There is no more difficult way to travel one hundred miles than to sail it. Riding bikes would have been a breeze. Jogging with Ouest on my shoulders, no problem. Sailing. My goodness, I’m beat. Didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. Ali was up with a crying Lowe … Read More
Lowe’s a Sailor
Finally time to move on. We were ready this morning when the kids got up, and at eight-thirty, just half an hour behind schedule we were ready to take off. A couple of dock workers were there to throw off our lines and we could be on our way. The … Read More
Read the Signs
Ouest went to bed last night just fine. Two hours later she had a runny nose and woke up roughly every thirty minutes to moan for five minutes before drifting off again. Needless to say we did not get enough sleep. So today it was no big surprise to look … Read More
Moving Soon
We’re just sort of wrapping things up around here. Today the boat got one seriously hard core washing. The first, really, since we bought her. Feels so good I just want to roll around in the cockpit and rub my cheeks on the coaming. The covered wagon sunshade came down … Read More
Going (soon)
Busy day trying to get the last of the boat projects wrapped up for now. The last of the things that actually need doing, not the last of the projects. There is no such thing as the last of the boat projects. Ask anyone. Of all the stupid projects I needed to … Read More
Border Run
Lowe touched American soil for the first time yesterday, decided that was enough for now, and walked back in to Mexico this morning. We needed new visas. We could have easily risked becoming illegal aliens in Mexico, chances are it would have never become an issue. But one can never be … Read More
Cleaning Out
Lowe is outgrowing his clothes at an alarming rate. It’s pretty clear we’re going to have big kids. We’ve cut the feet out of a couple of his six month-old pajamas to try and extend their life a bit, but mainly we’re moving on to the nine month stuff. Ali is already … Read More
November 2011
01-Nov-2011 our life. daily. puerto vallarta, mexico. We took Lowe in to get some vaccination shots today. They are free at the clinic in town where we talked with a doctor for a few minutes and then were given the shots by a couple of very nice nurses. Ali does not … Read More
October 2011
01-Oct-2011 our life. daily. sayulita, mexico. October already. Christ, that means we’ve got one month of paid slip fees left and then prices get jacked for the winter. And that means we’ve got a lot of work to do. But we’re not moving back aboard for another two weeks, so … Read More
September 2011
Sep-2011 our life. daily. puerto vallarta, mexico. Sick day for Ouest. Still no fever, but the nose and cough are enough to keep her down. Once again she was begging to go to bed hours before her bedtime. So to bed she went. Hopefully we can keep Lowe from catching it. I didn’t … Read More
August 2011
02-Aug-2011 our life. daily. puerto vallarta, mexico. The countdown begins. We went to the doctor today for a check-up and confirmed again that everything is going good in there. The baby weighs six pounds nine ounces now and we were even able to watch it breathe amniotic fluid in and out. … Read More