. Spending time luxuriating in the grass (Mexico often appears to be completely devoid of green grass), eating popsicles, and hanging out with good friends. Somehow, despite having only spent a grand total of a few months in Portland over the years this … Read More
