After 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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Ship’s Log February 22, 2023
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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Ships Log February 21, 2023
Carnival in La Paz, Mexico. Up until today, it’s been mostly really loud thumping base keeping us awake until 2am…man, have we really gotten that old? Tonight, we went into town to actually experience this tradition of indulgence and fun before the fasting of Lent begins After a morning of emails and group contracts , we headed into La Paz for a double Avocado Burger (we must indulge after all) and a walk on the […]
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Ship’s Log February 20, 2023
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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Ship’s Log February 19, 2023
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
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Makara 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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Rediscovering the Buttermilks
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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Somebody Make Me Go!
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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A Great Day In The Volcanic Tablelands
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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