Mazatlan, Mexico Work, Work, Work Well after leaving Muertos we had a nice sail to Balandra Cove. We were heading to La Paz, it was just far enough away that getting there in one day was too much. So we left early enough in the morning to make it to Balandra in one day, which […]
Cabo San Lucas Waking up in Paradise It has been almost two months now since we left on our journey. I now know Cabo pretty good in my own little “gringa” way. I think I know why so many people go somewhere on their boats and just stay. It is such a relief to not […]
Feeling Like Hell in Paradise Well, it has been quite a few days since my last entry and so there is a lot to say and at the same time there is not very much that has happened. When we sailed into Cabo we had dolphins in our bow and it seems that we have […]
Living in the Belly of the Beast Lurch, surge, glide, and over again with the lurch. And on it goes. I am in the belly of the boat and I can feel the waves as they rush up behind us, the wind that pushes us from the top of the wave and the increased speed […]
It seems forever since we crossed into Mexico’s borders. In San Diego we provisioned the boat yet again and we also got a few big projects done around he boat that needed to happen before we left the USA. Batteries, low watt bulbs, the list goes on. Work, work, work. This has hardly been a […]
It has only been three days since my last journal entry and it seems like an eternity has past. Our anchorage in Shark Cove was very calm but not protected at all, so we bobbed like a cork as the boat swung from side to side and offered her side to the gentle rollers. All […]
Back Side of Catalina Island, Shark Cove It has been an interesting week and looking back at my previous journal entries it is easy to see that my thoughts have been darting around like so many nervous humming birds, despite my feelings that I was immune from the stress. After being escorted from the harbor […]
Los Muertos Traveling Alone and a Day Without Gifts I was seriously dragging my feet about leaving. There were good reasons for not wanting to leave Cabo San Lucas. Our generator is still not working, it will never work and we are waiting for our friends Gary and Odie to arrive with our new generator. […]
The last journal that Brett and I maintained together was almost 5 years ago, during our trip through South and Central America. April, 2002 we returned from that trip. I was so excited to get back at work, because I knew that great things were in store for me. I had no idea. We started […]
I wasn’t born with a jib sheet in my hand. I never thought I would become a sailor. It wasn’t that I didn’t like sailing (since I never had) or the idea of sailing (since I never thought about it). It just never occurred to me. I was raised in a land locked state […]