2008 Blog

INLAND TOUR – Guanajuato, Dolores Hidalgo & San Miguel Allende……

Dear F&F;, March 13 – 16, 2008 After driving many miles through very little development, we suddenly turned & read this welcome sign: ***Bienvenidos a Guanajuato: Patrimonia de Humanidad*** There are stories from the past about a “River of Frogs”. Frog statues and logos are seen all over town. Fortunately we did not encounter a …

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Art Stolnitz 80th birthday & the Art Stolnitz Scholarship at the Univ. of Tennessee College of Law

Dear F&F;, This is a special post that I am writing as today would be my Dad’s 80th birthday. He would have absolutely loved the places we have been recently. We miss him and my Mom terribly. The Grand Bay Hotel in Barra de Navidad and the Tamarindo Resort nearby in Tenacatita have fabulous golf …

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Puerto Vallarta…..Part 4

Dear F&F, Sunday Feb 17 We did not know that \”holding tank pumpout day\” was only on Thursdays. We missed it. With 3 of us onboard for 5 days, we really needed to take a dump, no pun intended. There was no other option but cast off the dock lines, motor out into the bay …

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Puerto Vallarta…..Part 3

Dear F&F, Friday Feb 15 Sad day…Skye had to fly back to LA. The Hollywood Writers Guild strike coincidentally ended while she was with us & it is time to go back to LA & get another job. She\’s also studying for the GMAT, perhaps an MBA program in Fall 2009. She made us promise …

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Puerto Vallarta…..Part 2

Dear F&F, Weds Feb 13 Skye really helped us get in the full tourist mode. She & I signed up for the \”Dolphin Experience\”. We went by panga to a mini Sea World type place. The captive dolphins are in tanks & do tricks for the paying tourists. It was a bit sad, but awesome …

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Puerto Vallarta…..Part I

Dear F&F, Sunday Feb 10 Skye arrived with all the requested boat items & did not get inspected going through customs so that was a relief. We were thrilled to see her, and Scott felt like it was Christmas. All sorts of fun spare parts, wire, digital photo storage cards; other boat gadgets. Monday Feb …

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Night Watches……..

Dear F&F, February 12th Some of you have asked about the night watches. So far we are doing 4 hrs shifts. We haven\’t done more than 2 full days & 2 full nights at sea yet, so it isn\’t that tough. Actually, it\’s probably tougher to do short coastal passages versus long ocean passages as …

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Banderas Bay…..

Dear F&F, February 10th……continued After the dinghy ride around Punta de Mita it was warm enough that I decided to go swimming. There were about 10 boats anchoraged besides us. A few pangas zipping around & a couple of jet skis zooming about. Enough traffic that I did laps under the boat (for fear of …

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Cabo San Lucas to Banderas Bay……..

Dear F&F, February 10th Right now we are anchored at La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. There are about 40-50 cruising boats are here. There is a brand new marina, but hardly any boats are inside at those new docks. Why pay when you can anchor for free? The docks are not attractive because you can\’t easily …

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