Jungle Cruise up the Rio Tovara
One day in San Blas, five sailors decided to leave their sailboats tied up at the dock, and embark on a small motorboat adventure deep into the wild mangroves of […]
Just the Pics, Ma’am
Next stop: Jungle Cruise! Coatis and chachalacas and crocodrilos, oh my!
Tierra de las Tijeretas
You know the place. A movie, a book, an image caught hold of your imagination once, perhaps long ago. Your subconcious filled in the blanks and placed you in the […]
Where the Moon Outshines Downtown: Altata
We left San Carlos on a comfortable and fast beam reach. Ahmeek’s main and mizzen sails bladed through the humid air, foresail pointed south, white wings steady in the nearly […]
If We Ever Get Out of Here
January 7, 2016 marked our most recent arrival in San Carlos, Sonora Mexico, which has become a place which feels strangely like coming home. As soon as we got the […]
Beachcombing Grave Treasures
In mid-September of 2014, Hurricane Odile ripped and roared up the Sea of Cortez, one of the strongest hurricanes in recorded history to make landfall on the Baja Peninsula. For […]
Llorar, Llover (cry, rain) ; A Rainy Day Lesson in La Paz
Whoa, not to complain or anything, but . . . It has been wet and rainy and even, dare I say the word, COLD!?! More than once we have gone […]
Answering Our Call for Visitors!
We know how fortunate we are to dwell at this intersection where health, families and finances permit us this amazing Mexican voyage. It is a wonderful time in our lives, […]
Coming Home to the Bay of the Dead
Sometimes, feeling at home is as simple as slipping into a once-visited harbor. With the Mazatlan crossing behind us, and a week or so of intermittant heavy winds ahead, we […]
Celestial Crossings: Mazatlan to Muertos
Something we are slowly learning from this sailing life is to expect that we will seldom encounter that which we expect to find. This disconcerting maxim is followed by the […]
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