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  • Countdown

    10, 9, 8 ….  The countdown has begun, boxes of parts have been arriving, overseas shipping is planned Airline tickets… check.  Airport hotel check, taxi to Bocas De Toro got it, water taxi to Red Frog Marina.  We are going back to Footloose after a year of COVID.  We are More

  • What We Did This Summer- 2019

    After a season of travel through the windiest regions of Central America,  we returned home from a steamy Panama to the cool California,  Ahhh.   It was a summer of few photos, but we enjoyed seeing friends and family again. We started out staying with my friend Dennis Olson and attending Gus More

  • El Salvador

    Footloose surfing into Bahia del Sol Departing Chiapas for El Salvador, one thing weighed heavily on our minds— the bar crossing into Bahia Del Sol. We had seen the videos More

  • Our Tour of Chiapas

    Birdwatching from our Porch After the Tehuantepec, as tame as it was, I was content to rest a bit at Marina Chiapas. It’s a peaceful setting surrounded by mangroves, with few boats going in and out, no obnoxious jet skis or early fishing pangas rocking our boat with their wake. I woke up naturally with […] More

  • Waiting in Huatulco, Tehuantepec Looming

    Cruise ship barely fits in the Santa Cruz harbor! We departed Barra De Navidad over a month ago with stops along the way to Huatulco, where we now sit and wait for the elusive weather window to cross the ominous Gulf of Tehuantepec. The Gulf of Tehuantepec is infamous for Force 8 gales of N […] More

  • Season Three: Panama!

    Class of 2018-2019 at Barra de Navidad Each season begins with a plan. This season Michael and I shook hands on taking the Central American route to Panama. We thought we would have made it there last season, but plans changed. This year we seem determined, albeit somewhat scared to leave what has become our […] More

  • A Moment in Paradise Village

    Duke We are moored in the Paradise Village Marina which is part of the Paradise Village Resort in Neuvo Vallarta.  We take a walk every morning before hiding out in the Air Conditioning for the hottest part of the day.  As you leave the Paradise Village Complex, You pass a sort of mini zoo.  Two Bengal […] More

  • Summer 18: What to do in the Off-Season?

    Michael, “In Search of Reason”, by artist Sergio Bustamante Before going cruising there are of course many questions ranging from boat parts to the weather to navigation to safety to the inevitable Why are we doing this? Once you answer the majority of the top 100, you set a date and go. Along the way […] More

  • Policía, Pastries, Pelicans, and Pus? 

    Peaceful  Jalisco We are in the state of Jalisco, which according to the news reports, should have me cautious or even in retreat from this place of crime–danger. Yet, all we experience are peaceful friendly people living their lives.  When I hear reports of the homicides (which is rare, since I’m somewhat tuned out to […] More