– Claire Insley Holmes
Here’s a glimpse of my first week in our new town. Claire and her sister Monica spent the week having a great time, check back for a more exciting update from Claire on that one. Claire made fresh salsa and a cheese board while I emptied the quarter berths. “a single bunk tucked under […]
April 7th we started painting the hull of Splendid Isolation. We had been discussing colors for a long while now and decided that we want to go lighter than the original blue she was. At $30 a day on the hard, we needed to work fast. With our extremely tight budget and time frame, […]
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. […]
April 2, 2014 When you’re stranded in Texas in the parking lot of a motel that is 99 years old with your 1983 Volvo and 28 ft sailboat you might turn a few heads. You also might want to hold off telling your parents about your current situation. Lucky for me my dad answered my […]
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 […]
