Finally good enough internet to upload and post videos!! Here’s some video we took of La Cruz, Mexico when we were there back in March of this year, prior to our crossing. Pay no attention to my horrible non-editing 🙂
Entries Tagged as 'The beginning'
La La La La Cruz, Mexico (where we lived this past March :) )
August 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · First Mates, Mexico, Preparing for the trip, shoe-cruising, The beginning
God bless the internet
March 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fellow Cruisers, Fun Stuff, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Somebody likes us, The beginning
For those who may not know, Matt and I met online. Yes, we are one of the (now) many couples who successfully negotiated through all the lies and faked pictures, were lucky enough to avoid the horror stories, and found the love of our life on WWW.MATCH.COM. Were it not the for the internet, I […]
Maybe this is a little TOO honest….. FULL DISCLOSURE: one month in
March 24th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Boat Work, Introspection, Life Lessons, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Oh Crap., Stupid Ideas, The beginning, This sucks
“What if I told you, Karen , that you couldn’t have anymore of anything… No more friends, no more money, no more anything, until you first got happy with what you have? Actually Karen , I’d never tell you that, because frankly, it’s not always true. But, if you’re not happy with what you’ve got, […]
Tags: happiness·Introspection·regrets?·sacrifice·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Wind and waves and …. remind me again why we’re doing this??!?!
March 15th, 2010 · 7 Comments · First Mates, Introspection, Learning to Sail, Life on the Boat, Mexico, Our Route, Passages, The beginning
Matt and I have read books and articles about cruising and have tried to talk to those who have gone before us. I have searched the web for cruising blogs and forums and Matt has consulted various websites on his own. Not one of the resources we’ve come across has ever mentioned how horribly uncomfortable […]
Tags: accomplishments·Introspection·who i am·Woman on a Boat
Let the hazing begin – an initiation to the cruising life
March 14th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Funny, Life on the Boat, Oh Crap., Passages, The beginning
Hello world!!! We just arrived in La Cruz, Mexico after NINE FULL DAYS out at sea. I can’t believe we managed to stay out so long. All in all, it was relatively uneventful although we did encounter a small storm in the first couple of days. The overwhelming feelings for the first 6 days were […]
Tags: accomplishments·Marriage·Mess of the Week·Woman on a Boat
Bound for Mexico!
March 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fellow Cruisers, Mexico, The beginning
We stayed an extra day to visit with some Bay Area friends on “Mystic” who left SF just a few days before us and then ended up a few days behind us. They finally caught up with us here in SD so we had dinner together last night and enjoyed some time with them this […]
Tags: friendships·San Diego
(not) Just another typical Monday night…
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Cheers!!, Debauchery, First Mates, Funny, Somebody likes us, The beginning
To celebrate our actual getting off the dock and down the California coast, Jon kindly bought us drinks – specifically belgian beers – and even suggested a few places to go here in San Diego. Last night we went to Hamilton’s Tavern and enjoyed a few dark Belgians (the brewed kind 🙂 ) Per Jon’s […]
100% totally random things I’ve learned about myself and the boat so far
February 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Funny, Life on the Boat, The beginning
– I think the smell of even slightly over-cooked eggs has got to be one of the most repulsive odors ever. (And please don’t make me clean out the leftover dried-up egginess that remains in the pan.) – There are some socks in the world that apparently are just not compatible with my feet and […]
Shelter Island, San Diego – The Friendliest Place on Earth… well, within walking distance)
February 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning
We arrived in San Diego too early on Monday morning for us to appreciate its beauty or anything else in life. After spending the pre-daylight hours on a quarantine buoy, we were able to move to the “Cop Dock,” a municipal dock facility offered to transients for a mere $10.50/night. After checking in, we walked […]
Tags: San Diego·Woman on a Boat
The Honeymoon Begins!
February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Famous Firsts, First Mates, Introspection, Life on the Boat, Our Route, The beginning
Matt and I were married in October and even though we had a fun road-trip from CA to NJ and then had a nice relaxing three days at a beach spa/resort (thanks again Aunt Arlene & Tom!), we didn’t have a “real” honeymoon. Those other get-aways were somewhat negated by the stress and craziness of […]
Tags: Introspection·Marriage·passion & purpose·soul-searching·who i am·Woman on a Boat