by Capts. Dave and Desiree
05/01/2009, Calabasas, California

After an evening of settling at Silver Gate Marina, we rented a car and took a road trip to Legoland. Ryan and Wesley have continued enjoying their passion of creating incredible models of legos. In fact, since our last crewmember Bill has departed, Ryan and Wesley have converted his cabin into their own "personal" Legoland. Whenever possible, they spend hours making innovative creations. With the real Legoland just forty miles north of us, we could not resist the opportunity to visit.

The first Legoland was built in Denmark in 1968, the native country where the master, Ole Kirk Christiansen, first designed and produced the toy. The Legoland in Calabasas was built in 1999, and we figured the first time we came as a family was probably in 2000. Every time we have visited, we ALL have had a marvelous time.

The models throughout the park are incredible. The photo above is from an area representing a cross-section of America. We could not resist standing by the lego masterpiece representing the Santa Barbara mission. In a sense, it was our closest encounter yet to Ventura.

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by Capts. Dave and Desiree
04/30/2009, Silver Gate Marina, San Diego

After checking in through customs that morning, Dave did a magnificent job "shoe horning" the Gone Native on to the dock. They were not use to having catamarans in their marina, but the wind being calm allowed us to dock the boat readily. Silver Gate has reciprocity with the Ventura Yacht Club, and the people here have been kind and those walking the docks have been curious and interested in our adventure. We are enjoying our few days here, and it only makes us more excited for our anticipated arrival to our hometown and the Ventura Yacht Club.

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By Capts. Dave and Desiree
04/29/2009, Ensenada, Mexico

We arrived to Mexico in the wee hours of March 29th, and thirty days later we pulled in to our final destination in Mexico, Ensenada. As we were approaching the harbor, we encountered the largest flag in Mexico. It was waving proudly in the sea breeze. We enjoyed the few days on shore and at anchorage in Mexico, realizing we had not allowed enough time to see this land, but one thing we have learned on this trip, is one can not see it all.
But the flavors and the people we did experience were memorable, and in another future time, a place we can readily revisit.

To see our recorded monumental moment crossing of the United States/Mexico border read on......


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