Encouraged us to get back to Santa Domingo and look for the best possible time and conditions to cross over to the main land & Magic Carpets berth at our Hurricane hole in Marina San Carlos. News of several Hurricanes brewing in our tropical kitchen with predictions of their heading up the Sea of Cortez. We felt we appreciated our boat and life afloat more than ever, we had really been able to turn "Dreams into Reality".
Swimming, diving & just doing our daily laps around Magic Carpet delighted us. The water had finely warmed up to 88 degrees. We even attended our first salt water floating Art Show, enjoying good company and a chocolate claims feast. We cruised anchorages in Conception Bay enjoying all is has to offer. The water was still a little cold so so the Dorado hadn't joined us on our voyage north, a few Skip Jacks and Jack Carvals were willing to be caught but know keepers. We finely caught the southern wind & sailed to San Domingo at the head of Conception Bay. She is called M/V Magic Carpet Grande, a 41 ft DeFever, The Captain is currently commissioning her with updated Electronics, The Admiral loves the all teak interior, teak and holly soul ,larger galley, bathtub, staterooms, & most of all real chairs.įor the last few weeks we have tried our best to relax and enjoy the sea. #3 go to the dark side buy a power boat & stay on the sea. It's often said old cruiser give up the sea and go to #1 go to rest homes. The Dreams continue but it not our Golden Years Dreams, We moved up to our Platinum Years Dreams, a little more comfort for our old bones! It's really hard after all our sailing years to think about being at sea without a sail to rely on. She's a floating condo for sure were very comfortable and looking forward to returning to our sea fairing gypsy life for a while longer. After a lot of looking we did what we thought we would never do sold Magic Carpet and purchased a trawler. After a lot of soul searching we decided we needed a different boat one that would meet our geriatric needs. The Mexican medical Doctors have time to really do their job - diagnose and treat. But swallowing the hook was hard to do we didn't feel ready for that yet. During that time we came to realize it would be very hard to handle a storm at sea in our sail boat, age and health were against us! Trips to the fore deck were out of the question even little Z was now a geriatric. The recovery was slow and Magic Carpet danced at the docks like a floating condo for us. Both the Captain & Admiral are now doing well. Our Doctor in Mexico tried to find out what was happening test after test - but he found the problems & the solutions. As we prepared Magic Carpet for sea in the fall of 2018 we found it harder to get things done, Doctors in the states told us we were just getting old, but we found that very hard to except. It seems like time has run out for us, we still hold on to our adventures spirit, but health & age have taken their toll! 2019 was a wake up call year for us. Developed a great love and respect for our south of the boarder neighbors, there is so much to see & do in Mexico, knowing we would never retrace our trip we have tried to see it all. We have had a great time seen and done things we only dreamed about.
The kids were raised on their own, it was now our time. It took a little over a year to finish our voyage preparation and sail under of the Golden Gate Bridge chasing a dream. That was our last sail, We sailed out of Todd Harbor, Bethel Island, California Delta to San Francisco Bay on December 7, 2007. Little did we know at the time our Golden Years Adventure "Dreams into Reality "had ended!
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