LandfallVoyages

Ensenada has some of the finest seafood imaginable. We’re going out to a place nearby on Calle Primera that a local kid recommended to us. He says it’s tons of food for little money and the finest quality and he raved about their baked giant clams. I’m excited and I’ll post pictures later.

Choosing a cruising boat is like choosing a spouse. You have to choose one with problems that you can deal with. No boat is perfect and no person is perfect but you have to choose the right kind of crazy.

Every time we walk around town, the many differences between Mexico and the United States strike me anew. People are kind here. Old people are treated with respect. You step out of their way and wait patiently, everyone does, it’s understood that they are doing their best. Cars, all cars, stop for you so you […]

Hurricane Fabio may be spinning itself into dissipation but it’s not going down without a fight. Walking back from the dentist’s office last night we were treated to an epic, knock down drag out battle between Fabio and the setting sun.              

Like this, some (?) in the La Playa Anchorage when we were in San Diego. Really? A recliner facing aft? Did that seem like a good idea at the time?    

The other morning I heard the unmistakable drowning lawnmower drone of an incoming skiff. Coming in kind of hot, actually. That’s not so unusual. Our boat is parked in slip 13, out at the very end of C-Dock and a lot of visiting boats take advantage of the extra long dock space. Some of them […]

In Dana Point, you can’t turn around without having some, admittedly very well mannered, harbor cop crawling all up in your nethers. Again, they were hella nice, but I’m a grown up girl and comfortable with the idea of being responsible for my own actions. Tell me the rules and I’m good to go. I […]

So, here we are in Ensenada, stuck. Due to a bent propshafts, leaky steering lines, a broken shift cable, a dead autopilot, rough weather, a funeral, and health problems, we didn’t make it far enough south fastenough. We will sit out hurricane season in Ensenada rather than in Puerto Vallarta. We are enjoying it. There is […]

Now that we’re cruising, I’ve noticed many commonalities between people who are actually cruising and a lot of it is different than I expected while some is what I expected. Here are some of them. The Average Cruiser- Has a boat close to 40 feet. Is part of a couple. Is happy. Is relaxed. Has […]