update....it's about time!

Wow a lot has happened since the last posting I made on here.
We left Cabo San Lucas on the 8th of June for our 850 mile "bash" up the outside of the Baja. We had originally planned on leaving with better weather window since the 850 miles is notoriously a difficult uphill climb but with hurricane Adrian (the first hurricane of the season) predicted to track into the Sea of Cortez we decided to leave Cabo early and get as far from the track of the hurricane as possible. The "Baja Bash" lived up to it's name. It took us 8 days to get into San Diego after leaving Cabo which includes 2 nights that we spent on anchor at Bahia Santa Maria. We pulled into Turtle Bay to re-fuel and killed approximately 12 hours there before making a straight shot into the police docks in San Diego. It is really hard to describe what a difficult trip this was other than to say it was the most uncomfortable 8 days I have ever spent but in the end the sense of accomplishment was well worth the discomfort.
After spending about a month in San Diego licking our wounds, doing repairs on the boat (part of the staysail furler broke from all the pounding in big seas) and reconnecting with family and friends we started to make plans to make another 450 mile passage up to the San Francisco Bay area.
We were able to find a friend from Fiddler's Cove to help bring the boat up from San Diego to San Francisco which allowed Amanda and I to drive her car up. It took 60 hours from the time the boat left Fiddler's Cove marina to pass under the Golden Gate Bridge. From what I understand the seas where flat and they were able to motor at 7-8 knots for most of the trip. What a treat to get such a great weather window for this uphill leg.
As of today we are located in Redwood City which is considered the peninsula area of San Francisco Bay. We are staying at a great little marina by the name of Pete's Harbor which is very boater friendly and centrally located to everything (what a difference over Mexico). The weather here in Redwood City is amazing (I think it may actually be better than San Diego)and we are very happy to be here rather than spend another HOT summer in the tropics. Amanda will be going to school while we are in the bay area and we will be spending time exploring the area and planning future trips.