The Welcome Wagon

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What a day. We left our last Mexican campground early this morning. So far so good. About an hour later we found we had a flat tire. An inside rear tire. Not a big deal, but it would be way easier to get it fixed in Mexico so we quickly … Read More

May 2011

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01-May-2011 our life. daily. This morning we had some friends over. Liz and Ali grew up just down the street from each other. She now lives just a mile or so from us here at the marina. I find that to be a pretty strange coincidence. Especially considering that probably … Read More

April 2011

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01-Apr-2011 our life. daily. Ali and my mom drove back down to Puerto Vallarta this morning to have Ali’s blood tests done. I always get a bit nervous when Ali drives off somewhere without me. Less so when Ouest isn’t with her, but nervous still. I suppose the fact that … Read More

March 2011

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01-Mar-2011 bumfuzzle. I finally got around to testing out the windlass today. Good news is that it works. Bad news is that the battery is dead. It’s fully charged, but it’s dead. The anchor is now sitting on the dock waiting for a new battery to come and lift it … Read More

February 2011

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02-Feb-2011 bumfuzzle. I unboxed the dinghy today and I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised. Ordering sight unseen over the internet tends to go one of two ways, in this case it couldn’t have worked out better. The quality of this thing is really top notch, as … Read More

January 2011

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02-Jan-2011 our life. daily. Ouest is a pretty darn good walker. We didn’t have a whole lot of that crazy, wobbling-walker, baby syndrome. Not to say that she doesn’t fall down quite a bit, but she does seem to have good reflexes and manages to avoid most of the damage … Read More

December 2010

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01-Dec-2010 our life. daily. Yet another travel day. Back when Northwest Airlines was around flying from Minneapolis to Portland was a quick direct flight. Since they disappeared it’s become a full day affair with a few hundred extra miles detour and stop in Denver. Again, back in our pre-kid days … Read More

November 2010

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01-Nov-2010 our life. daily. 02-Nov-2010 our life. daily. Travel day. Up and on the road at 7:30 this morning we made our way through traffic, returned our car, shuttled to the terminal, got Ouest’s baby food through the bomb sniffing mutts, and loaded on time for leg one of our … Read More

October 2010

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01-Oct-2010 bumfuzzle. The battery bank issue still eludes me. Today I tried a few more wiring combinations, always with the same result, a rapid fire clicking of the inverter/charger within a couple of minutes. After a while I started to wonder if it was somehow related to the house batteries … Read More

September 2010

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01-Sep-2010 our life. daily. If I squint my eyes a little bit this is a video of me on a Thursday night in college. 02-Sep-2010 our life. daily. Back home on the water and our timing couldn’t be worse. It was a hundred degrees today and isn’t cooling off much … Read More

August 2010

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01-Aug-2010 bumfuzzle. Ali has been hard at work cleaning and organizing the interior while I’ve been puttering around on whatever else I can find to do while staying out of her way and not waking the baby. Today I took a rag and some soap to the long neglected hull. … Read More

July 2010

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01-July-2010 4:12 PM The paperwork shuffle continues on the boat. Though I do believe we are getting very close now. The seller has got the bill of sale. Once he signs that and overnights it to the documenter we will go ahead and wire the money to his account. Once … Read More