Tom and Theresa's Travels

 We finally left Mazatlán on April 16th - I use the word "finally" because we were a little tired of Mazatlán at that point.  Don't get me wrong - Mazatlán was/is great - lots of nice people, great food, lots to do, but we were tired of being in a city.  Our boat slip was next to a few nightclubs & locals party until 5:00 am many nights.  To add to that, local boat owners/workers sometimes start blasting their music at 6:00 am.  Needless to say, lack of good sleep was wearing on us.    Many Sounds of Mazatlan at Night : One of the nightclubs in Marina Mazatlan - the "cooler" is actually the door into the club. The biggest reason we were excited to leave Mazatlán was to finally be able to explore and boat in the Sea of Cortez.  Boating in the SOC was THE reason we wanted to buy a boat in Mexico.  But, since we bought our boat in December on the mainland, we quickly learned from other cruisers that going south along the coast was better boating and weather; wi

Around 2AM, I heard a blow.  T was asleep in the aft cabin and Madison was asleep up front.  The engine was chugging along, pushing us from Mulege to San Carlos.  I first thought !whale! and because of horror stories we've heard about sailboats hitting whales, I scanned our path ahead.  Then to port I saw six streaks of greenish glow shoot towards the bow, swimming in parallel.  Dolphins!  One started flopping, repeatedly smacking its tail on the water.  I left the ship on autopilot and walked forward and hitched my arm around the jib.  Smaller fish were darting left and right while a large dolphin swam the in the bow wake.  Then splash!!, a dolphin hit the surface after an epic jump.  They swam away, and then they were back, always shrouded in bioluminescence, giving the appearance of glowing ghosts.  After about 10 minutes of enjoying the show, they disappeared.  I waited a minute or two and then walked back to the cockpit with a smile on my face.  I settled behind the wheel, and

 Tom and I have a boat problem in that we really like boats - currently, we have 10 boats located in 2 countries and 2 states.  Our boats include:      One 12' aluminum fishing boat in Suttons Bay, Michigan to use on Grand Traverse Bay/Lake Michigan and/or inland lakes in northern Michigan Suzanne & Tom on Lake Michigan One 18' set of cataraft tubes (our big water/Grand Canyon boat), two 14' set of tubes (our smaller water rafts),  & one inflatable kayak in Anthem, Arizona. 14' Raft on top of RV in Colorado T&T on 18' raft in the Grand Canyon One 16' foot inflatable canoe in Chandler, Arizona; it's really versatile and can hold a lot (e.g., it's advertised to hunters in Alaska as being able to hold an elk, a bear, AND a moose  with all your gear ) Canoeing on the Ontonagon River in the UP One 43' North Wind Sailboat (our home) with a 55 HP diesel engine to use where ever we want (currently in the Sea of Cortez and West Coast/Pacific side