The Story of guy and gal!

After a leisurely morning of stowing away our things and fuelling up we head out of the harbor saying farewell to San Diego. We shared the marine highway with a huge Navel Aircraft Carrier and many other types and sizes of vessels. The sea was calm and the weather over cast with a little sunshine from the east. After a few hours of getting organized with new GPS charts we decided to head for the Coronado Islands, Crown Islands just five miles south west of Tijuana. Knowing that we will need to get up early to make Ensenada tomorrow we plan an early supper of burgers and jo jos. Even though the new motor reacts a little differently than the old Ford I still am able to do my part to help Claes set anchor about 200 yards off shore at about 35 feet. We are surrounded by large fish boats and what appears to be numerous abalone farms on the southern tip of the larger island. On the North end of the island is a small naval station which regulate the comings and goings of the island ...

Yes, in the morning we will stow away our "stuff" and head out of the bay, after fuelling up of course. We are looking forward to making it about 20 miles tomorrow to a place called Puerto Salina. There is no big rush to get to Ensenada, our first port of entry in Mexico, as the custom office will not be open until Monday. Today, we walked to the Customs and Home Land Security office in downtown San Diego to hand in our cruising permit that we had obtained at Port Angeles. It was a beautiful walk as you can tell by the pictures……….a nice park like walk most of the way. A lot of it was along the water ways so it was very enjoyable. We stopped for a nice cup of coffee and the most incredible "Danish" I have ever tasted. Claes loves them and buys them all the time but this was heavenly……..fresh and so tasty. All for around 5 bucks and enough for two. We walked past the Marine Museum and the sailing vessel The Star of India, of which is posted pictures when w...

Travelled all day Sunday November 1st in beautiful calm seas with a mere 5-7 knot winds……..not enough for sailing so we motored and added to the hours off running the new motor to have it serviced here Monday in San Diego. All checked out for warranty purposes. As we have been doing we had our own little “time of worship” on board and actually attracted a congregation— porpoise. Yes, I sat on the bow and sang to them, enticing them to jump. I counted at least ten of them. They are so precious…………I just love them! They make me giggle. I did take some video of them and will try to up load for your enjoyment. MARINAS : San Diego is a huge big city with many, many marinas mooring thousands of boat of all shapes and sizes. Some of the vessels that come in are incredible! For example: one left the day after we got here, flying a South African flag and was at least 300 feet long! In comparison we are at the police dock along with a steady flow of Canadians and Americans from Washington an...

will write soon.  in San Diego