From Bones to Paper Nautilus (Argonauts)

It takes nothing to join a crowd.  

It takes everything to stand alone.

Hans F Hansen

Mike and whale jaw bone - boat in background

Moving up north into the Sea this second season, we consciously try to locate places no one or few visit or have explored.  Sometimes by default... there is no wind and this looks like a good place to rest, other times by looking at charts, reading older less known cruising guides, or talking with old timers be they local fishermen or cruisers.  We like to find tranquil little paradises rather than dealing with crowded anchorages. 

Island of the Souls

If you want to increase your success rate,

Double your failure rate.

Thomas J. Watson

View of our little home from interesting cliff

From the doves and frogs of San Ignacio’s oasis back to the lizards and crabs of the Baja desert; I am sitting under the nearly flat wind-scoop at the front of the boat; there has been nearly no breeze all day.  I watch a huge thunderhead cloud build truly up high on the other side of the Sea about 70 miles away while I update this blog, missing the company and peaceful sounds of the doves and frogs.