La Paz

• 14 March 2026
• mexico

Hello friends and family!

Since we last updated, we made it back successfully from India.  Only 22 flight hours (not to mention layovers and the 3:30am take-off to start it all) and ta-da back in the old time zone!

We had just enough time to successfully collect my Swedish passport in Seattle, say a couple too brief hellos, and enjoy losing an hour of time on daylight savings before off to Mexico we went.

Having circumnavigated the globe with flights in the last month, I guess it's time to try it at a slower pace this time on the sailboat. I mean, while the airplane may be a tad more efficient, there is a lot more room for snacks on a sailboat.

Should we stowaway on one of the yachts instead?

So on March 10th we flew into Cabo San Lucas where Chelsea graciously picked us up in a rental car and off to our first very important stop. Costco.

After practicing my Spanish at the customer service desk to gain access to this mecca of all provisions, we fueled ourselves with Costco hot dogs & pizza, left Dirk in the car with some ice water, and spent 3 hours filling two very full carts.

Mmm, chips

We got our share of concerned stares which only increased as I pushed a very full cart through the parking lot speed bump and had items falling off in all directions. Dirk watched, unsurprised, from the sweltering car where we had abandoned him many hours prior.

Then off to La Paz we went. The boat is still getting some final touches put on before the journey, so wasn't quite ready for our 2 carts worth of Costco goods to add to the shuffle. Thus we packed the Costco goods into the AirBnB where we had a kitchen to be able to do some meal prep. Our host must have been a little confused as we moved in 12 paper towels, 20 lbs of oats, a lifetime supply of peanut butter, and more.

So while you guys are staying in shape shoveling 1-2 feet of fresh snow, we've been getting our work outs in by shuffling all our provisions from store, to car, to AirBnb, to boat, and sometimes back again. I like to think of it as practice for the endless shuffling that happens in a 40 ft boat packed to the gills.

After some more grocery shopping here in La Paz, and even more concerned stares from grocery employees, we're in full prep mode. From cooking and freezing some easy meals to peeling all the labels off cans (to keep them from molding) its been a busy few days. We'll see if my sharpie labels are accurate or if we get some surprise contents when we go to open some of these cans.

Who's excited for canned salsa?

During all this we have renamed Dirk as Dengue Dirk (or DJ Dengue Dirk -- thanks Sierra!) as he suffers through some type of viral illness plus hives and thus gets to experience feeling under the weather on the boat before the actual voyage and undoubted seasickness kick in. Most tragically, he has been relegated to drinking sparking water while we enjoy some deliciously fresh passion fruit margaritas on the pier.

Photography skills brought to you by Sarah

Maybe when he's feeling better he'll be ready to sing us some sea shanties.

Guitars love humidity and changing weather

More updates to come, but in the meantime we are taking votes on the proper number of onions (15, 30, 45, or ?) and bananas (16, 22, 28, or ?) to bring for the crossing across the Pacific (4 people, 1 month).

Your input is greatly appreciated.*

*Especially if it matches my vote.(15 onions, 22 bananas)

**Chelsea's earlier Instagram poll was obviously rigged.

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