Near where we are anchored is a lagoon. An interesting back door peek at local life, mixed with a few dive hostels. This is what happens when there are no longer tacos on every street corner. Ali is forced back in to mixing up her own taco seasoning. Platano y … Read More
Around Utila
Utila is a nice little place. It’s known almost exclusively as a budget diving destination, so there is a pretty distinct backpacker vibe. There’s not much to it, just a bunch of small restaurants, a couple stores, and dive shops. Simple living, spending most of our time on the boat, … Read More
Utila, Honduras
Heading south from Cozumel the Gulf Stream was in full force, cranking along at three knots, right in our face. I imagine there are ways to mitigate this, by cruising closer to land, but I tend to be a lazy navigator—the shortest distance from Point A to Point B is … Read More
Adios Mexico
Time to roll on out of Mexico. We’d probably cruise Mexico forever if there were new places to visit and explore, but the Caribbean coast really has very few spots for cruisers. We enjoyed Isla Mujeres, but three months was enough for us, we were all anxious to move on. … Read More
Trawler vs. Sail
Trawler vs. Sail Trawler versus sail—a comparison that is often dismissed as an old-person versus young-person, apples-to-oranges argument. It’s assumed that a sailor will sail until his hands are too crippled to manage a line any longer, then buy a trawler that will sit dockside, until one day a dockmaster … Read More
Life Cycles
It’s been a difficult, busy couple of weeks around here. Great-grandma passed away at 99 years-old. She was a great lady who we all loved. She amazed me with her simple yet comfortable and happy life, and also with her amazing mind. Right to the end she could rattle off … Read More
Lonely Isla
Ali had to head to Minnesota for a few days. Which left the three of us completely confused. No mama? No Ali? After the first night Ouest asked, “How many nights has Mama been gone now?” We spent a couple days bouncing around the island a bit. The water on … Read More
Isla Delays
We were getting ready to leave for points further south, but a couple of family issues back in the States have it looking like a few more weeks. Oh well, there are certainly worse things in life. Dinner at least a couple times a week. Melts in your mouth, but … Read More
Everyday Isla
Nothing special going on around here right now—just everyday life. Imagination. Ouest took this pic of the barber shop. The dinghy motor has been giving me issues since the Turks and Caicos last year. First it was the carburetor. I replaced that and that solved one problem. Then we weren’t … Read More
Around Merida
Dzibilchaltun is just a short drive from Merida. It’s a fairly small ruins site, but was nice to wander around, and had a really good museum. But the best part was Cenote Xlakah located right amongst the ruins. Show up at any site in Mexico before nine or ten and … Read More
