More Pictures

For those of you who are always online and already saw the Picasa picture from my last blog, (or those of you who haven't even seen the first "volume") click the following link and scroll to the end of the album to see new pictures:

Las Islas Los Coronados

I've added some underwater pictures from our snorkel/scuba adventure!!

Pictures from the Coronados

Instead of posting all the pics individually on this unbelievably slow blogger, here is a link to my Picasa album:

Las Islas Los Coronados

We have some underwater pics that I'll post later on...
Enjoy!

Firsts

We arrived back at the mooring ball yesterday afternoon around 5:30PM. (Or should I say 1730 hours? ;) I have plenty of pictures to post but those of you who have been following my blog for a while now know how long that might take me. Actually, I'm uploading them to Picasa as I type this. I thought I'd take this opportunity to list the "Firsts" of this trip.

This was the first time:
* we sailed Mo-C into the ocean.
* we anchored off an island.
* we sailed Mo-C to another country. (HA!)
* I swam in a wetsuit.
* we didn't have access to land for more than 8 or 10 hours. (much more, in fact!)
* Lola didn't get a walk for 55 hours straight. (poor buddy!)
* we saw dolphins while sailing.

Those are the ones that stand out in my mind currently. If I think of more later on, I'll be sure to post them.

Float Plan

Today is a HUGE day for us. We will be doing our first ocean crossing. I'm not sure that's the right phrase, since we'll be sailing less than 20 miles across the ocean, but it sounds cool so that's what I'm going to call it. We're heading southwest to the Mexican Islas los Coronados for the weekend. (Sorry, Mom!) Fortunately, we won't be sailing alone. We'll be making the trip with some friends: Brad and Niki (and baby Dawn) on Big Tuna & Joe and Julie. Joe is sailing down with us in our boat to make sure we arrive safely.

The trip should take somewhere around 6 hours and we'll be anchoring off South Coronado until Sunday and then sailing home. So if you don't hear from me by Tuesday or so, maybe you should contact the Coast Guard! Hopefully I'll have some cool pics to post next week. Stay Tuned...

Bicycle Bandit Strikes Again

Only, this time he didn't get away with the bike...

Audacity

Pronunciation:
\ȯ-ˈda-sə-tē\

1 : the quality or state of being audacious: as a : intrepid boldness b : bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints
2 : an audacious act —usually used in plural

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The Galley

Since Ben installed the oven, we lost some storage space in our galley. Yesterday, I took a much-dreaded trip to Ikea for some space-saving storage ideas. I was actually pleased with what they had to offer. Outfitting a sailboat is trickier than a house because of the constant slant while we're sailing. If things aren't battened down, they go flying around the cabin while underway. Since I don't like to bother with the "battening" part each time we go for a sail, I was adamant about finding organizers that would stay put and not waste precious countertop space. (Sidenote: the only real countertop space we have is actually the top of our icebox so it also needs to be accessible.) I think our new fixtures should work well. I plan on taking another trip to Ikea (gasp!) in the near future to get a couple more items to complete the redesign.