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Thank you everyone for all the help and support.   We have completed our transportation of Splendid Isolation.   From the Sea of Cortez, across the desert, to the Gulf of Mexico on the Texas coast. After sailing over 2,500 miles down the Pacific from California, around Baja, up and across the Sea of Cortez. […]

March 28th to April 1st  A) Guaymas, Mexico — departure point B) Tucson, Arizona — change trucks C) Van Horn, Texas — break down D) Clear Lake, Texas — destination goal Friday was our last day in Guaymas.  We cleaned up the boat, finalized everything, and took a test run around the yard.  Rafal’s Dodge […]

3/11 to 3/27 We left Clear Lake, Texas on March 11th heading back west on I-10.  That was our first time visiting that part of Texas and it turned out to be a very successful trip.  Steak Nite at Waring General Store, Texas my 3 ladies March 13th we broke down about an hour outside […]

photo credit: Moody Gardens March 4. For my birthday Claire surprised me with a day trip to Moody Gardens on Galveston Island.  We toured the Aquarium pyramid and the Rain Forest pyramid.   William Lewis Moody, Jr. “was an American financier and entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, who founded a private bank, an insurance company, and one of […]

Between 2/27 to 3/12 a lot has happened! it was a 1300 mile drive from Guaymas to Galveston (the last 700 we drove straight through). Networking and connections are the heart to a vagabond lifestyle.  Our good friend Colleen introduced us to Marc a few years back. (not the same Marc as Colleen’s new husband.) […]

Claire, piña, and I have crossed the border back into America. We’re driving 1300 miles to Galveston TX to celebrate Mardi Gras. While we’re there we plan to stay productive. We have about one weeks worth of tasks to take care of before we head back to Guaymas, Mexico and prepare for the major sailboat […]

The Sea of Cortez is surprisingly an unknown body of water to most people.  With the Baja Peninsula blocking out almost all Pacific Ocean swell completely, the water stays clear and warm most of the year. Unfortunately, long period ground swells do not hold here, so no surfing this far North. But, this gives living […]

La Sancha is our 1983 Volvo 245 DL. She was given her name by the previous owner, which translates from Spanish to “Mistress” or “Other Woman”.  She obviously got her name at the same time he got a new wife (true story).  We promised to keep her name, which worked out perfectly because she just […]

1/31 Was of course my Mother’s birthday. 2/1  The Brits (Pat and Kirsty on “Tigress”) held a cook out down at El Mero, to say farewell to their friend John who had flown from London to help them sail to Panama. Unfortunately, as we are constantly reminded in the sailing community that plans are never […]

1/12 – 1/28 Okay here is a quick update on everything we have been up to, all at once.  Lots of good food is being cooked while memories with new and old friends are being made. We came to realize last night that Splendid has been our home for just over three years. For the […]