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Monthly Archives: April 2009

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La Paz again

We’re anchored in Ensenada de la Paz, off the Magote, which is a peninsula protecting the harbor area from the more open Bahia de la Paz. The anchorage is subject to a hefty current flow, which often acts counter to the winds. Evening corumels blow through here and provide cool Read more →

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More Thoughts on Mexico

From our first months in Ensenada we noticed it. And from frequent trips across the border, we noticed the lack of it. Happiness. Contentment, in spite of life lived with less than the average American would consider a sustenance wage. Choices made to honor family, to delight in children, to Read more →

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Bahia Falsa

Bahia Falsa4/12/09Easter SundayHe Is Risen!!! Cacti silhouette the hills’ edge. Silence, except for the distant drone of traffic on the road into La Paz and the laughing folk in a panga nearby, graces the sunlit day. Sea Venture turns on her anchor, the scenery changing with the breeze. We’re so Read more →

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A Mess at Sea

Thea Renee buddy boated with us across from Mazatlan. Here she is to starboard in the last rays of Friday’s windless day, her owners unaware as we were that in less than an hour these placid moments would become a vague memory as they struggled to keep her dinghy from Read more →

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Lunch at Playa Mazatlan

I thought I’d post a few more pictures taken at our latest day out, when we rewarded ourselves after having our skin zapped of funny things at the dermatologist. Poor Michael. He not only zapped the bad guys, but also got a sore on the top of his head. The Read more →

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