I love Baja, always have. Love it even more than the mainland. Last night I loved it because you could have heard a mouse skitter through the engine compartment it was so quiet. In other words, no swell! This morning I loved it for the ultra clear blue skies and … Read More
Ha, We Did It!
We survived the night. An easy thrumming of the motor and light breeze kept us chugging right along, nothing else broke, and Ali and I got next to no sleep on a night that if it were just the two of us we would have been hard pressed to stay … Read More
What Our Bluewater Boat Cost
I recently read an article by Charlie Doane titled Bluewater Sailing On a Budget, about the purchase of his first bluewater sailboat in 1994. Adjusted for inflation he paid about $65,000 to purchase and outfit a boat for circling the Atlantic in. I enjoyed reading it and thought I’d write … Read More
Hungry in Mazatlan
One nice thing about Mazatlan is their bus service. It’s super easy to get anywhere we need to go, and today we needed to go back to the playground. Both of the kids needed the exercise, especially Lowe, who we are having the hardest time finding non-concrete places to crawl … Read More
Ready to Move
Ready to move on again. We’ve spent a week here in the marina, done a wee bit of boat work, all of our laundry, bought a few groceries, spent some time bumming around town, and now we’re ready to get back out on the water. Ali’s a little nervous about … Read More
Lowe 8-Months, Ouest 28-Months
Lolo. I’m sorry, but that’s what you are called nowadays. We smile just about every time Ouest says it. “LowLoooooow.” And you smile too. You love your sister and scramble for her whenever she comes within reach. While she might not return the greeting with the same enthusiasm you show … Read More
Getting Around
Today we went back to Old Town but this time to the more sanitized version around the main plazas and the cathedral. We walked around a bit then sat down and ate. Afterwards Ali said to me, “I’m not feeling it today.” Exactly what I’d been thinking. The rougher authentic … Read More
Driving Around
Yesterday during Lowe’s morning nap Ouest and I jumped on a bus and headed to Walmart. Actually to Autozone which is always in the Walmart parking lot. The bus ride there was uneventful, maybe thirty minutes. We did our shopping and then flagged down the next bus with our name … Read More
Old Town Maz
Days like today remind us why we both like to cruise and to find ourselves constantly “living” in different places. We love getting out and just wandering new places, seeing what we can discover along the way. Of course now we do it with kids so we find ourselves discovering … Read More