We just learned that a 12-year-old cruising buddy of Maia’s was diagnosed with melanoma (twelve!) something that I find both heartening and...

 We’ve been asked a few times about what we do for medical care while we travel. The short answer is we keep up with all the regular prevent...

 It was while I was in my office of the day (beachside palapa with free wifi and $1 Margaritas) that I came across a story in the New York T...

enroute from Isla Isabela to La Cruz We've been asked how Maia passes the time on passages. If she enjoys them. If she gets bored. ...

yes, mum, their feet really are blue  I’m a terrible one for developing expectations of a place. I can’t say I ever end up really disappo...

surfing We set off from La Paz in a norther. It was supposed to be a little norther—sort of trade wind strength. We decided it would be a...

 Usually New Years is the time when I look back over the year, or decade, that has passed and feel gratitude for it all: for the friends (so...

Or maybe the 4 th , you play jokes. In Mexico the Christmas season doesn’t wind down after the big all-you-can-eat turkey blow-out on the ...

 Maia bounced into our bed at 6am. In a loud stage whisper she let us know, “Santa Came!” She turned on the light and showed us her stuffed ...

I've received a bunch of questions lately about the fact that Evan and I are working while we cruise--I'm guessing because I'v...