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With only a week before we start our first food concession event of the year, we scored a frozen drink machine off of craigslist for dirt cheap- which is exactly how much money we had to spend. We picked up a double hopper Bunn frozen drink machine in good operating condition. It can make up [read more...] We had a wonderful day sailing. The winds had picked up from a calm and topped 18 knots by the time we made our last tack behind the mountain to the entrance of the bay. We dropped the head sail and mainsail and started up the Honda 25 hp outboard to motor back [read more...] We are back in Tucson broke again! Just in time though to get ready for the Quartzsite RV show and the Tucson Gem show! I have about 9 days to get the donut trailer cleaned and restocked before we hit the road for about three weeks selling donuts and coffee. These [read more...] We were in the Captains Club enjoying a cold cerveza and fish tacos talking with a couple at the next table when we realized they were the couple that owned a Gemini here in San Carlos that we met via the Gemini Owners Forum on Yahoo. Dave and Pat have a newer Gemini than ours but [read more...] Last month we finally got to sail our 1993 Gemini Catamaran here in San Carlos. Wind conditions range from very light to about 20kn in San Francisco bay just south of bahia San Carlos due to the mountain effect blocking the wind. We day sailed four times and are learning how to effectively sail the [read more...] “Daddy you could be Santa.” It was a few days before Christmas and we had just celebrated an early holiday since my father came down to Mexico from Tucson for the weekend. “I could? Why do you say that?” Emma just turned three and the magic and mystery of Christmas is just starting to blossom. Living [read more...] Yesterday we took our ‘new to us’ 1993 Gemini 3400 catamaran out on the Sea of Cortez for the first time with moderate winds at 15mph and seas running one to two feet in height. Last year we didn’t even take the boat of the mooring for our 3 months in Mexico. There was just [read more...] Stories from the Boat Yard… One of the regulars in the boat yard decided to go into Guaymas and really tie one on at a local bar. Completely drunk to the point of stumbling he left the bar and decided to relieve himself outside. Two policia approached him with his pants around his ankles while urinating [read more...] While talking to some folks in the yard in Guaymas they mentioned that the policia typically crack down on drinking and driving during the holidays. During the holiday season they set up check points and if they detect someone drinking and driving, they issue them a fine before letting them go on their way! Want More [read more...] Just a quick post. We are back in Mexico. Guaymas to be exact. We arrived and the yard is pushing us to get back in the water quicker than we anticipated. I’ve worked two days getting things ready and we splashed with the new name, “Whiskey Charlie” on the bow. [read more...] |
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