A week of adventure (Escondido+Bahia Salinas+Sailing to San Carlos)!

April 24, 2013April 24, 2013 / deidrenorman / 1 Comment

: in the church

: bahia salinas had the most beautiful clear blue water and white sand beaches

: ends up – it is much easier to do a headstand on the paddle board while it is parked on the beach vs in the water 🙂

: footprints

: the beautiful salt flat

: gettin’ some mexican salt

: crosses of salt being made

: ends up salt is absolutely beautiful

: the old ruins of bahia salinas

: remains of bicycles

: old schoolyard at bahia salinas

: beach wreck

: our beautiful spot at bahia salinas

: making music

: leaving escondido

: escondido ~ where we waited out the northerly

: anchored out in escondido

: a fascinating trash container – out in the middle of nowhere – and pretty much impossible to put any trash inside

: dead fish – 2 big ones

: hiking near escondido

: A beautiful bird that you can barely see in this photo.

: the sun behind all of the fog on our sail into san carlos

: Bahia Salinas from the boat – as we sailed away

Visiting a sea lion colony in Baja!

April 19, 2013April 19, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

Sailing from La Paz up to Loreto!

April 19, 2013April 19, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

Photos from our 6 day sail ~ La Paz to Puerto Escondido. We are currently waiting out a big northerly here in Escondido 🙂

: Agua Verde Anchorage

: Salt Flats of Evaristo

: An empty soccer field (Evaristo)

: Dead rattle snake

: Our buddy who hiked with us from the beach to the salt flats in Evaristo

: Old car part to make this palapa

: Part of the beach in Evaristo was littered with fish remains

: The amazingly beautiful anchorage at Evaristo

: Early morning fishing in Evaristo

: The colorful homes that lined the beach in Evaristo

: The clear waters in Baja 🙂

: Anchorage in Ensenada Grande

: Hiking up a canyon in Espiritu Santos

: Some huge whale..

: Looks like this guy has a little itch

: Espiritu Santos never gets old, it is so beautiful!

: Flying Ray

: Pulling up the anchor in Balandra

: Dolphin swimming with us in La Paz

: A small race in La Paz ~ Cat2Fold won her class.

: A nice surprise seeing Cam on S/V Dreamchaser sailing into Honeymoon cove

: So many cool rocks in Honeymoon cove.

: Honeymoon cove

: Yeehaw!

: It is great to see that Brian still gets so excited when he sees Cat2Fold.

: Hiking up a canyon near Aqua Verde.

: Another view of Aqua Verde

Dolphins swimming with Cat2Fold ~ Again.

March 14, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

A few photos of our adventure from Tenacatita to PV.

March 14, 2013March 14, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

: The secret beach!

: Our friends from Chili

: Baby whale

: The entrance to the secret beach

: This is the tunnel we took our paddle boards under to reach the secret beach

: The secret beach

: Mama and baby

: Sailing by the marietas

: Our friend Cam – sailing by….

: Brian and Bruce surfing in Chamela

: Love these old fashion kickstands

: A photo I saw in a bathroom

: This little guy was all by himself – so cute

: La Cruz

: View from a run on the beach in La Cruz

: Sailing up from tenacatita

: La Cruz

: This was on the public bus in PV

: An overnight stop from Tenacatita to PV

: Another amazing beach

: Mom and baby tail

: Party on Cat2Fold – Jack, Brian, Cam and Bob

: The 4 pack

: Getting ready for the race in Tenacatita

: The start of the race

: A cool shot of Blue amongst all of the catamarans

: Jack and Monica’s boat

: Jack and Monicas other boat

: La Manzanilla – An amazing little town

: Grabbing arse anytime he can…

: Brian’s good friend from the beach

: Pantera – sailing really close

: These kids were playing with this HUGE piece of stirofoam

: Cat2Fold in the background

: Brian’s ‘itsy bitsy’s = super sexy’

Check out this dolphin footage from Cat2Fold.

February 18, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

Photos from the first two weeks in Zihuatenejo!

February 9, 2013February 9, 2013 / deidrenorman / 1 Comment

: Anchored at Bahia Petatlan

: The amazing lagoon where we paddle boarded in Petatlan

: Brian ~ pulling me on my board through the lagoon. I was sick but still wanted to go on an adventure ~ so Brian towed me for half of the trip 🙂

: Another private anchorage ~ right in Zihuat bay

: How can you not love these baby cribs

: Meat for the mercado

: This is where we shower

: Soccer game on the beach

: The cutest dog, I so wanted to take home

: One of the many colorful homes in Petatlan

: Playa Ropa

: I just loved this wall made of stones

: Rest stop

: Surf stop

: Cat2Fold at Isla Grande

: A one man band

: The incredible Potosi rocks

: The beach at Bahia Petatlan

: A dolphin ~ a few feet from the boat while anchored at Petatlan

: Viva ~ practice day with the spinnaker

: Happy when sailing!

: Cool skies and hot guy

Photos from some of Cat2Fold’s adventures in Mexico ~ 2 weeks worth…

January 22, 2013January 22, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

: SUPing heaven

: SUPing hottie

: SUPing in Paraiso

: makin’ out, necking, tonsil hockey……

: our private beach in paraiso

: cat2fold anchored in 4 feet of water – tenacatita

: the stern anchor

: swimming for exercise, brian is in charge of making sure no sharks come and attack

: sailing with all four sails, super exciting times aboard cat2fold

: SUPing in caleta de campos – BEAUTIFUL

: morning stairs on the beach for a little exercise

: handstand – caleta de campos

: brian on a monohaul

: caustacomate – a fantastic little anchorage

: the amount of birds and fishermen at melaque was impressive

: margarita de zarzamora

: santiago beach

: king tide….

: cabeza negra

: maruata – a quiet & beautiful town

: the maruata beach

: this poor doll had no home

: cat2fold

: perfect shade for this dog

: kids on bikes

: siesta time for all

: a pretty cock

: not sure what is going on…

: anchor time

: the beach was pretty much empty in maruata, almost all of the palapas looked like this one

: the rock formations on the beach at caleta de campos

: in the right corner you can see all of the school kids – recess maybe? we were not sure, but we were amazed that they were all allowed to just hiked down this cliff – in uniform during school hours

: a beautiful shrine, they are all over mexico

: this poor guy was just waiting his turn – waiting for the little piggies to finish their meal

: these guys walked down the street unattended to this delicious pile of corn

: sand design

: after school video game sesh!

: one big bag of marshmellows for one really small girl

: morning jog

: I am not sure this photo really shows quite how beautiful this tree is…

: Tadasana – mountain pose

: pelicans are just amazing

: finally! a headstand for longer than 1 second on the SUP

: Las Hadas – the most manicured place on the trip so far

: a very cute couple

: one of the many gigantic ‘stuff ships’ in Manzanillo

: sunset – Cabeza Negra

: our first stop south of manzanillo, cabeza negra

: these big paintings were lining the school walls in caleta de campos. this one says protect, and we are guessing this is a drawing of a condom??

: love and peace

: gender equity

: justice

: equality

: one of the funky little caleta de campos homes

: such attitude for a little guy

: hardware store in caleta de campos

: not a problem in mexico, for everyone to ride in the back of a truck

: one of the first healthy looking dogs we’ve seen cruising around all by himself

: our favorite tienda in caleta de campos

: too much fun

: flavored ice for sale

: dinner with a view of cat2fold

: a random photo shoot we witnessed while having cocktails on the beach

: that’s right – safety 24/7

: we were lucky enough to watch this water war between two pangas

: our dinner guest

A week spent in Chamela

January 7, 2013January 7, 2013 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

: Bahia Chamela has the most amazing water to swim in – clear, beautiful, turquoise water.

: Diving Deep

: Floating

: Heading out on a SUPing adventure

: Paddling down a little river right off the beach

: Cat with pastries

: Anchored out in La Cruz over Christmas

: Coconut water on the beach

: Brian finally took out his guitar in La Cruz :)!!

: Our first coconut water in Mexico this year, not sure what took us so long!

: Drinking it up.

: I love that all the animals here in Mexico hang out together

: I am still not sure what these treats are, and I am still not sure I ever want to try one.

: A beach snack in Mexico – corn on the cob 🙂

: Christmas vacation at the beach in Punta Perula! So very many people.

: I just had to buy a few things from this 8 year old boy selling his wooden spoons

: Peace sign

: Sand castles with mini santa

: Beach stand with Cat2Fold in the background

: On the boat

Whales, Iguanas & Belly Flops

December 24, 2012December 30, 2012 / deidrenorman / Leave a comment

: Beach walk

: Coconut juice for sale.

: Downtown Bucerias

: The Bucerias market

: Deidre getting a hippie wrap

: G with her awesome braids, which lasted about a day…

: Daddy & G – lunch on the beach in Bucerias

: Old school high chair

: Merle out on his kiteboard, trying to catch us for the race

: Kids are on board for the beer can race out of La Cruz

: Matero and Beo giving me smiles

: Merle & Brian on board for the beer can race, Meryl joined us part way through. Allison drove him out via dinghy and dropped him on board while we were sailing.

: This poor guy was stuck on a hook, that was attached to a plastic bottle floating in a marina. Brian had to kill the poor barracuda to put him out of his misery. This is one small example of how our irresponsible fishing practices are destroying the ocean.

: This gallery was on a small street in La Cruz, nothing else around.

: It took 4 kids to raise the sail on Cat2Fold

: Brian and Beo getting fishing lessons from Shandro

: We finally saw whales!!

: Humpback whale

: Beo fascinated by the whales

: Paradise Village

: Beo’s awesome belly flop. He won the competition!

: Belly Flop lessons from dad

: Brian (AKA Tarzan) doing his belly flop. He did not win the contest, but the lady judges thought he was really good looking.

: Deidre doing the belly flop, and yes the winner of the adult belly flop competition.

: Guard dogs

: Ponga parking

: More punga parking

: The iguanas were everywhere around paradise village

: Best friends

: The beautiful pelican

: Sunset at Paradise

: Cat2Fold racing in the Banderas Bay Blast

: Cat2Fold racing against some pretty big boats