FAST FORWARD

This segment is FAST FORWARD......... I'm skipping past southern California, but it may show up someday....

As with other blog entries, this is no different. I am behind! 

My husband is always giving me a hard time about being delinquent with the blog entries. Truth be told, it is very difficult to operate the boat with only two persons on board AND stay on top of ALL the details. My priorities are healthy meals, organizing rations, clean sheets, researching charts and weather, etc. There have been certain things that contribute to and affect the ability to download pictures, cut and paste, etc. Given our various nautical miles, locations in route to the landfalls south, lack of WiFi and the time consumed to post a proper updates (blog) make it very challenging to stay current with my blog. For those of you who actually follow it, please forgive me. 

That brings me to “Fast Forward”. In light of the fact that I haven’t posted on the blog since I don’t know when, I thought I would share a recap. Here we are at the end of November. Thanksgiving has arrived. However holidays are no longer our focus. It’s all about moving the boat from point A to point B, being grateful for the adventure. Our kids,  extended family and friends may not understand it, but that is okay. 

2019 has taken us through many different locations. We made it to the Sea of Cortez on day 140. Please realize, there has been no rush. Three Columbia River ports, including timing the Columbia River Bar crossing. We visited four Oregon ports, fourteen California ports and nine Mexican ports. All in the (almost) first 150 days. We actually arrived in LaPaz, MX today, Friday, November 30th 2019. We really can't count today due to sleep deprivation and Friday and Saturday melt into one! 

Salpare Bay Marina, Hayden Island, OR to St. Helens, OR (for fuel, 500gal)  20mn

St. Helens, OR to Fisher Slough, WA (for a rendezvous with friends, because we could) 

Fisher Slough to Cathlamet  (wait out weather for Columbia Bar crossing) 16.5nm

Cathlamet, WA to Astoria, OR  (Port of Astoria Marina)  23nm

Astoria, OR to Newport, OR 113.5nm 13hrs

Newport, OR to Bandon, OR  98nm  12hrs

Bandon, OR to Brookings , OR  77 nm 10hrs

Brookings, OR to Cresent City, CA  24nm  3hrs

Cresent City, CA to Eureka, CA  66nm  9hrs

Eureka, CA to Fort Bragg, CA  99nm 14hrs (with hydraulic steering problems=emg tiller)

Fort Bragg, CA to Bodego Bay, CA  85nm  11hr

Bodego Bay, CA to Sausalito, CA   53nm  6hrs

Sausalito, CA to Monterey, CA  95nm  12hr

Monterey, CA to San Simeon, CA  85nm  11hrs

San Simeon, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA  40nm  5hrs

San Luis Obispo, CA to Santa Barbara, CA  91nm 13hrs

Santa Barbara, CA to Oxnard, CA  30nm 4hrs

Oxnard, CA to Long Beach, CA  70nm  9hrs

Long Beach, CA to Oceanside, CA  51nm  6hrs

Oceanside, CA to San Diego, CA  45nm  6hrs

San Diego, CA to Ensenada, MX  72nm 10hrs

Ensenada, MX to Bahia Colonet, MX  67nm 10hrs 

Bahia Colonet, MX to Bahia San Quintin, MX 44nm  6hrs

Bahia San Quintin, MX to Bahia Tortuga, MX  (Turtle Bay) 182nm  26hrs

Bahia Tortuga, MX  (Turtle Bay) to Bahia Ascunion, MX  55nm 8 hrs

Bahia Ascunion, MX to Bahia Abreojos, MX 72nm  11hrs

Bahia Abreojos, MX to Bahia Magdelina, MX 170nm 24hrs

Bahia Magdelina, MX to San Jose del Cabo, MX  183nm 26hrs

San Jose del Cabo, MX to LaPaz, MX  125nm  18hrs

I have been  unable to download pictures (off grid), hopefully that gets resolved when we arrive in LaPaz, MX. 

Now that we have arrived, let's try some pictures... forgive me if they are not in order!

Happily underway, again!

Leaving Saucilito, CA for Monterey, CA

Heading under the famous Golden Gate Bridge. 

Crusty Chief enjoying life from the flybridge.