THE BEST PLAN IS A FLEXIBLE PLAN

After a month at Marina Coral in Baja, enjoying the people, the setting, the wine country, and getting Scrimshaw spruced up at Baja Naval Boatyard, we asked ourselves a hard question. Did we really want to load our boat onboard a cargo ship destined to the Salish Sea?  We had dreamed about it for 2 or 3 years years, and even put down a sizable deposit for her passage north. Our brief stay in Mexico, helped us to reaffirm our priorities. Baja is in our blood. We love to swim in the warm ocean. We love San Diego. We love our Sierra ties. Darrell loves selling yachts. AND, San Diego is a lot closer to our cherished grandson, Jack.

Our sweetest boy. 

And, our number one reason to stay in California.
Fifth generation Erickson.

A 6-hour drive to enjoy life's simple pleasures

beats a 2-3 day drive from Washington to the Central Coast.

So here we are. It was a good decision. Everything we were looking for, was always right in front of us. A cozy home in the Sierra, a trawler that travels comfortably to Catalina or Mexico, and our boy Jack close by.  California offers us more than we'll ever need.

Morro Bay, our home port, where Darrell and I met 22 years ago.

 Lush landscape and yards of wild flowers bloom.

We keep our Catalina 22, Viva Yo, nearby.

Jack will learn to sail on her, just as I did.

I find peace working in my Sierra garden.

There was plenty of cleaning up to do after heavy winter snows.

From the meadows in the Sierra,

to the California Coast, we have found our happy spot.

 Our gal at anchor.
And, what we searched for, was always in front of us.

Happy Us.