hello everyone! thanks for checking in on us.... well, we left key west thursday afternoon (4/05/07) for the 360 mile crossing to the mexican island of isla mujeres, and arrived this morning safe, sound and ahead of schedule- happy easter! the crossing couldn't have been much better, with agreeable weather and fresh caught tuna and mahi- not to mention some great sailing; lots of it with the mountains of cuba on the southern horizon. this was a great shake down cruise- especially since all of our new electronics worked soundly (aahhhh, the autopilot is my new best friend =) ) speaking of best friends, the presence on board of our long time buddy scott made this leg of our adventure even better. he certainly did his part in sharing the work load and long night watches -but don't worry,he got to share plenty of the fun and rum too! ... i don't think it has quite set in yet that we are actually here in our first port of call, but i'm sure it will start to once we clear customs and head in to do some exploring ( mainly in search for the perfect shrimp coctail!)... we will be here for about seven days before heading towards belize and plan on adding to this site wherever we can find internet access, so please check back!
oh yea! thank you so much landon and joell for putting together this site so that we can keep in touch with everyone- it meant a great deal to us. also huge thanks to all of our family and friends in albuquerque who pitched in on the awesome satellite phone - it works great! and larry, our good friend and sailing guru; your wealth of knowledge and gift of precious time will not be forgotten. thank you. we love you guys!!! xoxoxo C & J
