Friday, October 24, 2014

It's now almost Halloween and we're still in La Paz, Mexico. We were hoping to be sailing around the Sea of Cortez by now, but I haven't had a delivery in months so the funds are low. Luckily Dominga has started to get canvas work in the past few weeks. We know that once the "seasonal cruisers" get here she will have more work than she can handle and the deliveries start up also. We hope to be sailing the "sea" with-in 6  to 8 weeks.
BTW, if anyone of our family or friends wants to spend their Christmas break in Mexico ( or any other time of the year), sailing the sea, let us know. We can comfortably take on 2 to 4 people (if 4, must be close family). The sea life is the best in the world and the fishing is out of this world. We want people to come down!!! We dream about it all the time. All you need to do is pay for your tickets and a little provisioning (cheaper than buying food in the states) and we can sail around beautiful anchorages for weeks, if you want. It's not a five star hotel but the sunsets and snorkeling are the best anywhere. It could be a great break from the winter blues.
Right now the days are in the low 90's and the nights in the low 70's. Around Christmas it's about 10 degrees colder than that. Almost perfect. We had dolphins giving birth 20 feet from our boat, yesterday and hundreds of fish jumping around our boat everyday. And, we hear, that the sea life just gets better in the next 5 months. Tickets from San Diego to La Paz can range from $70 to $150. And there are many great deals to get to San Diego, from almost anywhere in the U.S. Just drop us a email and we can make sure we are in La Paz when you get here. Only rules are:
1) Must be able to deal with two, overly happy, dogs.
2) Must be laid back and be ready to have fun at anytime of the day or night.
3) If we need to do an overnight passage, must stand a 2 hour watch.
4) Most important, MOST leave all the stress of the states at the airport!
We're serious about wanting family and/or friends come down and see this great place.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Dog Days

Mika & Bean Sailing back to La Paz

Mika & Bean

Mika, Bean and Star their best friend...besides James and I.

Mika, Bean & Star at Ballandra

Bean...Then and Now