by sailingwithbloom | May 1, 2017 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Land Adventures
When you enter Mexico as a non-resident, they grant you up to 180 days on a tourist ‘FMM’. This means that after your 180 days is up, you must leave the country. You can come back in and request another 180 days, but you must leave the country first. So,...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 28, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Land Adventures, Sailing, Sailing the Pacific Coast
Definitely not a passage you would want to do at night, the voyage to Bahia de Tortugas (Turtle Bay) was choppy and the seas were confused and FULL of lobster pots. The entire Keller Channel was littered with lobster pots. So much that all three of us had to be on the...
by sailingwithbloom | Nov 18, 2016 | Cruising in Mexico, Families on Boats, Land Adventures, Living Aboard
Initially, we were going to do a night sail from San Diego to Ensenada. It is about 60 nautical miles and with the days shortening and the recent time change for daylight savings time, we knew it would be impossible to do the entire trip during the daylight hours. So,...
by sailingwithbloom | Sep 9, 2016 | Land Adventures
After much contemplation as to how to get our dog, Ruby back from Gramma’s in Washington, (she lovingly doggysat our girl while we sailed down the rough part of the West coast) we decided to make a road trip out of it. Turns out none of us could bear putting her...
