When we embarked on this voyage, we knew we would be off the
grid much of the time--but we didn't expect it to be almost all the time! I was
planning to get online at every major port, but it turns out that wifi in Mexico can be
very hard to find. Even the major marinas, all of which advertise wifi access,
have undependable connections. So I send my deepest apologies to those of you
who may have been expecting emails, updates, etc.; it simply has not been
possible.
In Cabo San Lucas I chose to use my extremely limited online access
for blog posting, since it's a way to reach more people at once. Hopefully it's
like sending postcards to all of you! In La
Paz I managed to get wifi a little more often, so I
caught up on some emails and overdue business.
Bottom line: YES, please do go
ahead and send an email if you wish; we love hearing from you!
(nancielinnshaw@gmail.com)--but please don't be surprised or disappointed when
it seems to take forever to get a reply.
We also heard from several people that tracking us on the Vesselfinder
website stopped working in November, probably when we were no longer in US
waters. It is still possible to find our location on a different site:
www.marinetraffic.com. Just click on the
Vessel tab, type in our MMSI number (367525340), and our boat will pop up. Do
not type the vessel name in the box, just the MMSI. (There is a subscription
service you can sign up for--one free level, then others for a fee--but you
don't have to do that. The vessel tab on their home page then the MMSI number
are all you need.) Hope this helps! It's fun for us to imagine being
stalked--er, tracked--as we ply the seas...
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