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Following Moondance: April 2015
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Moondance is for Sale! Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Visitors from New Mexico - Yeah! Joe and Leah, our long time friends from New Mexico traveled all the way to Fiji to see us - and to play in the water and do some birding - of course! Joe and Leah relaxing and cooling off! We had a great visit with lots of time for exploring and catching up. First thing - we bussed them to the Nadi fruit and vegetable market for supplies (and lots of culture). Snorkeling the Sand Bar. Love these Blue Starfish. So many col...
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Mystic in Mexico: March 2011
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Sunday, March 20, 2011. Surrounded by the Mexican navy (Betsy). We left Puerto Vallarta early this morning for an overnight passage to Mazatlan. We always want our passages to be uneventful but we don't always get our way. Mexican navy in stealth mode. We waited as Mystic wallowed 25 miles offshore. David and I have a rubber boat too, and it takes us about two minutes to hoist it off the boat deck and pop it into the water. It was soon clear to them that we were just cruisers on an overnight passage and ...
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Mystic in Mexico: The dinghy dilemma (David)
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Saturday, January 1, 2011. The dinghy dilemma (David). Power boaters often go to Mexico with their Pacific Northwest dinghies. Typically these are heavy rigs with electric starters, center consoles and big outboards - stable, comfortable and fast, but quite impossible to bring through the surf and haul up the beach in Mexico, even with wheels. Many of the great anchorages on the outside of Baja and the mainland require surf landings, so the question was what do do? The wheels have it (Bahia Tenacatita).
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Mystic in Mexico: April 2011
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Saturday, April 30, 2011. Blindfolded dinghy races (Betsy). Put two people in a dinghy, blindfold the driver and have the other person navigate. Trust. It's all about trust. Today, Betsy of Mystic. And Katie of Miss Teak. Entered the LoretoFest Dinghy Race. I was driving, Katie was navigating. The rules were simple: cross the starting line, circle a boat in the distance (without hitting or damaging it), return to the start and retrieve a big Micky Mouse that's been tossed into the sea. Easy? I so wanted ...
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Mystic in Mexico: February 2011
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Friday, February 25, 2011. Gasoline, Mexican style (Betsy). David and I are still enjoying Mexico and as we travel from anchorage to anchorage we always manage to sample a little bit of the local color. Today it was a girls trip (plus Ted, one of the husbands) to the Careyes Resort for lunch. When he suddenly pulls off the narrow road onto the dusty shoulder. The local gas station. Luis places his order with the gas station attendant who brings out a couple of well used jerry jugs and a length of hose...
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Mystic in Mexico: Salt on a bird's tail (Betsy)
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Sunday, January 23, 2011. Salt on a bird's tail (Betsy). We recently visited Isla Isabela, a small, rocky island off the mainland coast of Mexico that would have my mother running wild with a salt shaker. Isabela is host to an unbelievable concentration of seemingly tame birds. Other than a small fish camp and a tumble-down research station with a few birdwatching grad students, the island is undeveloped and predator-free. They might be yellow but these. Are actually "Green Iguanas". Like the boobys, the...
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Mystic in Mexico: Paper Nautilus (Betsy)
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Sunday, May 15, 2011. A strong wind blew through much of the night. Normally I wouldn't care, but Mystic was at anchor for the final night of our seven month, 4,700 mile cruise and I didn't want any trouble. Besides, it was Friday the 13th. A quick survey of the beach turned up tracks in the sand along the high tide mark that despite the early hour showed someone had been there before me. First to arrive was a tejon. The paper nautilus is actually an egg case created by an octopus and not a true shell at...
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Mystic in Mexico: Gasoline, Mexican style (Betsy)
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Friday, February 25, 2011. Gasoline, Mexican style (Betsy). David and I are still enjoying Mexico and as we travel from anchorage to anchorage we always manage to sample a little bit of the local color. Today it was a girls trip (plus Ted, one of the husbands) to the Careyes Resort for lunch. When he suddenly pulls off the narrow road onto the dusty shoulder. The local gas station. Luis places his order with the gas station attendant who brings out a couple of well used jerry jugs and a length of hose...
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Mystic in Mexico: May 2011
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Sunday, May 15, 2011. A strong wind blew through much of the night. Normally I wouldn't care, but Mystic was at anchor for the final night of our seven month, 4,700 mile cruise and I didn't want any trouble. Besides, it was Friday the 13th. A quick survey of the beach turned up tracks in the sand along the high tide mark that despite the early hour showed someone had been there before me. First to arrive was a tejon. The paper nautilus is actually an egg case created by an octopus and not a true shell at...
