Tuesday, December 10 – Dawn on Monday was ominous, with a red glow behind deep gray clouds. We’d changed course, so now the swell was coming from the behind us and the wind chop from our port side. The swell … Continue reading →
Ensenada to Puerto Vallarta — Days 4 – 5
Sunday, December 8 — Saturday we had mostly hazy sunshine and calm seas: 1 – 3 feet, 1 foot wind-chop, long swell period. At one point, we entered a cloud and rode in fog for a while before popping out of … Continue reading →
Ensenada to Puerto Vallarta — Days 1 – 3
Friday, December 6 — As mentioned in the last post, the sea conditions were not bad when we left Ensenada on Tuesday night. Despite the good conditions, Keith did initially get sick. But within 12-hours, he was feeling good enough … Continue reading →
Stabilizer Failure
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 – It was supposed to be an uneventful day. The plan was to do chores around the boat in preparation for our 6.5-day passage to Puerto Vallarta, then head out at around 1500 (3:00 pm). Since … Continue reading →
Ensenada Check-In and Lunch at El Rey Sol
Monday, December 2, 2024 — There were two main reasons why we usually went to Marina Coral instead of Maina Cruiseport whenever we were in Ensenada. The first was that Coral has a fuel dock, and they used to offer a … Continue reading →
We’ve Started Another Cruising Adventure!
Here are a couple of sunset photos, taken on Friday, which was our last night in Chula Vista (southern San Diego Bay) On Saturday, we moved to the Police Dock, the only overnight public dock in San Diego Bay — … Continue reading →
Travel
I read this online and it hit me as being so true that I just had to share it. I find it’s easy to tell when visiting with people who have traveled and who haven’t. It was written by Gio Evan, an Italian poet and songwriter.
Travel
I read this online and it hit me as being so true that I just had to share it. I find it’s easy to tell when visiting with people who have traveled and who haven’t. It was written by Gio Evan, an Italian poet and songwriter.
Vatnajokull National Park
Vatnajokull National Park in southeastern Iceland is the largest of the country’s three national parks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2019. The park is named after Vatnajokull glacier, the largest in Europe outside the Arctic, and contains many volcanoes, several beneath the glacier. At 5,778 sq miles (14,967 sq km) the massive park…
Back in Texas
“Only people who are not happy with themselves are mean to others. Remember that.” —Unknown
We had a wonderful fall in Pennsylvania with perfect weather and lots of fun time with family. If we’re lucky this trend will last through our winter in Rockport.
Our drive south was pretty uneventful. The only issue we ever experience is the traffic in Houston. It doesn’t seem to matter when we come through…the middle of the night or rush hour…it just sucks. We took the Sam Houston toll road this time and missed some of the chaos. We stopped for dinner at one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in town before tackling the boat.
