After another week in the boatyard we are feeling accomplished and continuously sweaty. We are now numb to the constant noise of loud...

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...

Our nightmares of peeled varnish and mold were fortunately unfounded.

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...

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...

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...

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...

The hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific is from June to November. So our next 'cruising window' will begin in October when we will...

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...

Leaving the pristine and wild (albiet a little 'buggy') Puerto Refugio we began our 107 mile overnight trip to Puerto Penasco. We left...

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...

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...

After the winter cruising in Baja California Sur, we find ourselves on the verge of celebrating a major milestone. Its our one year...

After a delightful motor sail from Playa Santispac, Bahai Concepcion we found ourselves tied up at the small marina in Santa Rosalia...

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...

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...

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...

Last week our cousins Tangi and John joined us for a action packed week. John made an interesting comment; “Staying with people who live...

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...

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...