The Call of Copper Canyon – H+ 3 Days

This little story is about a week long motorcycle ride into and around Copper Canyon, Chihuahua Mexico, from Southern California. The first time I ever heard Mexico had their own Grand Canyon; we were in Portland, Oregon shopping for a project trawler boat. The current boats owner needed to finalize the deal so that he […]

Hole in the wall/Chocolate Clams/LaPaz

At every marina in Baja, if you speak a little Spanish, look hard enough, supply your own tools and materials; eventually you’ll find yourself a guy like Ivan. Pronounced more like E-van than I-van. If you can supervise a guy like E-van properly, while he cleans, scrubs and spray paints your twin diesels and engine […]

Tiny Boat S/V Bluebird/Baja Haha XXII

While sitting aboard the deck of our trawler, at anchor in Baja’s beautiful Turtle Bay I suddenly spot a tiny sailboat, a short distance away. To me it looked too tiny to have gotten here under its own power; I just had to get a closer look. I first peered through my binoculars but, soon […]

V1.0 Mexico/Happiest People/Places/Traveling

For the third straight year in a row, Finland was named the world’s happiest country. I’ve never been to Finland but, my vote goes to Mexico as having the world’s happiest people even in a Covid 2020 year. My experience with Mexico as a country is that it is full of so many contrasts. In […]