I am truly fortunate to have a husband who is fervently passionate about embarking on big adventures to feel connected with the world. I call it a blessing, because it grants me an extraordinary opportunity. An opportunity to acquaint myself with the profound darkness— not merely spiritually, but literally as well. In this velvety obscurity, there lie lessons of resilience and endurance. As dawn breaks at 6am, I leave Brent at the trailhead and commit […]
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We had an adventure exploring the mangrove of Isla San Jose
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We arrived at Evaristo a few days earlier to shelter from the wind. It blew up to 30 knots yesterday keeping us locked down in the boat. Today we went on an adventure. At about 9am we called up Tim and Robin on Nani Ola to see if they wanted to join us on a walk. They said yes and we agreed on 30 minutes. Emily and I heard about a trail rising off a […]
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We left El Cardonal on Isla Partida in the morning with flat water. As we picked up are anchor Tim and Robin of Nani Ola came up on their tender. Nani Ola was the boat I help into the anchorage the night before. TIm and Robin thanked us again while asking where we were headed. We mentioned a couple of spots. They suggested we go to Evaristio, which is just across from where we were […]
Read MoreWe started up the engine at 8 am after over a month in La Paz to head to somewhere new. Even if our parts would arrive it was going to take some time as DHL seemed to have them on a terminal hold in Ohio since the 18th of February. It seemed a better idea to just go explore new locations while we waited.
Read MoreToday was a success in one way, I finished the hydronic heat exchanger between the engine and the water heater. When switching the heater tubes changed over I was thinking I would be spilling a good amount of radiator fluid. I avoided this by taking a pair of long nose vise grips, taping the teeth, then using it as a clamp to shut off the flow while moving them over. It worked. I think the […]
Read MoreAfter the fun of the previous evening, we took today to get to work on some long overdue projects. These projects were long overdue mostly because we needed parts from Amazon. I could begin to install the fixes now that parts had arrived. The main project was to get the hydronic loop set up for the water tank. The way this works is when the engine heats up, the hot water tank can use the […]
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We spent the evening hours sitting in the cockpit of Red Witch talking ideas. There were the usual suspects, Jason, Sheya, and Falcon (their six week old son), Matt from the catamaran Nabu, and Emily and I. The conversation flowed smoothly from subject to subject. It was amazing. Have you considered the true blessings of human interaction. Here were six individuals inhabiting a space of may 48 square feet having discussions ranging from world politics […]
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All days start out a bit different and today did not make the exception list. I think I can speak for Emily in saying it was a hard day to wake up. It could have been many reasons, but I lean toward Mardi Gras. Every night it is like being at a club. La Paz has three stage areas set up and we are about one half of a mile away with only water to […]
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Today was about as ordinary as a day can get in La Paz. 1. Breakfast 2. Walk to the store to continue resupply 3. Fill water jugs 4. Do some work 5. Go for a walk on el Mogote 6. Bake a cake 7. Write this post That about some it up. The weather was amazing though. The first taste of spring. Yep, no complaints. Looking forward to start receiving our parts, so we can […]
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