May 2012 - Page 2 of 3

Loreto Farmer’s Market

May 20, 2012Leave a Comment

Ouest and I (have I mentioned how tired we are of Lowe’s morning naptime) caught a ride in this morning to the Loreto Farmer’s Market. Lots of good food, a ton of drinks, a bit of flea market nick-knack, and beautiful fresh fruits and vegetables. We go through fruit at … Read More

Are You?

May 19, 2012Leave a Comment

I really feel like I should like Loreto. It’s as if I am betraying my gringo brethren if I don’t, but somehow this town just doesn’t do it for me. Or Ali for that matter. “I’m just not feeling it,” is what she said after a few hours there. I … Read More

Escondido

May 18, 2012Leave a Comment

Escondido isn’t a very interesting place. It’s a good place to catch our breath, get a couple of boat chores done, and that’s about it really. The marina was built by the Mexican Government’s Tourist Agency and it looks as if they expected some amazing things out of it. They … Read More

I Hate Boats

May 17, 2012Leave a Comment

Today was one of those boat ownership days I’d rather forget about. It reminded me too much about why I hate boats. We noticed an hour or so into our motor north that the batteries weren’t charging right. The voltage was sitting at 12.3, way too low. I opened up … Read More

Hot

May 16, 2012Leave a Comment

We continued up the coast to Agua Verde yesterday. A big three pronged bay with a small desert fishing village to get off the boat and stroll through. As we were walking a grandpa came out of one of the houses and called the rest of his family over. There … Read More

Ride Home

May 14, 2012Leave a Comment

I hate to jinx it, especially since I’ve no way to check a forecast from here, but the weather has been incredible this past week. Since getting away from the Coromuel around La Paz I don’t think we’ve seen wind blow past five knots. The anchorages have been like mill … Read More

Nine Months Lowe, Twenty-Nine Months Ouest

May 13, 2012Leave a Comment

Another month in the books. What to say, what to say. Ouest, you are saying it all now. Driving us batty with your never ending supply of energy and the why’s and the now’s. You don’t like to spend much time playing on your own which is okay I guess … Read More

Thank God

May 13, 2012Leave a Comment

We popped around the corner, just two miles, to Los Gatos this morning. Another pretty bay where we spent the day on the beach, in the water, and crawling around on the red rocks that ring the place. Lowe has really taken to the water lately. He seems to know … Read More

Unfriendly Baja

May 12, 2012Leave a Comment

We weren’t enthralled with San Evaristo, mainly because the beach was kind of skanky with fish carcasses all over the place. Swimming is pretty important these days. It’s hot and the kids are loving the water. So after a nice quiet night at anchor we pulled it up and motored … Read More

Nice and Close

May 11, 2012Leave a Comment

Took a hike with Ouest again this morning, this time up a different ridge. She spent most of the time searching for good rocks to throw. I’d find her a level spot to stand and then sit back while she spent ten minutes doing what would have taken erosion a … Read More

EELLLLLL!

May 10, 2012Leave a Comment

A good night of sleep probably isn’t easy in any household with two young kids, but on a boat it can be nearly impossible. So we are even more happy than normal when there is no wind at night. The boat is so quiet we could easily forget where we … Read More

Looking for Shelter

May 09, 2012Leave a Comment

The Coromuel kicked in last night as soon as the lights went out and within a couple of hours we were bow bouncing through the waves. Ouest, in the most uncomfortable spot on the boat, the bow, slept straight through it. The rest of us didn’t fare so well. In … Read More