Never Own Another Boat…

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Here’s a hot tip for the would be cruiser: Learn to weld stainless steel and you’ll never be wanting for money or work in your travels. In all of our years aboard we have hired welders seven times that I can think of off hand. Mechanics, twice. Refrigeration guys, twice. … Read More

Work Crawl

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This morning while Ali put down Lowe for his morning nap I took Ouest downtown with a refrigerator compressor slung over my shoulder. I knew things were looking up when we walked up to the bus stop at the same instant the bus pulled up. I always get a thrill … Read More

Love

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Welders were out today to get started on the davit install. They basically came out, lined them up, tac welded them to the mounting plates, and took them back off to the shop to finish up properly. Back in a couple of days to install those and fit the two … Read More

Lowe Six Months, Ouest Twenty-Six Months

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Happy Birthday guys. Lowe, the six month mark is a big one. For the next six months or so there should be nothing but dramatic changes coming your way. This month you learned to sit on your butt. Wow huh? You’ve started to work on your crawl too, but so … Read More

Let’s Eat

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It rained for two days here in PV. We haven’t had a drop of water from the sky in four months and didn’t expect any for quite a while yet, but we got it anyway. We are such babies when it comes to weather nowadays. We hate rain, wind, snow, … Read More

They Are Off, We Head Home

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We said goodbye to family today. Probably the last time we’ll see them for a few months until we mosey up north for a summer visit. It sort of hits me on days like this that Mexico really is our home now. While everybody else is off to the airport … Read More

Family Days

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My niece Lea is all grown up and comparing hot Mexican guys to some guys from Vampire movies and I am feeling way old. Some friends stopped by today, so Ouest got to play with her buddy Teddy. Teddy is five-years-old and a ball of energy. Ouest takes in every … Read More

Is Good

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We’ve had a couple of fun days here in Sayulita. The rental house is great, just a couple of blocks from the center of town and the beach, and then of course there is that pool that Ouest loves so much. We’ve had nothing but good dinners everywhere we’ve gone, … Read More

Seinfeld Episode

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Returning the rental car. “The total is $46 then,” he tells me matter of factly. “Wait, how much? It’s only supposed to be $36.” “Yes, but you reserved a full-size car.” “I know, but you only gave me a compact. You can’t charge me for a full-size and give me … Read More

Cousins

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We had a great time with family today. Ouest especially. She loves having everyone here, and really loves the heated pool. In all the hullabaloo this morning I lost track of her and when I went to look for her I found her in her underwear in the pool with … Read More

Sigh-u-lee-ta

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First thing in the morning I took the compressor in for service. The guys dropped what they were doing and went right to work on it. A couple hours later I swung back through and they showed me the piece they had replaced. It looked like some sort of bearing … Read More