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Friday, April 6, 2012 – Costa Baja Marina

Time has flown and I am somewhat horrified at how long it has been since I posted. But, afterall, I am in Mexico, land of manana. Come to think of it, since Charlie left on Mardi Gras and Sunday is Easter, maybe I gave up blogging for Lent. We spen…

Friday, April 6, 2012 – Costa Baja Marina

Time has flown and I am somewhat horrified at how long it has been since I posted. But, afterall, I am in Mexico, land of manana. Come to think of it, since Charlie left on Mardi Gras and Sunday is Easter, maybe I gave up blogging for Lent. We spen…

Melaka – A Road Trip

We took a 2 hour bus ride north to spend 3 nights in Melaka (or Malacca).  We booked into the Jonker Boutique Hotel right in the heart of Chinatown.  We had a nice room with A/C and private bathtub for soaking that overlooked the famous perfo…

BACK ABOARD ENVOY ON MARMARIS

We had a long, but event-free journey from Auckland, and arrived back in Marmaris, southern Turkey, on Saturday morning, finding that everything aboard Envoy, out of the water on the hardstand was pretty how much we’d left her four months ago – clean…

Good Boat Karma

Five days out of La Paz and we couldn't ask for a better trip. The weather has been perfect, sunny and calm, and the boat has been performing perfectly. After months of sitting in a marina we were concerned that some of the boat systems may have be…

The old stomping ground…

As posted earlier, Crew Istaboa is seriously searching for a new dirt dwelling.And, yes I know, there are those who feel there is no better life than full time living aboard our boats, but we’ve been doing the cruising thing for many years and we like …

Maximizing Outdoor Time

We prefer to eat our meals, read and generally relax outdoors as much as possible.
In the cool and sometimes rainy Pacific Northwest, this at times can be a chal…

R.I.P. Earl Scruggs

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Bahamas Next Chapter-Albany

The kids left at noon and at 4:30pm the seawall behind us collapsed at Atlantis. I was standing in the cockpit and admiring the view when all hell broke loose. Julie was drying her hair and heard the commotion. I thought there had been …

Hop on the bus, Gus

  We’ve stored our car in Ensenada, finished all critical boat projects, and bought enough provisions to last through the apocalypse (not that we think that’s going to happen) so it’s time to cut the lines and leave La Paz.  After too ma…