Enrico, our dear friend and boat neighbor from the Bay Area, came to visit Horizon’s beleaguered crew The REO Speedwagon song Roll With the Changes has at various times in my life has been an anthem to listen to at loud volume while dancing and singing and of course air-guitaring. This song returns once again…

A huge thank you and big hugs to every person who messaged, posted, called, and texted to say hello and send good cheer to us. It really has been lifting our spirits! And I have realized that I’ve not been very good about staying in touch and responding to all messages — we’ve been working…

The Mexico administrative saga continues — I won’t bore you with details but suffice to say nothing has been going smoothly and there seem to be roadblocks at every turn. So we continue to be in San Pedro, Los Angeles, and the boat has been tied up here for seven weeks so far. We visited…

Many of the relatively few people who read this already know, but for the rest of you it’s time for a story of diplomacy, deceit, and decisions. Also forgive any factual errors here – I’m definitely not a Mexican maritime or customs expert and we’re letting the experts handle the details. Mexico was our planned…

My friend Sam recently got me into dinosaurs. This is a woman who can geek out to some sci-fi, hike the Sierras and forage for edible foods like a bad-a$$, and is super into dinosaurs. As in, people give her dinosaur-themed items as presents. She had raved about the book The Rise and Fall of…

A systems post. No fun pictures, no romantic language. You can stop reading here if you don’t care to read about the intricacies of the diesel fuel storage/delivery/polishing system on Horizon. In the broadest sense, this system discussed in this post can be likened to the straw in your drink – you are the engine…