Adventures with S/V Milou

After visiting with friends in Utah, we spent time with my grammy and auntie in Arizona. It was good to see them, and if you read this I give you my hugs and kisses.  Finally, we reached the Mexican border, it was windy and cold. I thought now we have only 5 hours to go.  When we were only an hour away from San Carlos we stopped and ate sopa (soup) which was very peppery, but very good!  When we arrived in San Carlos we were really excited. Especially our driver who was swerving down the road from excitement, I worried we were going to get in a wreck. We went to the boat yard, it was hot and sandy. We had to go pick up a ladder so we could get on the boat. Climbing on the ladder was scary, it was high and I was worried I was going to fall. When I walked into the boat I thought to myself this is where I'm going to stay for six months with my parents. I'm going to die! I'm afraid something bad could happen, or I may lose my best friend, or miss my home. We have been

Kinesava We finally reached our friends house outside Zion National Park. Big shout out to Stephanie and Brad for letting us stay with them.

Me driving Milou Milou is french for the name of the dog "Snowy", in the comic books Tin Tin. But Milou in this case is a 1983 Beneteau First 38, a 40 foot sailboat. We spent three nights in Mexico looking at Milou and a nice day of sailing her. It was very fun when we sailed her and I really liked driving the boat. On the third night my parents came back from a drink with the owners of Milou, and told me they had bought the sailboat. I cried so hard and yelled "take it back, take it back, take it back". I felt a mixture of feelings, BUT not excitement. I was afraid of leaving home and of the unknown.