Well, it’s one full year of state side living and I miss cruising in Mexico Big Time! Yes it’s nice to be around the home area of of ones life for over 60 yrs, well as on Aug. 1 it will be 60 yrs. of my life, but the last 4 out of 5 yrs in Mexico was like living a dream! Hanging on a hook in Chacala, or sitting on the bow in a 30 kt. blow in Bara De Navida is something you just don’t put out of your mind when you come back to the states. It’s something you can explain, you have to live it to appreciate it to it’s fullest. We have Traveler on the market for sale, and yet I don’t think that’s what I really what to do. I want to come back down to Mexico and hang out in some bay and think about all those other people in the states that have to work every day and can’t go cruising because of what ever. Life choices are tuff and I don’t know what to do! The good news is that in time It will just happen. Until then I will just wait.
Yes, it’s true Traveler is tied to a slip in Dana Point as her owners are 40 miles away working to pay slip fee’s in Dana Point and she (Traveler) wanting to to get out of the slip and back in the seas sailing as she was meant to be. But conditions are not in her favor at this time. The owners are not around 24/7 as in the past and yes it is sad, but nothing stay’s the same for every. The only way for Traveler to get out of her slip and back on the high sea’s is for someone to step up to the plate and buy Traveler and get her back doing what she loves best and that is cruising the high sea’s. If you look in the web you will see this boat a Past Port 42 is a romer of the sea. It will die in short time if left in a slip. I must be releasted soon, or she will die. Please help! The owner would take a smaller vessel in trade as part of the deal. A RV would also be workable. Take care for now.
After living aboard for over 15 years and cruising for 4 years it’s time for change. We have listed Traveler with Yachty Finders in San Diego and when we sell Traveler we are planning on buying a RV and cruise the United States for a while. There is a lot to see in our beautiful country and we can’t wait for this part of our live to Begin. Now we could have picked a better time to sell Traveler, but it is what it is and part of me does not want me to sell Traveler any way. While we wait we both are working at Lowes Home Improvement center and enjoying it. Drop us a line and let us know what your up too!
Bye for now.
Dennis & Joan and Roxy Too!
On Dec. 1st, Traveler motored out of Marina Mazatlan for the last time. We begain a trip that I call “The Baja Stress!” I, along with brother Dennis Johnson, aka ”Needeep” and Jim Fleming aka “Antisaption” spent the next 9 day’s motoring in flat, sometimes “lake” like seas. We had one heavy weather day, with wind in the 30 to 40 knts. for a short time and seas out of the east on the beam up to 8ft. We had a 4 day lay over in Turtle bay. I had to send the crew home on Dec. 13th via Bus in Esanada after a we missed a weather window to finish the the last 60 miles of the the trip because I wanted to do teh right thing and check out with Mexican customs & Imergartion. That’s another store. Traveler and I would have to wait 4 more days and deal with the most stressfull part of the trip which was dealing with the Mexican Goverment in checking in and out of their country. I pulled into San Diego on Tuesday Dec. 16th at 5:00 pm and cleared custom’s within 30 miuntes. Again I had to wait out another front coming down the coast before I could finish the trip.
I took advantage of that by going home for two day’s. I left again on Dec. 20th and had a very nice sunny motor sail to Dana Point and finished the trip at 3:15pm as I pulled into Slip 27, Travelers new home. More details to follow about the “Stress Test in Ensanada” later!
Yes, after four years cruising in Mexico, Joan and I have been talking about making a change, but with no slip back in San Diego area, well were set to come down in January to Begin year no. 5. We were still looking forward to taking a break from work here in San Marcos. However things changed quickly this week when after 8 years beginning on a waiting list, Dana Point Marina called and said they had a slip for us, if we wanted it. Well, that was the answer of what we were going to do next season. I will be coming down in December to bring Traveler north to our new slip.
Life is change and we loved the time we spent in Mexico and most importantly meeting new friends, many are now special friends. This what life is all about. Now we will begin meeting more new friends. Down the road we talked about doing some land travel in th states via and RV.
I will post are progress during the Baja Bash and until then, Be safe! Dennis & Joan and Roxy Too!
