Archive for May, 2010
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Leaving Paradise
It’s time for Chris and I to get the heck out of the hurricane zone. A low is currently forming off the coast of El Salvador and Guatemala, which has a 60% chance of becoming a more organized tropical depression within the next 24 hours. Where we are right now, in the Sea of Cortez, [...]
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Desert not so Desolate
“Let us go, into the Sea of Cortez, realizing that we will become forever a part of it . . . we shall take something away from it, but we shall leave something, too.“ -John Steinbeck, “Log From the Sea of Cortez“ (1940) I’m pretty much in total awe of this place. It has certainly [...]
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Fish Tales from the Sea
I can honestly say that we have consistently fished for a few years now, which may lead some to think that we actually know something about fishing, well not necessarily. Whenever we’re underway we do have that line in the water. While we’ve caught a few, we haven’t been what you would call successful anglers. [...]
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Bahia de los Muertos
Finally, Chris and I made the southern crossing from Mazatlan over to the Baja Peninsula (about 187 nm). We are officially in the Sea of Cortez and what a spectacular place. I can certainly see why cruisers spend years here in the ‘Sea’. We are anchored in beautiful clear, blue water with a fantastic desert [...]
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Monday, May 3rd, 2010
Too Good to be True
Well after many weeks of negotiating back and forth, our potential buyers decided not to follow through after all. Oy vey, so here we are in Mazatlan. We’re disappointed and bummed, but onwards and upwards as they say! Time to follow up on some other leads.