Christmas

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Christmas. I could care less, which seems to put me in a distinct minority. A lot of people proclaim not to like Christmas, but in the same breath admit that they couldn’t resist buying loads of crap that nobody really needed—as if they had no control. We didn’t do one … Read More

Happy Birthday Mama

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What a day. Road trips with kids are brutal. Brutal I say! Today was like some sort of crazy twisted episode of The Twilight Zone in which everything that happened last Sunday happened again this Sunday, but with the opposite family members. I won’t bore with the details of the … Read More

Parks and Recreation

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So by now you’ve realized that we finally updated our website. When we started this back in 2003 there were no blogs, or at least they were still in their infancy and we didn’t know about them. So I taught myself one night how to use Frontpage 2003 and built … Read More

Some Beach Time

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This morning we walked around at the far south end of the beach where Old Town begins and where all the fishermen and their boats are situated. It’s an interesting area full of salty men who look as if they have been coming here each and every morning since they … Read More

Aquarium Bunnies

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The Mazatlan Aquarium is right down the street from us and is actually pretty well regarded as far as that sort of thing goes.  Always looking for new ways to entertain the kids we figured sharks just might do the trick. And it was a pretty nice aquarium—nice enough in … Read More

JJ Turns 31

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My brother turned 31 today. There is a boring age to celebrate. Thirty-one? Who cares? I’ll tell you who cares—Ouest cares. And why does Ouest care? Because birthday’s mean cupcakes. End of story.

Ladies Man

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This morning we wandered around Old Town Mazatlan for a bit, had some breakfast, and took a few pictures. Mazatlan surprises me every time with how interesting a place it is. Seems like it should be all about tourism, and it is I suppose if you head to the north … Read More

Mazatlan

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Staying in hotels is for suckers. For the price of one hotel room we’ve got ourselves a three-bedroom condo with private elevator, pool, and about anything else you can think of. Best of all though is the location just a few blocks down the malecon from the park and Old … Read More

Smokey in a Sombrero

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About two months ago we booked a trip for my mom to come down for Christmas. Doing the math we decided we’d be in Mazatlan. Our math was wrong. So instead of sailing up, we rented a car and piled our crap in for the 300 mile roadtrip. And oh … Read More

My Rudder

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I went to the shipyard here today and asked about my rudder problem. Basically the immediate response was that the boat definitely needed to be hauled out, and that they could do it tomorrow and have it back to me in a week. I was told it was the bearings … Read More

Three!

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Our little girl is three. I’m feeling the time accelerator now more than ever before. I like this age a lot as it is so much fun to talk and joke with her—to have discussions about her thoughts instead of putting words in her mouth. I don’t know, she’s great, … Read More

Sinking Boat

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That was the worst night we can remember, though we do tend to have short memories; that’s why we’re still living on a boat. This morning we were running the refrigerator when Ali told me she didn’t think it was working. So we lifted up the engine hatch to have … Read More