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Winter Solstice Musings & Mirages
San Jose del Cabo had the perfect marina to regroup for two nights – fuel up, scrub the salty boat, fill the fridge, do the laundry. It was quite the fancy marina, as we tucked between mega yachts feeling small and dirty, fancy art sculptures along the marina sidewalks. I wanted to do my own…
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Mangroves & Poetry Passages
Bahia Magdalena (known to yatistas as Mag Bay) is a massive, sheltered bay of mangroves, sand dunes, and fishing villages, 25 by 13 miles in size. We anchored for four nights off the village of Puerto Magdalena and could have stayed another week to explore the mangrove systems and beaches. The town has about 50…
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Conversations with the Moon: Ensenada to Bahia Tortugas
Mexican exit paperwork seems to take even longer when standing at the dock, lines ready to throw, as sunset rapidly approaches on the night of a greatly anticipated departure. We had checked out of Ensenada in the morning, as boats have to check in and out of each major Port of Entry, but the papers…