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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A day in La Paz enjoying a good burger and a walk on EL Mogote
Read MoreMakara lazily sits on her Rocna anchor in La Paz Harbor. We have been in this spot for more than two weeks waiting for the weather to turn to spring in the Sea of Cortez and to get parts for the Perkins engine. Over the last two weeks we have seen wind storms out of the north every 2-4 days. These storms usually come in wind speeds of 20 to 35 knots. Combined with short […]
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Why is it so easy to forget? Is it just that it looks different or am I just in a different space to see it differently? We’re down in Bishop, 40 miles away from Mammoth Lakes where we are currently living and working. Getting things in place so that we can depart towards the end of this year on our sailboat, Makara. We have plans but today, we are going for a walk…somewhere. Line of […]
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Emily and I made the trip down to Makara with the intention of going out sailing for a few days. This is a normal and expected desire of every sailboat owner, yet it never fails a clever set of factors will conspire to persuade you not to go. This time was no different. We arrived in good time to our marina in Channel Islands Harbor. The day before leaving we received from Renogy a replacement […]
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Emily had asked the day prior if I wanted to take part of the next day and go down out of the snow for a walk. Ever since we have had to put our sailing plans on hold we have mostly been back in the mountain in the snow and driving 45 minutes south changes temperatures from the 30s to the 50s. “Sure,” I declared as I needed to get out for a training run […]
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I had stumbled up the sandy south slope leading to the top of Silver Pass on the John Muir Trail. The pain in my left leg, which had begun the day before while climbing up Selden Pass, had only amplified from the day’s long 19 miles. I knew at that time the challenge of 2020, to hike the JMT from Cottonwood Pass to Yosemite Valley in 6 days, was over. I sat down on a […]
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Engines And Trying To Move Forward Emily and I were excited we had our new boat with a bit more space. Our old boat, Phenix, an 1972 Islander 37, was still in the marina. We had prepared her to be sold over the last month leading up to January 2020. Emily had spoken with a broker, which we would need as we lived 6 hours away. The broker was set to meet me the next […]
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Almost to San Diego The day had started out with light winds blowing out of the northwest. They were driving me south-southwest, more toward the south pacific instead of my destination of Southern California. I had barely rounded Cabo San Lucas and was losing ground the further I went. If this continued it was going to take a long time to get home. The information I read about the clipper route back to Southern California […]
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Sailing to Santa Cruz Island, Channe Islands National Park It was a cool fall day on the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. I walked down the docks toward a small boat. I looked at the beautiful lines of the Pearson Triton sitting in the slip in front of me and dreamed of where it might take me. I knew I would buy her that day. As I walked back up the dock to head home […]
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