Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36
Places we’ve been, things we’ve seen and done, and the logistics around it.
While Janine and the pets hold down the fort on Rua Hatu at anchor in Puerto Jimenez, Golfo Dulce Costa Rica, I headed out on a cross country, cross continent journey to visit my family in California for Thanksgiving. This was also a re-supply mission and involved returning with over 100 lbs of goodies.
Continue reading “Thanksgiving Travel”
We take advantage of the winds produced by a small offshore storm system to sail south from Isla Cedros to Puerto Jimenez, on the eastern coast of the Osa Peninsula.
Continue reading “A Wet Sail to the Beautiful Osa Peninsula”
As we continue to explore the inside of the Nicoya Peninsula, we relish in the numerous similarities between our old sailing grounds of Puget Sound and our current environment. Both have ferry rides, wildlife, desolate beaches and rainforest. The only difference is the temperature.
Continue reading “Pacific Central West”
We leave behind the exposed northern coastline for a bit of protection inside Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula. Between the (many) raindrops, we manage to spot some truly amazing wildlife as we island hop on our way up the inside of the peninsula.
Continue reading “Dodging raindrops in the jungle”
After checking into Costa Rica in Playas Del Coco, we spend the first weeks exploring the coast along the Nicoya Peninsula in beautiful Guanacaste Province in northern Costa Rica. And we get a new dinghy!
Continue reading “Anchorage Hopping in Tropical Paradise”