We're Not In Guaymas.............

but Loomba-Loomba is. We're in Palm Springs for Christmas. Kelsey and RL fly in tonight. Drew is coming and going from L.A. because his Distribution Center for American Apparel is almost ready to open and he's pretty busy. It's so nice to have a change of scene and we're so looking forward to spending time with the kids.

The painting project from hell is still not done. Last Friday the final step was to paint (roll) the non-skid. Unfortunately Domingo decided to go ahead and paint even though there was a chance of rain. It DID rain and the rain ruined the paint. When we left Guaymas the following Sunday Domingo was in the process of removing the ruined paint. So now he has to remove the paint, sand, mask, paint primer, paint the top coat, and clean up everything.

Before we left our San Carlos condo we moved everything into a storage unit. When we get back after Christmas we'll have to rent the condo again until we can get into the boat and install everything that is stored below. Then we'll live on Loomba-Loomba in the boat yard while we get her ready to splash.

Unfortunately, because of this delay we have decided to postpone our departure across the Pacific until next year (March 2014). Disappointing, but the upside is we will have one more season in Mexico!

Merry Christmas!

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Two Fall Road Trips 2023

The first trip was doing the Selkirk Loop. We headed first to eastern Washington, then northern Idaho, then British Columbia. We highly recommend. Crossing the Columbia Priest Lake, Idaho The FREE ferry across Kootenay Lake We headed to Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park. It was beautiful, nice hikes, good...

North to Southeast Alaska

Our old friend, Roger, invited us to join him (as crew) on his first leg home from Sitka to Seattle. We did the first leg (and most scenic) from Sitka to Petersburg. He has been heading north on a boat from the Seattle area every summer since he was a little kid so he knows the area well. We flew into Sitka (arriving at 3PM), got a taxi to the harbor, jumped into the skiff, headed out to the boat, and we were on our way to Kalinin Bay on Kruzof Island for the night. (Jim's hat says "Where's the Fish") The next morning we headed north and into the Pacific along the Khaz Peninsula, inside Klokachef Island, up around Khaz head and then various anchorages around Baranof Island, Admiralty Island and Kupreanof Island. The weather wasn't the greatest, but we did have some sunny days, mostly calm waters, lots of wildlife and good fishing and beautiful scenery:

North to Vancouver Island..........

........this time on our van aboard the Coho Ferry to Victoria. It was a really fun week visiting old cruising friends and for Jim to see old haunts from his time living in Victoria (many years ago). The Coho ferry leaves Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula and arrives in downtown Victoria in one and a half hours: We drove up the west side of Vancouver Island then cut across to a wonderful Provincial C ampground on Gordon Bay on a beautiful lake. The Provincial Campgrounds are big and very well maintained. From Gordon Bay Campground we headed to Nanaimo to hook up with Bob and Gisele Coffey (s/v Relax) where we spent the night. We did a lot of catching up, took a couple of walks around the ponds surrounding their neighborhood and then headed up to another BIG and Beautiful Provincial Park:Rathtrevor Provincial Park about one hour north of Nanaimo. We spent two nights "buddy vanning". . From there we drove (along with Coffeys) down to Shawnigan Lake to visit Ian and Diane (...

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