Dia de los Muertos

We read about a party at the city theater so we wandered up to see the event. We only stayed … More

We’re Going Sailing!

Or mast climbers arrived a couple days before we would have started to worry about getting our main sail hoisted. … More

We’ve had trouble with our current dinghy. Tropical heat may be to blame. Or it might be a lemon from … More

Our mishap with the jib halyard was corrected by a local crew from Dawn Rigging. Mary was ready to go … More

I’m recovering from rotator cuff surgery. I took an opportunity in Florida to get a couple PT sessions in before … More

There was a long list of chores to get the boat changed over from hurricane-prepared to sail-ready. Most are done. … More

After a 16-hour five-city travel day we made it back to La Paz. We had a very short layover in … More

The first item on our list of things to see in Iceland was the Northern Lights. Solar activity was high. … More

Iceland is on the move! It moves about 1 cm left and 1 cm right each year because it’s on … More

We enjoyed lots of sights and visited many places the day we got to Iceland. Our first day started with … More

There are thousands of waterfalls on this little island nation. The Golden Circle tour has one outstanding example. Our stop … More

Icelandic is a very old language – a Norse dialect from 900 AD or so. And it was spoken by … More

Our second stop on the Circle Tour was a geyser field – Haukadalur Geothermal Area. Their famous “Great Geyser” has … More

Reno is not really the West coast, and our destination Charleston, WV is not really the East coast, but both … More

La Paz has been a pretty good visit for us over the past few weeks. A bit hot. A bit … More

Apparenty no one records precipitation in La Paz. Wunderground? Weatherbug? Not even the airport??? But let me tell you it … More

Seems like we are hitting some walls when it comes to power on the boat. We have 520 watts of … More

Boat work never really ends. We had a few maintenance items on our list, and since we hurricane prepped the … More

We had a flight booked from Tijuana to La Paz. There is a Cross Border Express option to get to … More

We stayed one night in Riverside on our way to San Diego. Very glad that stop is now a memory. … More