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This post is for my fellow left-brained number crunchers.
We left on August 14th, which means we were cruising for 20 weeks, or 140 days, in 2016.
In that time, we traveled 2,780 nautical miles
Which took us 550 hours of travel time
That is an average speed of 5 knots
Of that 550…
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Are you curious what “Halcyon” means? Would you like to know about the boat projects we’ve done? Did you know the designer of Valiants still lives in our old neighborhood?
Well, you need wonder no longer. Just head over to “The Boat’ section of the website to learn all about these…
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Check out our new Topolobampo friends on their bike and skateboard.
Video courtesy of the oh-so-talented John Guillote.
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First of all, let’s acknowledge the wonderful name of this town. Try it out – say it a few times. You can never say this name and be sad at the same time. Well, almost never.
Topolobampo was not an intended stop on our route; it is too far north…
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This leg was from Lake Tahoe to Cabo, and Becca prevailed again!
Since the water has warmed considerably and jumping in is now a luxury, not a punishment, it was time for a new bet.
Loser must: Eat a lime. This was particularly fun for John, who does not like tart…
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Another month; another great issue of 48 North! Check out page 52 for my article about the perspective I got when I stepped away from cruising for a few weeks. If that sounds boring, check it out anywhere because there is a photo of my new baby nephew in it, and…
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“But how will Santa find you?!”
It was my dad’s biggest worry when I told him we’d be leaving San Jose del Cabo on Christmas eve, not projected to arrive at Isla Espiritu Santo until sometime Christmas morning.
“You need to make it easier on him! How will he bring you…
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Update: click here to read the archived article
Check out the December edition of 48 North for one of my favorite articles yet about the absurdity of boat projects (page 30)
I was also honored this month to receive a very flattering shout-out in the editor’s note by Joe (on Page 6)….
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Latitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth’s surface (thanks, Wikipedia!).
They are the lines that run parallel and horizontally around the earth starting at the equator (0 degrees) and moving towards the poles (90 degrees). Each degree of latitude is broken…
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It’s 4:07am. This is an hour that humans are built to spend lying horizontally, all muscles relaxed, mind whisked away to fairy tale land. It is an hour with an identity crisis, not yet morning, but hardly still nighttime. A forgotten hour, rarely thought of kindly. I had let…
John is the photographer. He portrays the layers of history, emotion, spirit and culture in each moment through his application of light, perspective, and detail. He also takes pictures.
Becca is the writer. She tells vivid stories of authentic moments, highlighting the beautiful, dangerous, dramatic and hilarious with grammatically correct sentences and her tongue held firmly by her cheek.