Wayne Yesterday, we were shocked to discover that it was June already and decided that we had better hurry up and write. The old saying that time flies when you’re having fun must be true. We’ve done a lot of things and seen a lot of places since Christmas, so here goes. We spent Christmas Read on…
Wayne Finally, we return to Mexico! We left Utah September 22nd and drove all night long arriving in Newport just at sunup. Even though the car was filled past capacity, there were a few things that we had to buy for the boat. From Newport we took the coast road down to San Diego for Read on…
Wayne Well, it’s now September and we’re still here. However, we are planning to head south on September 26 and arrive back at the boat October 4th at the latest. I’ll try to bring you up-to-date on what we’ve been doing this summer. The reason that we came to Utah was to start a business. Read on…
Wayne By November 20th we had been in San Diego for two weeks buying supplies, prepping the boat, etc. Finally we were almost ready to leave for Mexico. The hurricane season ends around mid-November so we thought that if we arrived in Cabo San Lucas by December 1st, we would be fairly safe. We had Read on…
Susan Well, we left you at Santa Cruz Island in the last chapter. We enjoyed that place to no end. We continued our adventure there with some hiking inland to see natural waterfalls and some snorkeling. The snorkeling was a real treat! There were tons of multi-colored fish and sea urchins and a ray. Hopefully Read on…
Wayne We ended up spending an entire week in Morro Bay. This was the result of day after day of gale warnings with gusts in the bay as high as 34 knots. We eventually found a place to anchor with the Harbor Patrol’s help but because the anchorage is so crowded, we had initially only Read on…
Susan The first chapter left us in San Francisco Bay (Sausalito). We woke up one morning after another rolly sleep to discover that we had been planted in the same spot for three whole weeks. How did this happen? Would we be able to get our anchor back? Maybe it had sunk to China in Read on…
So the adventure begins. Wayne This is a description of our sailing trip from Victoria to San Francisco with a few other interesting episodes tossed in. I’ll try to leave out all of the boring parts so as not to lose your interest, but don’t get the idea that we had whales and storms all Read on…