One of the highlights of the last few weeks was finding the baby Jesus in the rosca de reyes, a traditional Mexican Epiphany cake! The...

Saying Goodbye to 2022 is complex. Last day of this year and Mike is paying bills while I'm reflecting on the status of land-loving...

Life in the yard means I get to enjoy other folks' dogs. It would seem to be a small thing, but critter comfort and companionship is...

A little over a week ago, on Sunday morning, we arose in anticipation of starting the 6-day process to finally paint the deck, cockpit,...

I am so impressed with all the work Mike and associates have been getting done on the boat! It will be nearly as awesome as Cleopatra's...

Today, Mike took an easy day and moved stuff temporarily onto Call Lily because we can move straight from one AirBnB to another because...

Another 2 weeks just snuck by. There has been sanding and fairing and sanding going on. On the 22nd, we expected a visit from our eldest...

I just noticed that the last post we did was almost a month ago! We've been busy working on the boat, hiding from Hurricane Kay (mostly a...

And just like that, 11 days go by. What the heck have we been up to? A lot of waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I told a good friend of...

Calla Lily is going to get her bottom sand blasted so we decided to go to Tucson and visit family and friends and pick up a whole bunch...

It's been a good productive few days of short hot humid bouts of work. We took the heat exchanger bits to a muffler shop to be cleaned...

It's hard to believe it has been 2 weeks already since we hauled Calla Lily out of the water again for some post-shake-down TLC. We'll be...

As we move north along the east coast of Baja, the air is beginning to melt. The air is melting... drops, big wet drops cover all the...

From Ballandra to Bahía Concepción - Technically This is a long post by Mike, out of chronological order, about technical boat stuff. No...

I want to share some images and short videos of wonderful creatures we have encountered while on the boat, exploring in the dinghy (as...

Boobies have taken a special place in our hearts because they took a special seat on our boat. Our stop just off the mainland was a...

The prospect of our boat without guests seemed bleak, but getting back to a marina with a few more boat items to tick off the list held...

YAY!! Furey arrived in Barra de Navidad by private car from Puerto Vallarta. (Thank you Glenn for making that trip first!) We were so...

It was a marvelous swirl of activity before Furey arrived to join us for our journey north. And I certainly want to tell that story too! ...

We love sharing our cruising lifestyle with friends and family. Whether you want to spend a week relaxing at anchor and eating out or you...