We are keeping an ongoing log about our voyages, so we can share our experiences
    with friends and family. To read about our adventures, click on any of the links below.

    Seattle to San Francisco, July - September 2006. The trip down the coast and life in San
    Francisco.

    The California Coast, September - November 2006.   Exploring the California Coast from
    San Francisco to San Diego while we wait for hurricane season to end. Santa Cruz,
    Monterey, Santa Barbara, the Channel Islands.

    San Diego to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, November - December 2006.   At last, the big jump.
    Sailing down the outside of the Baja Peninsula and then across open ocean to Puerto
    Vallarta, dodging a hurricane en route. Settling into Puerto Vallarta and the joys of
    sailing in tropical waters.

    Mexico's Gold Coast, January - March 2007. Five weeks anchored off a remote fishing
    village, teaching English to the kids. Exploring the coastline, towns, and anchorages of
    the "Mexican Riviera."

    Mexican Finale, March - June 2007. Sailing north from Puerto Vallarta to Isla Isabella (the
    Mexican Galapagos), San Blas, and Mazatlan. Across to the Baja Peninsula and five
    weeks in La Paz getting our hull sandblasted and repainted. Paradise found in the Sea of
    Cortez. Back to PV to ready Casteele for the summer.

    The Final Mexican Finale , October 2007 - early January 2008. After spending the summer
    in Seattle, a return to Puerto Vallarta with 14 boxes and 2 kayaks. Two months of boat
    projects, sweating bullets in the heat and humidity of PV. Then the trip down the
    Mexican coast to the jumping-off point for Central America. Plus an inland trip to Oaxaca.

    Central America, January - February 2008. Finally said goodbye to Mexico and headed
    south to Central America. Motored across the "Terrible Tehuantepec" as well as through
    most of the areas famous for the Papapagayo winds. Made one brief stop in Nicaragua
    and then spent several weeks in beautiful Costa Rica, joining Jan's family for a jungle
    river trip and spending our time searching for monkeys and exotic birds.

    The Galapagos Islands, March 2008: The seven-day crossing from Costa Rica to the
    Galapagos, dodging squalls in the ITCZ and crossing the equator. Three weeks in the
    Enchanted Islands, looking for giant land tortoises, marine iguanas, penguins, exotic
    birds, and Darwin's finches.

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