Monthly Archives: March 2014

March 14

Central America (a little persistence required)

I’m beginning this post overlooking a black sand beach and a decent Pacific break in Guatemala. This is the last stop before we head north to Mexico and out of Central America. I have really enjoyed our stops in Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Admittedly, I have a greater appetite for hair-raising cab rides, […]

March 11

Panama Canal

Yesterday we sailed through the Panama Canal, en route to Los Angeles from Ft Lauderdale. I’ve never seen the canal before and the whole process was pretty interesting. It takes between 20 and 30 hours to pass from one side to the other and there is a lot of traffic inside. There are two lanes […]

March 07

Spring Break, Coast Guard, and Goodbye Ft Lauderdale

Several pretty interesting things have been going on onboard lately. We did a three-day Bahamas cruise last week that was pretty much spring break, followed by a full coast guard inspection, and now we’re on our way to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal. The last cruise was quite hilarious. The normal cliental here is […]

March 01

100 Mile March

Today is March first. This month I will run 100 miles. I’m putting this out on the Internet for all of my loyal readers to see so that you can all publicly shame me if I don’t follow through. I’ll update every week or so with my progress. It looks like I’ll be doing the […]