Living the dream? Or hard work? Both.
After another week in the boatyard we are feeling accomplished and continuously sweaty. We are now numb to the constant noise of loud...
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jeanneb
Oct 42 min
A spiffy new bottom (paint)
This week we made another round trip from Puerto Penasco to Tucson. The car was full again; this time with critical items like the bread...
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jeanneb
Sep 273 min
Keeping our cool amidst EXTREME spontaneity
Our nightmares of peeled varnish and mold were fortunately unfounded.
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jeanneb
Sep 62 min
Best of ...Summer 2024
Sorry to leave you all hanging. After a three month 'vacation' from the ships blog, we are ready to get things rolling again. We've...
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jeanneb
Jun 73 min
Back at the ranch
Well, its not so much a ranch, but we are definitely back in the US. We are doing US things, like going to Costco, going to Home Depot...
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jeanneb
May 243 min
She's all wrapped up with no place to go
Over the last few weeks we've been making our final preparations to close up Okisollo for the very hot summer ahead. There is so much...
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danb
May 105 min
Best laid plans
We were recently reminded of the old cruisers adage, that “a cruiser’s plans are written in sand at low tide”. Little did we know that...
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jeanneb
Apr 265 min
Big news for the 2024-5 cruising season
The hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific is from June to November. So our next 'cruising window' will begin in October when we will...
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jeanneb
Apr 192 min
Keeping it cool
Just a quick update this week. We've been out of the water for 2 weeks now, "on the hard" in boater language. Dan has been working...
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jeanneb
Apr 123 min
A whole lot of sand
Leaving the pristine and wild (albiet a little 'buggy') Puerto Refugio we began our 107 mile overnight trip to Puerto Penasco. We left...
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jeanneb
Apr 52 min
Wild. Wild. Wild. Spring (break) in Mexico.
Our anchorage at the north end of Isla Angel de La Guarda felt like it was a well earned destination. We had a bumpy ride up Canal de...
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leiab
Mar 293 min
Seriously people, boating is not for cats
When we left a year ago, I had no idea what 'living on a boat' meant for me a four legged cat. The people didn't really give me much...
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jeanneb
Mar 223 min
Back to the wild
After the winter cruising in Baja California Sur, we find ourselves on the verge of celebrating a major milestone. Its our one year...
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jeanneb
Mar 152 min
French throwback week
After a delightful motor sail from Playa Santispac, Bahai Concepcion we found ourselves tied up at the small marina in Santa Rosalia...
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jeanneb
Mar 83 min
Burning Coyote 2024
The days slip away and all of a sudden it is March. While walking down the beach the other morning we noticed that the RVs were heading...
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jeanneb
Mar 13 min
Leap day! Another day to work in paradise
With leap year we were thrilled to have another day in paradise -- to do boat projects. It may be often overlooked, but owning a boat in...
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jeanneb
Feb 232 min
Its time to get going...
There have been multiple times this week that either Dan or I have been humming the Tom Petty song "Its time to move on." We can't...
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danb
Feb 162 min
We know Loreto
Last week our cousins Tangi and John joined us for a action packed week. John made an interesting comment; “Staying with people who live...
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jeanneb
Feb 22 min
Desperate for Perspective!
OK. I get it. Most of you that read this will be highly annoyed by the fact that even when living in a beautiful place with sunshine to...
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jeanneb
Jan 262 min
And there there were 6
Our friends the Wilcox family joined us in the last week, adding 4 to our crew. They couldn't have picked a more perfect week as the...
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