Blog Detail
M/V Discovery
http://mvdiscovery.blogspot.com/
This blog follows the travels and adventures of Frank Osborne and Linda Penwarden on the motor vessel Discovery.
- Added on: Jul 3rd, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Frank Osborne
- Listed in: Sailing Adventure Travel
- Tags: Mexico Cruising trawler Central America nordhavn
Recent Posts
Escape from San Carlos
We have managed to escape the clutches of San Carlos. At times, we had our doubts if we would ever get out of there. We had planned to leave a couple of weeks ago so we drove our car to Tucson, put it in storage and took the night bus back to Guaymas...
Surviving San Corlos
The summer heat in San Carlos is overwhelming. From sun rise to sun set the heat and humidity prevents any outdoor activity let alone working. We run 2 of our 3 air conditioning units 24 hours a day. They do an excellent job of keep the boat temperat...
Surviving Jimena
We had a little 'tropical storm' come through here named Jimena. It was the remains of the hurricane of the same name and the winds blew over 60 mph for 2 days and it rained over 30" at the same time. The winds did some damage to the area but the rai...
The Plan
There is no sense in having a plan if you're not going to pretend to follow it.We're anxious to get moving again. Sitting at a dock is not what we want to do but we don't have much choice, we need to stay out of the hurricane zone south of 27° N and...
6 Months in Mexico
We have now been in Mexico for 6 months. We were reminded of this when our tourist visas expired and we had to go to immigrations to get them renewed. The renewal process is easy and costs just $20 each. We went to immigration office at the airport ...
Tucson Road Trips
We've now made 3 road trips to Tucson and back. The car trip takes about 8 to 9 hours northbound depending on the wait at the border and 7 hours south bound. The wait at the border into the States can take 1-2 hours, southbound can be much easier de...
