October 3, 2021
I have a group of friends who I met whitewater kayaking and we have been doing a yearly mountain biking trips for a number of years. Last year we were overwhelmed with the crowds at Cuyuna and with my friend Nora moving to Duluth we decided to change it up and use her house as a base for the weekend.…
August 1, 2021
I’ve attended Airventure a bunch of times. Always camping but sometimes driving and sometimes flying. I’ve experienced the mass arrival at KOSH, I’ve spent hours waiting to depart after the show, and experienced the nearly every year big storm. Well this year checked most of those boxes but the most important new one, flying a plane I built. Big shout…
July 18, 2021
Our tour moved up a few months due to my friend Steve’s son starting a job soon and as luck would have it the weather turned out better than expected. There was a seven day window there with lower than normal temperatures and let me tell you that was greatly appreciated. With my delay in getting to Steamboat I met…
July 3, 2021
One of my best friends, Jen asked if I would be interested in joining her on a sailing adventure. The answer was immediately YES! Later I learn that it would be on the 150 year old Tall Ship the Stephen Taber. Incredibly this ship was built in 1871 to move goods from port to port before transitioning to a charter…
March 19, 2020
My daughter Anna and her friend Jessica flew in to PV and what a packed week we had. Once they were settled in and had a good night’s sleep we headed over to Yelapa where we hiked both waterfalls and enjoyed this beautiful spot. But on the way, a stop for snorkel and kayaking at Los Archos was in order.…
March 13, 2020
After a couple high intensity days, we slowed down a bit. We enjoyed relaxing meals in town, walks on the beach, and the ladies did some shopping. Unfortunately the micro-brewery was closed but there are so many beach bars to choose from, it wasn’t missed. As so frequently happens the days slipped by quickly and before we knew it we…
March 9, 2020
Saturday afternoon Jean along with our friends Angie and Rick flew into Puerto Vallarta. After getting them situated it was time to relax by the pool and talk about the plan for the week. When we have friends visit we generally give them an idea of options and let them decide. I explained all of the great places to visit…
February 22, 2020
My business partner had a vacation scheduled and needed me to head back to Minnesota while he was gone. So a few days before, I returned to the Barra lagoon and the day before I moved to the marina. I was lucky enough to find another cruiser heading home the a week so we could share a driver both to…
February 19, 2020
Last year some friends (Mike (SV Shanti) and Damon (SV Gia)) worked for days in hot, humid conditions with biting and stinging insects to clear a trail from “dog” beach in the Tenacatita anchorage over to a private beach on the opposite side of the peninsula. My schedule didn’t allow me check out their work last season so it was…
February 16, 2020
Damn the living is easy in Barra. Rather than babble on, I’ll just let the pictures tell the tale of our time in Barra. Sadly, Jean flew home on the 15th leaving me to single-hand back up to Vallarta.
February 8, 2020
Back in Perula, Ralph and Helen had talked to a couple on a monohull named Cadenza, the owners Jay and Terri had been over for dinner and mentioned they had some friends who were looking at buying a catamaran. They had been impressed with the layout on Moon Drifter, and knowing that we planned to sell Strikhedonia Ralph mentioned that…
February 6, 2020
With supplies getting low on Sky Pond and plan was hatched to join them on a trip to La Manzanilla for provision. In the morning there was a pretty good surge, so the revised plan was to take Strikhedonia over in the morning and use the kayaks to get to shore rather than risk flipping a dinghy. We made the…