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Author Archives: Las Velas de Pablo
The Fortunate Ones
My last blog post painted a picture of mild distress. And honestly for a few weeks we were quite anxious. Options were being cut off as ports and towns began closing all around us. We had begun to question the … Continue reading
Posted in Anchoring in Mexico, Nomadic life, Sailing Mexico
Tagged Anchoring, exploring Mexico, Mexican cities, sailing, Sea of Cortez
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Sailing through the Sea of Covid
We spent our usual winter season in La Paz at the marina. Steve and I each taking our short trips to the USA to either visit family and friends and in Steve’s case teaching his classes. It was busy but … Continue reading
Posted in Anchoring in Mexico, Nomadic life, Sailing Mexico
Tagged Anchoring, exploring Mexico, Mexican cities, sailing, San Evaristo, Sea of Cortez
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Returning to La Paz
We are returning, returning to La Paz. Steve with his bushy hair two months overdue for a cut. I with my hair bleached by the sun, all frizzy on the ends the consistency of cotton candy. Our lean tan bodies … Continue reading
Dreaming of a quiet place
Sometimes for us standing still means not moving quite as fast. We have been back in La Paz BCS Mexico since early November and since that time we have collectively made eight trips back to the States and had one … Continue reading
The Steve and Sherri Road Show
or… If it’s Tuesday it must be Sacramento In 15 ½ weeks we slept in 22 different cities, some of them more than once. We have traveled 3547 miles in the motor home, 18,154 miles by air, 222 miles by … Continue reading
And away we go…… Again
The temperatures are rising to an uncomfortable level and the time has come for us to bid farewell to Mexico and spend the next few months traveling in our motorhome. Since arriving in La Paz last November we have taken … Continue reading
Where the wind blows
Nothing broke! Let me say it again, Nothing broke. We sailed, we explored new places, we almost had a hurricane, we climbed a mountain, we hunted for Apache tears and chased Booby birds all without any drama at all. Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Anchoring in Mexico, Cities of mexico, Nomadic life, Sailing Mexico
Tagged Anchoring, exploring Mexico, sailing, Sea of Cortez
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Isla Coronados <3
Isla Coronados!! Oh my goodness. What an incredibly beautiful, diverse, vibrant, place. For several years when we would mention Loreto BCS Mexico to people they would ask if we had been to Coronados. We have been told time and time … Continue reading
Posted in Anchoring in Mexico, Cities of mexico, Nomadic life, Sailing Mexico
Tagged Anchoring, Mexican cities, sailing, Sea of Cortez
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The journey continues (Return to the Sea part 2)
As I write this we are sitting in one of our favorite go-to spots in the Loreto area, the Tripui Hotel and restaurant. Today we will spend the day relaxing by the pool and enjoying the wonderful amenities of this … Continue reading
Return to the sea
Greetings from the sailing vessel Pablo! We are currently located in the Gulfo de California, aka Sea of Cortez. Aptly named the aquarium of the world by Jacques Cousteau back in the 70’s. Steve and I have just spent 24 days … Continue reading
The time has come
The provisioning has begun. We have started watching the weather forecasts. The time is getting closer and soon we will be off. As I write this Pablo is getting her varnish work finished. Steve and I have a small puddle … Continue reading
Happy, Busy Us!
Holy Moly! Where does the time go? I can’t believe it has been three months since our last blog post. So much has happened I do not even know how to reasonably fill in all the details. We have been … Continue reading
Posted in Cities of mexico, Nomadic life, Sailing Mexico
Tagged exploring Mexico, Learning, Mexican cities, projects, Sea of Cortez
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Viva Mexico!
Viva Mexico! We could hear it in the streets! Ahhhh the sound of people celebrating, children in costumes, high school bands lined up to join the parade, Caballeros mounted on well trained horses and dressed in authentic old time sombreros, … Continue reading
Posted in Cities of mexico, Nomadic life, RV life, Uncategorized
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Bump in the Road
My last blog post ended with these words – “Therefore, we don’t think we will actually arrive in Marina de La Paz until late September or early October. But who knows, plans have a way of getting off track.” Off … Continue reading
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Mission Accomplished!
We have spent the last few months in the Central Valley area of California, stretching from Modesto up to a small town called Nicolaus just north of Sacramento. Here we found a quaint little RV park with a small manmade … Continue reading
On to a new adventure!
I have tried several times to write a new posting. The truth is that I just don’t have my voice, my words. It has been difficult to admit, even to myself, that we will not be traveling on Pablo this … Continue reading
Travel Interrupted!
This blog post is less about traveling and more about our journey through this messy life! Yep, we are still in Santa Cruz, California, USA! As the saying goes “Plans are written in the sand at low tide” and boy … Continue reading
Road Trippn’
Pancho needed a little work and since we live in the RV and would have to get a hotel room while the work was being performed why not go on a road trip?!?! So off to the Gold country we … Continue reading
Well that happened…..
The answer to the question of “what we would do in the summer months?” was always kind of a vague optimistic response. From the very beginning of this adventure we knew that coping with the intense Mexican heat from … Continue reading
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