Less than 24 hours after leaving warm La Paz, we landed in Anchorage to beautiful fresh snow. I did not have to wait long to see the kids. The day after we returned we celebrated my birthday with three sons, two daughters-in-law and five grand childr…
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Costabaja Golf Course and Change of Plans!
Julie and I rented a car yesterday and drove up to the resort golf course and club house to check it out (We needed the car to make a Sam’s and Walmart run to restock food and drinks). The club house is on a mountain just North of the …
Marina life and Merry Christmas
The weather here stayed surprisingly warm and fine, and only this week has started to be wintry with temperatures under 20dC. We haven’t turned a heater on yet, and the sea water is still 21dC.All is well with us at the marina, which is said to be the …
Trip to Ensenada Grande and to Costabaja Marina
Left Agua Verde early Saturday morning for Ensenada Grande. We figured that this was as far as we could go before dark and safely anchor. As we were heading South we watched both the Auburn and Oregon games to see if TCU would go to the nati…
Auga Verde
Getting into the anchorage at Auga Verde was interesting. There were several ways into the area but really only one safe way at low tide. As we were coming into the area I could see water breaking over the reefs in several areas. To get into…
Trip from Punta Evaristo to Agua Verde
We left Punta Evaristo early and headed North to Auga Verde so that we would get there by 1PM. The trip was pretty peaceful with 10-12 knot winds and minimum seas. The mountains to the West of us were much like the mountains in Arizona in th…
Trip to Auga Verde
We got up at 6 am this morning to get the boat ready for the 90-mile trip to Bahia Aqua Verde. Took everything off the shelves, locked all the hatches, locked all the port hole, filled the water tank, put up the Christmas decorations, …
South Island
The last two weeks of November we spent traveling around New Zealand’s South Island in a campervan, seeing the sights and getting to know the Kiwis. We found the scenery to be spectacular and the people to be charming.Mount CookOur good friends, Andy a…
Russell -The Hell Hole of the Pacific?
The first stop after leaving the marina at Opua was the town of Russell which was the first capital of New Zealand.As one of the earliest settlements in New Zealand, Russell and the surrounding areas have a rich and colourful history. While Abel Tasm…
#31 Nick Of Time
We knew we were pushing the season a little. The Sea of Cortez has a reputation for getting unruly beginning in late November through December and maybe January. Our plan was to move south to Puerto Vallarta before the weather turned. …
