Motored a couple of hours north to Puerto Ballandra today. Weather has been incredibly calm the past couple of weeks and we’re looking at another week or more of it. It’s great. Even better than the calm weather is the cool weather. We’re still using a down comforter at night. … Read More
Pink Butterfly
I wrote a big long post about why I don’t like Puerto Escondido and then deleted it. Why waste a thousand words when one word sums the place up—lame. Cold showers, horrible internet, absolutely nothing to do, no beach, and a forty dollar round-trip taxi trip to town. Actually Puerto … Read More
Puerto Escondido
Our first couple of nights after leaving La Paz we had strong coromuel winds, but after getting just another twenty miles or so north the nights have been silent. No swell—the beauty of the east coast of Baja—and not a ripple on the water. You can’t sleep better than that. … Read More
You’re Welcome Here, Now Leave
We moved on up to Bahia Candeleros today where we had promised the kids the most awesome kid pool ever. Silly stupid parents—never promise anything to kids. After anchoring the dinghy in the shallows we waded ashore in front of the all-inclusive resort that had welcomed all cruisers with open … Read More
Awkward Lobster
All right, so this was a little awkward. The family we offered the clothes to came out in their boat this afternoon. We invited them aboard and we all sat up front and played with the car and some toys for a little bit. Cool. Nice little boy, friendly mother … Read More
Ice Cream in Agua Verde?
We motored north on a flat sea bound for Agua Verde just three hours away. Another in a string of rather uneventful days—days we are always thankful for. Nothing broke, nobody got hurt, Lowe got his nap in, and we arrived in what is one of my favorite bays. After … Read More
Callus Hands
Manuel is a local man, somewhere between forty and seventy years old I’d peg it at, and has the market on selling lobster and fish to the cruisers in Los Gatos. We talked to him on the beach last night after eating our lunner already and told him we didn’t … Read More
A Day in Video
Shot some video today while we motored north from San Evaristo to Los Gatos. We had maybe fifteen knots on the nose when we left, and an hour or so later the seas had gone calm. A twenty-seven mile trip, it took us about five hours to complete. This video … Read More
Baja Anchorage
San Evaristo, Baja California Sur. Time for another round of the family picture game, complete with strange dog. Ouest took this while Ali said, “You’re too close!” Our adopted for a couple of days dog spent five minutes digging a hole, shoving his nose in it, and digging some more, … Read More
San Evaristo
Today we motored an hour north to San Evaristo, a tiny village of uninspiring homes all with a very inspiring background. In town we visited the store, which consisted of 1% staples, 1% chicken, and 98% junk food. No ice cream though, so the kids were out of luck—they got … Read More