Landfall

LATEST ARTICLES ( 44 )

• Landfall is For Sale!!!

  Landfall is for sale! It's been a great run, but we're focused on growing our business and getting degrees and as it turns out, that leaves almost no time for... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2018 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Paranormal Boat Moment

  This was a reply of mine to the question "Have you ever had anything weird, ghostly, or paranormal happen aboard a boat?" Only once. We were living on a trimara... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2016 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Mexican Men Are Incurable Romantics

  Also, horny as fuck. I don't know if it's the light eyes, the guera status, the crazy color hair, the tattoos, the fact that I'm a girl who also works on engine... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• So, Like, This One Time I Died?

  Say that in a Valley Girl accent. It's kind of funny if you have a defective but overactive sense of humor, like me. A Valley Girl preparing to tell a very... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Landfall on Google Maps Street View

  

  It was surreal watching the Google Maps car drive down the main street in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle…even weirder to find our boat on Google Maps street view,... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Throwback Thursday: 2010ish

  

  The last big hurdle before we could take off cruising.Our family has had more than the average allotment of medical issues. This was Eli’s last big medical thin... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Boat Life is a Lot of Walking in the Sun, Part 1

  

  It is a typical expedition to far-flung locales, wherein your final goal, today, is to breathe deeply of the rarified air acondicionado in the nearest Home... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Things Are Great.

  Things are really great for us right now. I’m happy. Things are going well, we have the best group of friends imaginable, our boat is reasonably healthy, we hav... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Photo Roundup of Eli’s 18th Birthday Festivities

  

  Eli’s always been a fiend for sushi, so we took him to Matsuri in Bucerias on his birthday. The waiter got a kick out of our crazy little family.California Roll... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• No Joke–Eli Went And Turned 18!

  

  As the mother of a 16 year old, my mom was understandably concerned when I fell hard in love and forbade me from dating the man who is now my husband. We were... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Burros–Nearby Mexican Surf Spot With A Sprinkling Of Bikinis

  

  We went to Burros the other day, a little surf spot not too far from La Cruz, and had a blast. It was my first time there. I can’t wait to go back. With a bette... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Girl Mechanic + Fancy Nail Polish = Fail

  Sometimes, nerve damage is like a superpower. Most of my left side has pretty minimal sensation, which is all kinds of awesome when you’re fighting off super... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Cult of VW Is Alive and Well South of The Border

  

  Mexico’s love affair with the VW Bug has been going on since the 50′s and the fact that Volkswagen stopped making them (dear God, why??) has only made them... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Sayulita Saturdays

  

  It’s been something like 6 years since we last visited Sayulita and in the interim, it looks like the money fairy dumped a load or two on what used to be a... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Got My Gimpwalk On

  So, I fell the other night. It’s a thing I do. Chalk it up to nerve damage, tiredness, and the inherent klutziness that spawned my childhood nickname, “Grace”. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Pickpocketed from Afar

  Late Friday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend and Mexico is melting into summer. The air is heavy with moisture and mountains of puffy white cumulus clouds dot... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Angel Smiles

  

  “Hello, I remember you from last year.” It was the last night of the insane 9-day, round-the-clock fiesta that marks the celebration of La Cruz’s founding. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Decks Are Awash In Saltwater Tears

  

  My father-in-law, Ken Willie, charting his own course. Since Eli was born, he’s loved him, worried over him, and been the best grandpa ever.Eli pretending to... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Rebel Heart–A Reality Check

  

  We love Charlotte, Eric, Cora, and Lyra. They are our friends and our lives are better for having them in it. After Lyra was born, we went with them to the... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Gotta Watch Those Lulls In Conversation

  I have a talent, it seems, for filling up the little spaces in conversation with all the words you never say in polite company. Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL