The Free Spirit Phenomena

On a Jeep trip to the Yukon, in 2011, I suddenly discover the “free spirit” phenomena; it’s not a myth, it actually does exist, and her name was Carol. We are a group of maybe ten jeep adventurers now walking towards the admission area to partake in a glacier tour, on massive tundra wheeled behemoths. […]

Wow- What a Summer/2020

Wow, what a summer. Quickly, I’ll blame it on two things or rather one thing and one event. Covid. Purchasing a new BMW GSA 1250 motorcycle. “The average Joe thinks that just riding a motorcycle on a public highway is only slightly less dangerous than searching for land mines with a butter knife. A motorcycle […]

Steinbeck/Western Flyer/Cabo/La Paz/Pescadero/Km64

The Voyages of the original Western Flyer – Part I – Pescadero A six week voyage of exploration, in the 1940s and with twenty-one locations to stop at. “They left Guaymas on the morning of April 8 and, only an hour out, encountered a Japanese fishing fleet dredging the bottom. Although initially wary, the crew […]

Poor Boys Yacht Club Hall of Fame

Subject: Poor Boys Yacht Club Hall of Fame Sometime within the past ten years my friend Bill and I visit the mast up storage yard at Marina Del Rey, California, where he maintains his sailboat, a 26′ MacGregor. This small trailerable sailboat is known as a power sailor because it is capable of doing over […]

On Giving Blood/Power Red

A man who is good enough to shed blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. – Theodore Roosevelt So what’s today’s inspiration for giving blood? They say the need is great. Help a cancer patient as Cancer patients are among the most common recipients of blood transfusions. … […]

Another Baja Day and Charlie Brown Christmas

“In the Mexican culture, we never miss a baptism, a birthday, a baby shower, a wedding shower, a wedding. You must show up. Otherwise, you’ll be in big trouble.” Eva Longoria And today, I’ll add to the list above, a funeral. As I patiently sat on a park bench, across the street from the Catedral […]

Outlived the Bastards/RIP Aunt Dora

“One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am – a reluctant enthusiast…. a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While […]

Chocolate Clams and Hole in the Wall

Some or most easily state: This is a first-rate “hole in the wall”. Some may argue. Let’s see, for no arguments sake, traditional desert landscape dirt floor; check; open air and real wood fire, rustic as in no propane used for cooking wood fire; double-check. Wood now smoldering like in the kind of […]

The Baja Bash – April 29,2017

The “BAJA BASH” by Robert Delamotte Definition: The typically unpleasant butt-kicking endured by mariners traveling north up the Baja peninsula from Cabo San Lucas to San Diego, often consisting of 800 or so nautical miles worth of 20+ knot winds on the nose, pounding waves, and a strong current running in the wrong direction. “Oh, […]

A Day On The Camino de Santiago- April 12, 2019

Was I kind to someone today? Did I compliment anyone? What did I do to make myself a better human being? If this is one day in the life of you, then would you trade it for a different day? Did you seize the day? Did you arrive at your destination ready to party or […]