Posts from ‘March, 2008’

Today we were all set to get out of Magdalena bay when we got word from our sister ship that was heading north up the Pacific to our location saying they were seeing 12 foot waves and 25 knot winds. This news was enough to make the captain decide not to head up north to [...]

Today has been a pretty big day for a couple of reasons. First is that we have completed the change over of staff and second is that I got to go explore around the town of San Carlos for a bit.
The rotation went pretty smoothly, we got into San Carlos at around 6 am [...]

Today has been a pretty mellow day, we are parked just outside of San Carlos. All of the rotational staff is heading out tomorrow, so there has not been a whole lot going on. Mostly just a whole lot of cleaning and that’s about it. On a good note, my bread turned out great today, [...]

Today we parked in the Hood Canal just north of the town of San Carlos for some whale watching. In the afternoon I went for a ride on the zodiac to see what they are all about and when we first headed out into the boca de soledad there was absolutley nothing going on, no [...]

Today we headed up to the nursery for whales, Bahia Magdalena. As soon as we got into this bay the whales were out in droves. Dolphins were riding our bow waves and wales were breaching the water at many times, this is like a play ground for them. I’m pretty spoiled by seeing the things [...]

Today, I’ll post up two days worth of Journal entries so I can be all caught up. I’m still struggling with posting the pictures on here. It’s just not going to happen I guess!!!
3/24
Today I woke up so amazingly refreshed. I knew that a good night of sleep was all I would need to get [...]

Yesterday was my first day on the Sea Lion here in the Sea of Cortez. My first day on the boat was a pretty good day. I got onto the boat at 8:30 and went straight to work in the Galley, the kitchen is bigger than my last one by quite a bit and very [...]

I finally made it down here for some exploration and adventures. I almost can’t believe that it all came together, but it has. It looks like the next 4 weeks I will spend exploring the waters around the southern portion of the Baja Peninsula. This I can handle. Actually, I really like this town, but [...]

Well…it’s been quite a day here in Seattle, WA! I’ve come to the conclusion that the $100 digital video/still camera that I picked up just before the trip is Junk!! Oh well, that’s what I get for buying a cheap camera, but I just didn’t want anything too nice because I have a problem with [...]

I made it up here to Seattle, Washington tonight. I’ve officially broken off from the norm, and from what I know is safe now. It is very redeeming, and I feel a great sense of joy inside of me. Tomorrow I go in for an orientation, my first person to person contact with my new [...]