"Screw yesterday, today is going to be totally different." After loading up, driving down, setting up, getting nowhere, and retreating back to John's house I was so tired I felt like I couldn't think straight. I managed to set up our emergency GPS unit, fix and repack a few things, and then I went into…
Sometimes you need to remind yourself that it's ok to fail. One of the reasons I was so wound up on that first day was because I was consumed with the idea of making it to Cabo in time to meet our welcoming party, and I wasn't willing to give up one day to weather.…
I'm sure some of you can sense some of the over the top bravado in the build up to the journey south. I think a part of me has to be this way to keep myself from thinking too hard about the reality of the trip, and I think another part of me knows that,…
We are well aware that other people are into the idea of these adventures, and I've got quite few friends that say they want to go on them, but it's just a little more complicated than that. First, almost no one can take the time off, and then it's a money thing too. Both of…
I never give myself enough time. I think I learn my lesson and try to plan ahead, but some things just never get fully finished no matter how much time I get. The boat came along just fine and with a few final touches all that was left was to buy our rope and rig…
It's one thing to build a boat to go float around on a lake, but when we were building ours, we constantly thought about it's weaknesses and whether this thing was fit to be the cradle that would keep us safe in that unforgiving tyrant called the Pacific Ocean. It was going to be our…
