S/V Loomba-Loomba

Whatever you want to call it, as of today things are not going as planned. We were going to leave the dock today. We were ready: everything re-installed on the boat, bottom painted, outboard rebuilt, outside washed and waxed, inside cleaned, provisioning done, water, fuel and propane full, van winterized and plugged in at storage place. Got up early this morning, took showers, and did last minute check. When Jim checked the bilge there was diesel visible. Upon further investigation he found a leak in the fuel tank that must have just started. José, who works on boats at the docks and work yard here also  happens to have a fuel polishing business and years worth of contacts. He said he could pump out the tank tomorrow in the work yard and he called his pal who is a stainless genius (he built our new holding tank about five years ago) and he said he could build us a new tank in a couple of weeks.  So we checked with the Marina San Carlos

The Needles to Apache Junction From The Needles we took the Hart’s Draw cut off over the Abajo Mountains and through the Manti La Sal National Forest. At 8827’ the fall colors were beautiful. We headed to the Sand Island BLM campground on the San Juan River and had a nice afternoon and evening there. Another huge petroglyph wall is located within the campground boundary. Do you see Jim in the lower left corner of the picture? The petroglyph wall is behind him and covers the whole area behind the fence. This is just a small section of the wall. The next morning we drove down Hwy 95 to Bears Ears National Monument and then   Natural Bridges National Monument on Hwy 275. From there we went south on   Hwy 261 and down the Moki Dugway (10% grade, gravel, hairpin turns for three miles). Magnificent views. The Valley of the Gods entrance was right at the end of the Moki Dugway and we gave it a shot, but it was just to

We are now in Marina San Carlos after spending three full days in the work yard. We have a few things to accomplish in the marina (fixing the roller furling, getting the  outboards tuned up, getting some canvas repair done and cleaning and polishing), but we hope to be out of here in a week or so. The second leg of our trip to Mexico was south through Utah. Moab: We spent several nights camping along the Colorado River. We went to Arches one day, but we had been there before and  it was so crowded we decided to do other things. The van far below us as we hiked up to see Bow Tie and Corona arches Bow Tie Arch upper left, Chrissy in the middle and Corona Arch on the upper right.  There is a great bike path right along the river......... Canyonlands: Island in the Sky and The Maze This is the view of The Maze section of Canyonlands from Island in the Sky One way to get back down to Moab from Island in the Sky. We d