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…
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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…
Plans to Move on and Carnival
It’s time to move on. Life in La Paz has been wonderful but we’re happier when we’re moving around a little. March will be our last month here.Next month we’ll take the boat north into the sea for 6 weeks and then return to La Paz for a quick stop befo…
Christmas Cheer
Merry Christmas to all and be careful out there.
Christmas in La Paz
We’ll be spending Christmas in La Paz after going to Puerto Escondido for Thanksgiving. We spent 2 weeks in November out in the islands leaving the dock for the first time in nearly six months. It was great to get out and start using the boat a…
Green Hills of Baja
We drove south on Highway 1 last week and were surprised how green the country side was. We have driven this road a few times in the last 3 years when going to the airport in Cabo and the area was always brown, like you would expect a desert to be, but…
Mexican Nautical Charts – this is getting fun
We’ve always been interested in nautical charts and in particular, electronic charts. When we first came to Mexico we had Maptech charts on the PC running Coastal Explorer (CE) and C-Map charts on Furuno. Both are based on surveys done around 1890. T…
Mexican Nautical Charts – this is getting fun
We’ve always been interested in nautical charts and in particular, electronic charts. When we first came to Mexico we had Maptech charts on the PC running Coastal Explorer (CE) and C-Map charts on Furuno. Both are based on surveys done around 1890. T…
Mexican Nautical Charts – this is getting fun
We’ve always been interested in nautical charts and in particular, electronic charts. When we first came to Mexico we had Maptech charts on the PC running Coastal Explorer (CE) and C-Map charts on Furuno. Both are based on surveys done around 1890…
Living in La Paz
We’re still on our boat but we’ve settled into Marina de La Paz and plan on staying here for awhile, which means at the present we have no plans to leave. We’re no good at making plans let alone following them so we didn’t sign any long term le…
