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Wrapping Up
The day after coming off the mountain, we began another set of challenges, the low ropes initiatives. Summit or not, it was time to test the girls’ skills and newly-acquired confidence. These ropes, close to the ground, were designed to force the teams to problem solve various scenarios. The obvious solution was usually impossible, leaving […]
Mexico by Sailboat-contents
After terminating our bicycle trip in Mexico for safety reasons, we retrieved our VW bug from Portland for another try. In San Diego, the sailboat filled bay called to us. After a few sailing lessons, the call of the sea was irresistible. Our first boat, the Valhalla, was a twenty-five foot fiberglass boat built for […]
Isla San Martin
Flocks of cruise boats sailed north seeking refuge from the summer chubasco season in Mexico, but we were sailing south. Naive enough to ignore common wisdom, Robert and I discovered later the price of our impatience. We had spent two months in San Diego harbor strengthening our 25-foot fiberglass day-sailer for a sea journey and […]
Tricks of Tired Minds
After hours of trying to sail in a calm ocean with nothing to see but water and sky, the senses are dulled and the brain can be easily fooled. At sea, that can be fatal. Robert and I are anchored in our twenty-five foot sloop behind Punta San Hipolito about half way down the […]
Mazatlan Hike
Chapters: Escaping the Heat | El Salto | Into the Valley | Dogs in the Night | Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks | Discovery | La Ciudad El Salto to La Ciudad: Escaping the Heat July weather in Mazatlan can be unbearable, even if you live on a sailboat as I did with my husband. The humidity was eighty per cent and the air temperature was eighty […]
1. El Salto
Chapters: Escaping the Heat | El Salto | Into the Valley | Dogs in the Night | Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks | Discovery | La Ciudad When the bus slowed, rain-soaked boys carrying trays of snacks ran along beside the bus, splashing through the mud and yelling their sales pitches. We pulled over in front of the restaurant/depot for our line. The bus worked its way […]
2.Into the Valley
Chapters: Escaping the Heat | El Salto | Into the Valley | Dogs in the Night | Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks | Discovery | La Ciudad It felt good to be walking, able to stretch out our legs without feeling as if we would collapse from the coastal humidity. Pines, cedars and drifts of mountain wildflowers reminded me of the high mountain country we knew in […]
3.Dogs in the Night
Chapters: Escaping the Heat | El Salto | Into the Valley | Dogs in the Night | Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks | Discovery | La Ciudad Waist high grass that surrounded an abandoned barn was heavy with rain water, so we discarded the idea of using it for a night’s refuge. Nearby Robert found a fairly level spot where blackened rocks suggested previous campers. No farm […]
4.Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks
Chapters: Escaping the Heat | El Salto | Into the Valley | Dogs in the Night | Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks | Discovery | La Ciudad The first named community of the day was La Lecheria, a name we remembered from the bus ride. Farmers, busy with chores, nodded as we passed as did two women milking a patient cow, untied and unhobbled. Pigs rooted about. […]
5. Discovery
Chapters: Escaping the Heat | El Salto | Into the Valley | Dogs in the Night | Hiking the Valley, Hunger Lurks | Discovery | La Ciudad Robert’s feet were hardening and we continued in the morning. At the next community, we turned off the road to try for more tortillas. Three men lounged outside another log cabin. A little girl played in the yard near some […]