Since our last post, we stopped in Chacala, a lovely little town. Spent several days exploring the town, hanging out with other cruisers and hiked the nearby volcano. Great hike/views and the ocean side of the volcano is a very steep guanabana (soursop) orchard. The native people of this area, Huichol, are known for their…
We spent a couple of days anchored in this large bay. There is a port and anchorage up the river but we arrived at low tide and would not have been able to get there. Probably for the best, as the bugs are extraordinary at dusk and dawn in this area of vast, dense, wet…
We tried to stop at a roadstead anchorage (a spot with just a little protection) about 40 miles south of Mazatlan yesterday afternoon but it was just way too rough so we continued on and made it an overnight to the island of Isla Maria Isabella about 90 miles south of Mazatlan. It has some…
We took our bikes on a 20 mile ride the length of Mazatlan. The malecón has bike lanes almost the entire length of the city. Saw cliff divers, took in the view from a rooftop hotel bar, saw one of the ice caves on “icebox hill“ where the city stored ice brought in from San…
So to catch up real quick, we went to Glendora, California for Christmas with the Latasa‘s and then New Year’s/Oma‘s birthday in Michigan. Had a great time with all and even had a lot of snow when we first got to Mi. American Airlines managed to have all three connecting flights into Michigan arrive late…
Went to shore at our anchorage on Isla Partida and walked across the island through the mangroves with friends from MV Tango. Coincidentally, SV Delos posted a great video of the same hike on their YouTube channel this week. We were going to spend another night out in one of the long protected bays of…
A month or two ago when we were installing the solar panels, I reaggravated my right tennis elbow/tendinitis problem. I’m planning to get another cortisone shot over the Christmas break. On Theresa‘s part, she hauled in one of the skipjacks we caught the other day and pulled a muscle pretty good in her shoulder. Then…
We went back to our favourite place in the Sea of Cortez (so far), at Isla Danzante. Saw devil rays jumping out of the water around the boat. A big 72’ power yacht, Tango, anchored in front of us and we quickly became good friends over three nights of too many bottles of wine. We…
WOW is it good to be back in what we can only describe as the best part of the Sea of Cortez! The water is clear, the fish are abundant – and you can actually see them, and we were able to make water without plugging up filters. T-shirts and shorts again! We slept in…
So they say you’re not supposed to write about a dreadful experience immediately after it happens, but… Before I go down that road, let’s catch up. We spent a couple of days in the anchorage at San Carlos and got to know the folks at the San Carlos Yacht Club who gave us a seven…
