Our trip north has been changing from plan A to plan B then reevaluating the weather and changing yet again to plan C... We left Santa Barbara early, early, wednesday and traveled north to Half Moon Bay. The weather cooperated for the most part. The seas fluctuated between 8 and 12 feet at around 10 seconds. The ride was manageable but the fog was very thick. We made our way to Half Moon Bay on Wednesday about noon. The breakwater was a challenge with so much fog. But Bill maneuvered through it with our instruments and when we touched the dock we all took long naps to catch up on sleep. We are now headed north, just a short little run to Reyes bay just north of San Francisco. There is a break in the weather scheduled on saturday that we plan to take advantage of. We just passed the Golden Gate Bridge, but decided not to stop, maybe next time we pass through... Thor continues to plug along at 8-9 knots and makes me so thankful that we have such a great boat!
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Traveling North
We left San Diego on Friday and traveled to Dana Point. We stayed in Dana Point one night and headed out early saturday for Santa Barbara. 109nm later and 14 hours of getting spanked all the way we where extremely glad to tie up at the last spot in Santa Barbara. The wind was steady in the 30mph range and gusted to 50 and above at times. The waves ranged between 8' and 10' at 4 seconds, I have experienced gale force now and it definitely got my attention. I DO NOT WANT A REPEAT!!! We will be staying in Santa Barbara until the weather improves... It looks as if there will be a nice weather window starting tuesday, we will see. The wind has not stopped blowing since we arrived, and there was even snow on the mountains behind the marina. I guess my tanning weather is far behind me :( We plan to make it to Monterey on our next leg north.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
San Diego
We arrived in San Diego yesterday. The run north from Ensenada was nice and smooth. Russ and Audie are leaving today and Uncle Bob just arrived to head north with us. We plan to leave on friday for our homeward cruise. Hoping for calm seas.
Monday, March 12, 2012
The whales in The lagoon of San Ignacio are so, so amazing!!!
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| This baby whale wanted to say hello he let me rub his tummy |
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| We would splash to get there attention and they would swim over to say hello and get a hug, yes a hug! |
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| Mamma and baby |
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| Russ and I gave the little guy a chin rub |
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| I was able to give this baby a kiss, he was so affectionate |
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| Audie gave this little guy a smooch don't get jealous sandy... |
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| Russ was giving this whale his undivided attention |
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| I was so amazed at how affectionate these whales where, it was once in a lifetime experience |
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| In Cabo the Sea Lions get feed really well |
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| These seals where feeding on a bait ball and decided to leave when they saw us coming. This was outside of Turtle bay |
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| The dolphins followed us up the Baja, they glide so fast and play at the bow of our boat |
Traveling north
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| We have been traveling with Lilipad. |
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| The sunset off of Bahia Rosario |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Heading for home...
Thor will be cruising to Cabo San Lucas this afternoon. We will go through the night and arrive early afternoon tomorrow. Bill and I will have Russ and Audie onboard for this trip until we arrive in San Diego in a few weeks. We will be meeting up with Don and Lili on Lilipad in Cabo and travel together at least as far as San Diego. We are sad to leave Costa Baja and La Paz, we have really enjoyed our adventures here and the surrounding islands. But on to more adventures. We are looking forward to seeing everyone when we get home and catching up.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Hi Wally and Dolores!!!
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| This is the cute little sea dog that nipped your son in the behind... He has a great story! |
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