Hey world! I’m so sorry I haven’t written in so long! We had a busy busy summer, as most of you know, we dropped off my mum and sister off in Santa Rosalia, so they could go to the states for a bit, while we made our way up to Puerto Penasco.
From Santa Rosalia, we made our way to Bay of LA, with multiple stops in between. When we got to Bay of LA, we swam with whale sharks, caught yummy fish and made tacos, and hiked a ton. All the while I was looking, for the nonexistent, kid boats, much to my dismay.
A few weeks later, my mum texted us, from the sat phone, that there was a kid boat heading our way very soon. Sure enough, about a week later, Waponi Woo, came motoring in to Don Juan. I was so excited! India and I had a three-day sleepover, and got about 11 hours of sleep in all. We were both, “kid starved” aka, had both been missing hanging out with kid boats.
They left a day later to go to Puerto Penasco. I was bummed, but knew that we would see them again soon.
We made our way, with a 40-mile hop, to Puerto Refugio, with s/v Easy, and met up with Let It Be, who have two younger kids, Jake (5) and Marietta (6). Taj and “Jack Jack” had a ball, they fished morning till night, with a nap at lunchtime. The girl, Marietta and I, had a ball, we had tea parties, and made bracelets, as well as had a beading party. My dad had caught 5 yellowtail, and made 20 logs of sushi, and it was amazing. After that meal, everybody was so stuffed, nobody could eat another bite of sushi. We couldn’t even eat another log.
After hanging with them for a while, we made our way with s/v Easy, to Puerto Penasco. I took my first real watch, from 8-11. It wasn’t all that bad, I finished an entire book, listened to music all while checking if we are still on course. I was blessed to have a light breeze, enough that our sail wasn’t flogging, but we weren’t over power. I only had to adjust the windvane once the entire night.
We made it to Pensaco about breakfast time the next day. We walked around the town that day, looking for the piercing shop, we had heard about while we were in Bay of LA, because my parents said I could get another piercing this year. We ended up taking a taxi who said he knew where it was, but really, he drove around asking where it was. In the end, we found the place, about two blocks from where we started.
After I got my “industrial piercing,” I was very low blood sugar, and my dad took Taj and I to get ice cream. My dad said afterwards, I was a white a sheet of paper, and I felt as if I could have thrown up. But after ice cream, I felt much much better.
A few days later, my mum and friend from back home, Elsie< came down to visit us, and the heat. We were in Mexico a total of two more days, before we drove back up to my aunt’s house in Arizona. My mum and Elsie stayed three more days, and in those three days, we went to the book store, went swimming in my aunt’s pool, and had lots and lots of fun.
Taj and I stayed at my aunt’s for two more weeks, before we drove back down to Mexico, to visit my dad, and celebrate my aunt’s birthday. We rented quads, and drove them around, got yummy Mexican sopas, as well as tacos and stuffed potatoes.
A week later, my dad came to my aunt’s and we drove to Oklahoma with my grandpa, to go visit my Great-Grandma. We helped her around her property, and Taj got to spend time with his Great-Grandma. After Oklahoma, we drove back to my aunts, picked up Ellamae from the airport, and drove to Bishop. We spent five days in total, were we hung with our very missed cousins. I went to the county fair they had, with my cousin, Jenna, and had a blast, with her friends. I got sick on the Gravatron, a ride that spins so fast, that you are plastered to the wall. It was a blast.
After Bishop, we headed to the Bay Area, to visit friends, and our mum. I spent a day hanging out with some friends from our hiking group, Vilda, who I had missed very much. It was fun hanging out with them, and all the other people from back in Sausalito. We drove down to San Jose, to have lunch w my mum, sister, who has grown in to a giant toddler, and her husband. We went to this amazing Mexican restaurant, where I got a mango chicken salad on rice.
We left a day later, to head back to Arizona, then the boat. We stayed at my aunt’s house for one more week, and I was surprised to say I was, actually say I was going to miss my Aunt Tara, Lola (my cousin), Uncle Ben, and their dog, Wally. On the 15th of August, my aunt drove us down to our newly painted boat.
We had dinner, with my aunt, and Waponi Woo, at this taco shop with baked potatoes. I was super excited to have a kid boat right across the yard from us. They brought down one of India’s friend. Keely, for a year. So not only do I have one kid boat who is my age, but TWO!!
Keely is goofy, talks 10xs more than I do, and is a great person to hang out with, I was so excited to have another kid to put down on my ever-growing list of children.
We hung around Penasco, and got FRIED ICE CREAM, with Keely. It was amazing, I got Napolitano (vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry), with a load of chocolate sauce whip cream, and a cherry on top. I finished my first, and had the biggest sugar rush ever recorded.
That very next day, we left with Waponi Woo to go to Puerto Refugio. Then Bay of LA, and then San Carlos, where we picked up my mum.
We met a two new boat kids, Bloom, with Carson(11), and Habi Hoba, with Sarah(11) and Jake(12). They were a riot. Not quite what Ellamae and I expected but, the were great. We hung out at our boat a lot, a rarity in itself. We usually never have any kids over, so it was kind of weird, but nice at the same time. We hung out for about a week in San Carlos, before we left to Isla Carmon.
We had a great time swimming, and doing school. We left from there to another anchorage on the same island called, Painted Cliffs, where I dove to a total of 59 FEET!!!!!!!! I thought it was about 45 feet, so attempted it. About ¾ of the way down, I thought that it seemed pretty far down, and when I touched the first time, it was 57’. I was ecstatic, I rushed to the surface, and yelled at my mum, dad and sister. A bit later, I wanted to get a solid 6-0, so I attempted it, I could only get 59, because I easily run low on air, but hey, I beat a record, not by a foot, but by 12.
Well guys, I guess this is it. I promise I’ll keep you up to date on what going on.
Write to ya later,
Nina
A family Afloat Nina 