Northbound

Since we're all friends here, I'm going to level with you. I've been bored. Before you get your panties in a bunch and start worrying that we are going to hang up our sailing gloves and take up competitive knitting – no, I'm not bored with Mexico or cruising. Mexico is great and cruising couldn't be any better. I've just been bored. If you know us at all, or if you've been following along on our little adventure for a while now, you probably can tell that we don't sit still very well. We have to move and we have to explore. It's in our DNA. We just can't do anything about it. Having some broken tosies has forced me to sit on my butt for a few weeks and wait for the healing process to happen, and it's been, well, boring.

Sure, I can hop in a taxi and go get some tacos, I can slowly hobble through town, and I can even take care of some needed boat maintenance, but, none of those things really dig deep and scratch the adventure itch. I'm not looking for sympathy here and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get any if I asked for it, but I do have to say, I'm ready to get back to the fun and the adventure. So, get ready for the big news...(dramatic pause)...the fun is about to start happening again.

In a few short days we'll be pulling up the anchor and heading north, deep into the Sea of Cortez, and I have to say, we're pretty excited about it. My little tosies are starting to feel like real toes again and hobbling is less and less of a problem each day. La Paz is a great town and a nice place to be stuck for a little while, but, it just doesn't have the same appeal as exploring new to us places. New towns, anchorages, and islands are what we are craving and there is a whole Sea of them at our disposal - just north of La Paz.

Since the Sea of Cortez is remote, rugged, and sparsely populated, we've stocked the boat up with months worth of food and supplies, filled up extra fuel jugs, and taken care of needed maintenance while we were in La Paz. The boat is ready to be off the grid for quite a while and so are we. At this point, the only thing that is keeping us here are some glasses we've ordered that are coming from Mexico City. Once those arrive (they should be here any day), we are outta here.

And again, since the Sea of Cortez is remote, rugged, and sparsely populated, phone and internet access is going to be almost non-existent for us for the next handful of months. We'll be able to post updates on our Facebook page through the miracle of satellites, but beyond that, we're pretty much off the grid. Yes, that means no surfing the web, no texts, no news, and no phone calls. Disconnected. If you want to see what we're up to, follow our boat Facebook page here:


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I'm going to cut this one short, but before I end this, I have a couple of quick things to say. First, thanks to everyone who chipped in to our “giving back” fundraiser. With your help, we've purchased a literal boat load of stuff to give to people in need on our way up the Sea of Cortez. Thanks again, we couldn't have done nearly as much without your help. And second, if you still want to be a part of the action, there is still time. We have purchased as much as we could fit in the boat for now, but, we'll be restocking as needed throughout the summer. If you want to chip in, go here:



Sunset in La Paz.  Not too shabby.

Field trip to Todos Santos with our good friends Ben and Molly on S/V Ripple

We officially have a boatload of stuff.  These are just a few of the backpacks we picked up that we loaded up with school and art supplies for the kids.


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