After 3 days of passage and 6 days of not showering, we made it to Punta Perico on Isla Carmen. The passage was full of things to note, but probably the most impressive and crucial outcome was the “How are your Bowels? A Gramma has to Ask” Jeanne Zawisza Memorial competition results. Defying all odds, […]

After aggressively falling asleep on night one of our Very Short Summer Cruising Season (AKA Sweatfest), we woke up to obscene amounts of rolling and thrashing. This was the risk of the open roadstead anchorage. I talked myself into leaving a horizontal position and we weighed anchor and beelined it to the protected anchorage behind […]

*Tap Tap Tap* Is this thing on? After a 5+ year hiatus – we’re back baby! Or are we? Who’s to say where it came from, but in my youth, I always thought that there would come a point in life when I would feel stable, calm, steady. I am still waiting to see if […]

I swear that one day I am going to finish writing about some of the various yard projects, because I know anyone reading this enjoys reading about our woes, but there’s some fun happening, and I almost can’t believe it. It was almost 5 years to the day (5 years and 9 days according to […]

There have been so many times in life when I wonder what I did to deserve the fortune I’ve found. If Buddhists have it right and we are reincarnated, then a former version of myself did a lot of things right – thanks, old me. I’ve had plenty of challenges and hurdles, but through all […]