11/07/2009, It was a glorious feast!
Some might ask, why all the bandwidth dedicated to a hot dog cart and earlier a taco cart on what should be a sailing and cruising Blog? The answer is simple; cruising is as much about eating your way through the country you are visiting as it is about sailing. In fact, take away my sails and I'll still cruise happily along, but take away the fabulous and cheap local foods and I'd end this cruise immediately....for what fun would it be?
It's a Family Biz with Mom taking the money and the sons doing the cooking, Dad was off tonight.
Toppings include:Sauteed onions, roasted pepper, cheese wiz (ya I know, but it's Great!), onions, Tomatoes, mustard and Mayo
The Girls enjoying the Feast
Jason with Extra Cheese Wiz!
You will notice that there are no photos of the Admiral stuffing hot dogs into her mouth, after all, I'm not stupid, just crazy!
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11/06/2009, which means last day of real internet!
Today is our last day in Santa Rosilia and for our good-bye dinner, the crews of THIRD DAY and Windfall will do our best to clean out the Hot Dog stand. Since arriving several days ago, we have exhibited a great deal of self control and haven't yet had a famous bacon wrapped hot dog, which by the way is Illegal in Los Angeles, California. Could it be that the people in Mexico care more about a great tasting bacon wrapped hot dog than they do about food safety? Or is it just another small example of how Big Brother has gone out of control back in the US of A? I think most of you know the answer and I'll throw back a bacon wrapped hot dog this evening as a form of social protest to an over-zealous Los Angles County health department that only lists two approved ways to serve a hot dog: Boiled and Steamed. I'm sure there is some type of Mexican equivalent to the Health Department back in the States, but I have failed to see a placard hanging on a Mexican street vendor cart ranking the facility with a letter grade of "A", "B" or "C"; however, somehow, after a full year of cruising Mexico, we are still alive.
In fact, we are still alive despite all of the negative impressions many people have of Mexico, from swine flue, pirate attacks, corrupt officials, and roving gangs of drug lords. Sure Mexico has all of the above, just the same as Chicago, Los Angeles, Washing DC and even Bakersfield, but is a mugging or pirate attack the first thing you think about when someone tells you they are taking a trip to Florida? Not likely. A great deal of this worry may originate form the language barrier, but this also isn't as bad as one might expect. We know a fair amount of conversational Spanish, yet we run into cruisers every day that can barely say Taco and are still able to get by in Mexico, where many of the local residents that interact with the cruiser community have some limited English capabilities.
We will take a few photos of the hot dog stand and update them to this blog post after dinner, that is, if we survive the meal outlawed back in the land of the free.
In the morning we will be leaving Santa Rosilia and making the 27nm trip to Punta Chivato. The temperature in Santa Rosilia this time a year is much more tolerable than when we were here last August, but it's still warmer than the surrounding areas. The area has also recovered quickly from the devastation of hurricane Jimena. With people still living in FEMA trailers back in New Orleans, the recovery effort here almost looks like a miracle, but it simply a testament to the hard working nature of the Mexican people, who don't have a history of looking to the Government for help, but rather to themselves and their community. The people of Santa Rosilia should be rightly proud of their accomplishments post Jimena, with the freedom to eat bacon wrapped hot dogs as just icing on the cake!
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11/05/2009, Finally
It's been quite a long time in the making, but our first DVD Production is now ready for sale, having just received word from the publisher that the completed DVD have been mailed this morning.
A Cruisers Christmas is a compilation of the best sunrise, sunset and anchorage video and photos taken during our last year of cruising Mexico and set to classic Christmas music instrumentals. This isn't a fast pace action thriller, however, if you would like to pop in a 50 minute DVD during the holiday season and listen to relaxing Christmas music while images of what the cruising lifestyle is all about fill your big screen T.V., then A Cruisers Christmas is for you.
The cost including USPS standard shipping is $23, with the proceeds going to help the crew of THIRD DAY keep their cruising kitty in the black. Ordering is simple, by making a $23 payment to the following PayPal account: CharleeMP@aol.com If you don't a PayPal account (really...yikes), just send me an email and we will do it the old fashon way, with a check.
Fair winds and Flowing Seas.
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