December 31, 2019
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December 31, 2019
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December 21, 2019
Paradise Village, a good place to end the season
After motoring to Paradise Village from Yelapa, we pulled into a nice slip with plenty of boat projects to get done as well as visiting with our friends who live in Vallarta. Of course trips to the pool and eating out every night soften the affects of daily boat work. Sadly, or maybe not given the work, it was quickly…
December 15, 2019
Post storm visit to Yelepa
September 29th two waves of storms from TS Narda brought flash flooding to the cute town of Yelapa. The devastation was incredible but even more incredible is the resilience of this town. We visited just two months later and the town had been cleaned up to the point that you wouldn’t realize anything happened here. The waterfall in town push…
December 12, 2019
A short hop down to Punta de Mita
After an easy motorail down to Punta de Mita we headed in to shore to some exercise and to see how the church is coming along. With the kayaks the beach landing was no problem and soon we were off. Of course Jean needed to get in a short run while Vicki and I walked around. Soon enough we regrouped…
December 11, 2019
Huicholes people’s petrogyph hike
The Chacala area has been inhabited for thousands of years. Long before the Spanish arrived or even Christ for that matter. An area known a La Pila del Rey is about thirty minutes from Chacala and was site of many offerings and sacrifices by the Tecoxquin native culture. Our friends on Sky Pond mentioned the hike last year. At the…
December 10, 2019
A work day in beautiful Chacala
Shockingly everyone was awake at my normal time (pre 6:00am), but we didn’t get moving that fast. Around 8:30 we dropped off our laundry and headed for more coffee and Wifi. I had a lot of work to catch up on so it was head down and plow through. Eventually Jean and Vicki were done with the Wifi while and…
December 9, 2019
Settling in to Chacala
Not one to overbook, we didn’t have massive plans for our first full day in Chacala. Vicki and I did some britework polishing to remove rust from the crossing while Jean went for a kayak. The heat and sun kicked our butts so we only got about 25% of the boat knocked off before we called it a day. The…
December 6, 2019
Hustling time in Matanchén before continuing on to Chacala
It was a relaxing low power motor to Matanchén – well we did have the main and jib up. The low winds on our bow limited how much speed we got from the sails to 0.1 to 0.2 knots but at least it looked like we were sailing. Anchor set we headed to shore for some beach walking. Of course…
December 4, 2019
Exploring Isla Isabel
A bit of breakfast and then it was time to visit the blue footed boobies. Walking from the beach we could hear some talking near the research center. Coming through the trees we stumbled on a group of high school students who were camping and learning about ecology. Jean showed us the path, for a little bit… The mass of…
December 3, 2019
Time to cross to the mainland
Crossing time. Oddly the wind was calm from 11:00pm until about 6:00am, we would get some gusts but nothing sustained. The plan was to depart at 8:00am after a big breakfast and that is exactly what we did. Getting out of the protection of the anchorage we were greeted with some 4-6 foot white capped waves just forward of our…
December 2, 2019
Packing on the exercise before our crossing
Today’s scheduled hike for 8:00am was postponed due to cooler weather and the desire for a mellow start to the day. After breakfast I took on the preparations for our crossing, topping off the diesel tanks – which was made difficult due to the wind, checking the engines, and reviewing the latest weather forecast. Before heading to shore I started…
December 1, 2019
Busting out of La Paz before the next northerly
Pretty good winds (15-25 knots) were forecast for Sunday and Monday with a possible crossing window Tuesday. Wanting to get a good spot to hop off to the Mainland the plan was to head for Punta Bonanza where Jean and I crossed from last year. We wanted as early a start as possible since the winds would be on our…