Small Talk

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“No way!” That is Ouest’s latest saying. She doesn’t say it like a valley girl or anything, she says it clearly and directly. “Ouest, can I have a bite of your ice cream?” “No way!” “Ouest, instead of turning four on your next birthday will you turn two? I want … Read More

Unscheduled Swim

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Ali is actually taking to this whole cooking thing. She keeps saying to me, “I can’t believe I never did this when I actually had the time to do it.” In other words, pre-kids. Note: We could seriously do with a dishwasher on this boat. Note: The kids didn’t eat … Read More

Another Day

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Really hard to imagine that someone somewhere is gloating over the same images of the Boston Marathon bombings that are making me feel ill. Thoughts are with all those helpless innocent victims. While all that is going on our lives proceed without worries. News like this only invades us at … Read More

A New Pet

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We got our first pet today. Ali and I have never gotten a dog of our own because of the responsibility. I mean, who wants to saddle themselves with something that could possibly be dependent on you for like eighteen years? Not us. But then today Ali and the kids … Read More

1 Down 3 To Go

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Yesterday we picked up a 2-ton gas jack at Walmart and today I went about making some progress on the mounts. First thing was to remove the prop shaft. Four bolts, done. Next up was to cut a big pile of 2x4s to stack up and rest the jack where … Read More

Goodbye

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Grammy said goodbye to the kids this morning and then the two of us hit the road. Everyone in La Paz likes to say it is a two hour drive to the Cabo airport, but it’s not. It’s two hours fifteen minutes if you drive with complete reckless abandon, two … Read More

Prep Work

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I’ve been working on the engine mounts a little bit every day. Today I cut a two-by-four and wedged it underneath the engine as a just-in-case for when I finally decided to knock out that broken mount. The bolts were already out, it was now just a matter of taking … Read More

La Paz Bums

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Feeling a little guilty as this most certainly hasn’t been my mom’s most exciting visit to see us. We’re still just sort of waking from our funk. I’ve gotten over to the boat a couple of times to mess around with the engine mounts. Today I borrowed an angle grinder … Read More

Back in the Swing of Things

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It’s been a rough ten days or so around here and we’re only now starting to come around. But if I hate anything more than hearing about people’s illnesses I can’t think what it is at the moment. Though I venture to guess I may have said that about more … Read More

Skiff

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Kids are recuperating from this latest bout of whatever the hell it is. Bacteria-itis will be my new term for any illness that results in puking or pooping. I tell you what, a boat can feel like one heck of a small place with two sick kids onboard. We did … Read More

Sick Boat

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Ouest started acting weird at breakfast and we could tell she was sick. “Me not sick, me not sick.” She insisted she felt okay and was adamant that she wanted to go to the playground as usual. So off we all went down the dock. About ten slips down she … Read More

Just Five Pesos

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This morning Ouest asked in a hopeful voice, “We go sailing today, Mama?” Ali: “No, remember Grammy is coming to visit? We’ll go sailing after that.” Ouest: “Grammy go sailing?” Ali: “No, Grammy isn’t going sailing.” Ouest: “Why Grammy not go sailing?” Ali: “Grammy doesn’t know how.” Ouest: “Why?” Ali: … Read More