Geography envy...

 ... is the itch you can't scratch.

Our friends from Key West, collectively "conchscooter", are newly retired and free to roam as the mood strikes. They left the Benson area on the eve of the new year. They crossed the border at Naco, AZ/Naco, MEX and headed straight to the parking lot of a Sonoran winery for the night (!). Then they were off to the north end of the Sea of Cortez.

But that area of the gulf of Baja is seriously cold so there was no chance for a swim in warm water. That forced a migration south till they finally found coastal water where they could swim without calling it a Polar Bear Party!

So here they are in the south-of-the-border-Margaritaville enjoying the comfort of warm 90°F days and who knows how warm Pacific ocean water... about 1200 miles south of the border.

Benson, AZ to Tenacatita, Jalisco, Mexico- 1,226 miles according to Google








Yeah... a margarita. Jimmy Buffett would approve!

The margarita & food were delivered to them on the beach- some ordered by phone, some ordered from a vendor, but all of it delivered direct to them at their van parked on the beach.

Life is tough, but somebody has to do it! 😎

If you feel a little 'geography envy' too, checkout their blog on conchscooter.blogspot.com on Blogspot. About 20 years of life in the lower keys now re-directed toward life on the road in their converted 21' Promaster van. In the fashion of those that travel by small sailboat (they cruised Mexico in their 33' Gemini catamaran in the late '90s), the van got a name: Gannet 2, Key West. And therein lies another story you can read about in their blog.



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