We left La Paz for the last time and began making our way north up the Sea of Cortez.

We wrap up our adventure with Jeff and Whitney by exploring Isla Partida before heading back to La Paz.

Jeff and Whitney continue the Mexico adventure aboard Lunar Bird and we explore snorkeling in the Sea of Cortez.

We met our son Jeff and his wife Whitney in San Jose del Cabo and drove back to La Paz for a few weeks of adventure on Lunar Bird.

After 3 months of just the 2 of us exploring Mexico on our own, it was fabulous to have Mom and Rick meet us in La Paz!

We sailed 25nm north of La Paz to explore Isla Partida.

We had a blast exploring La Paz over Christmas and even took a PADI open water dive course.

We had more wind and seas than expected in the Sea of Cortez as we made our way to our first anchorage in the Sea of Cortez

We finally made it to the southernmost tip of the Baja Peninsula and made a brief pitstop in Cabo San Lucas.

We made a pitstop for a few days to do some birding in the estuary and explore the beautiful shell beach.

We had an excellent 2 night downwind sail to Bahia Santa Maria...except for the squid family that tried to hijack the boat.

Woot Woot...We're half way! Bahia Tortuga (Turtle Bay) was VERY fun because of all the pelican and sea lion activity.

We sailed ~80nm to San Benito Islands in search of fur and elephant seals. Instead we were invaded by squid!!!

We sailed overnight about 80 nm and anchored in a cool spot with old volcano cones.

We visited friends and family in our last US port, San Diego. Now...Mexico bound!

After leaving Santa Barbara, we explored some of the Channel Islands off the coast of California, including Santa Cruz and Santa Catalina

Santa Barbara was a wonderful location to spend time with friends & family before heading out to explore the Channel Islands

After exploring San Francisco, we sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge on our way down the coast to Cojo Anchorage.

We made THE BIG LEFT down the west coast of the US toward Mexico. It was our first overnight sail and first multiway offshore passage!

After 7 years of dreaming and planning, we finally set sail from Poulsbo with a goal of ocean sailing to Mexico.