This whole RV thing is hilarious. To be honest, I’ve had a little bit of a difficult time embracing the RV lifestyle. There is something not very graceful about pulling into an RV park that stands in stark contrast to dropping the hook in a secluded anchorage. But hey, we are getting used to the …
Our time between the secluded bay of San Juanico and the little mining town of Santa Rosalia was just as it should be. No unpleasant surprises, perfect temperatures, lots of animal sightings and good times with good friends. When last I shared an update, Banyan was sitting high in the water, light from lack of …
Since our last post, we have continued our trek northward. From Isla Carmen, we stopped off briefly outside of Loreto for a provisioning run, then headed up to Isla Coronados. The anchorage is huge, aqua blue with several white sand beaches. It is the picture of paradise. When we pulled in there, we knew we …
The Vawters are heading back to the water at long last. I know some of you thought (and maybe some even prayed) that we were going to become land lubbers again, but it’s back to the boat life for us! I dropped off writing posts near the end of June last year. We weren’t adventuring …
Okay, so I am not alone in feeling that homeschooling, was by far and away the hardest and possibly the worst part of cruising. Recently, at a meet-up over July 4th on Bainbridge Island I did a little informal survey. We got together with SV Agamere at their home. SV Wild Rumpus was there in …
“Mommy, I want some headbands” – Isa. I replied with love “Yea? Why?” “Because the bathroom is so empty and it makes me not feel at home, there’s no stuff in it” – Isa. It’s so true. We have this overwhelming urge to fill our space don’t we? Not only our space, but other peoples …
As I write this we are sailing slowly but smoothly upwind (a close reach at about 2 knots in just under 12 knots of wind) from La Curz to Mazatlan. Leaving La Cruz was a bit hard! We have been there for just over a month and as another cruising mamma said “La Cruz has …
On February 28th, 2015 Cameron, the girls and I all moved from our lovely home, Blossom Creek Farm, up in Calistoga, to our lovely home, SV Banyan. Happy Cruisversary to us! Lots of cruisers, some of whom we have met, entered the cruising life only to realize that it wasn’t really their cup of tea. …
I cobbled together some video of our latest little passage from Tenacatita Bay up to Bandaras Bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Click the link below or head to our YouTube page and subscribe to get our videos when I produce them (now and again). Vawters on the Water YouTube Cheers!
I’ve been away from Banyan for exactly 9 days on a work trip to Napa and Canada and I have 10 more days to go… *sigh* Working while cruising is a necessary part of many cruiser’s lives and while it is not strictly necessary for us at least for right now, it sure makes our …