Chip & Debbie Willis on s\v Elegant'sea

Picked up an order from Downwind Marine - stak pack clips and deck puls - 2016

Middle of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico House sitting in San Marcos,Ca.

The SS clips will be holding up our stack pack

instead of the old bronze ones we have.

New shoes for Chip in the USA - 2016

Middle of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico.
House sitting in San Marcos.ca.

Crocs size 11 M.

Oceanside pier and beach walk taking the Sprinter from San Marcos - 2016

Beginning of September 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

The "Sprinter Station" in San Marcos.

San Marcos house sitting by way of Carlsbad beach - 2016

End of August 2016 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

Getting towards "Glass-off-Time" so it was cool!

My hip surgery incision, went through the front! - 2016

End of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

The day we left our house sit in Chatsworth, California we stopped by my surgeon's (Dr Hernandez) office and saw Phu Phan (his Physician’s assistant) who checked out my hip. I was ready to suck it up for staple removal but when he removed the bandage he said they would just melt away, the stitches...no staples. Everything is good and now I can be done with the sponge baths! It is now just a matter of time till I am back to walking normally!
Got this done at the Southern California Orthopedic Institute. This is supported by the VA (Veterans Affairs ) "Choice Program".

Chatsworth house sit is over...now on to San Marcos - San Diego area - 2016

End of August 2016 - s\v Elegant'sea is currently tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

Cali Cuts

While we were in Chatsworth ,California I got my new hip (major surgery) and did my post-op and got a clip at Cali Cuts! What 18 days in Chatsworth can do for a body!

Hip post-op walk, or limp around - 2016

Middle of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

House sitting in Chatsworth CA.

Here it is - the infamous “post-op walk”. Yes, I am limping but that is because my right leg still hurts, not because it is short. Besides, I may be trained to limp after 3 years needing a hip replacement.

Hip surgery: Done-got the darn hip! - 2016

Middle of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico I had nice private room in the Dignity Health Northridge Medical Center Hospital.

They had me up and walking several hours after the actual surgery.

Hip surgery - prepped and ready! - 2016

Middle of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

Gotta like the socks 😀

House sitting in Beaumont CA - 12 chicken, 2 dogs, 3 cats and turtles! - 2016

Beginning of June 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, MexicoHouse sitting in Beaumont CA..

Not the house, old train station.

Honda 9.9 hp outboard impeller change video

End of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlan, Mexico

Here is another video on our Honda 9.9 hp outboard engine.
We try to keep all our maintance information on the blog for later use. We also keep it on a hard drive so we have a couple of places to access it. We have never replaced the impeller yet and a hoping to purchase a kit and some more spare spark plus soon. We will replace the spark plugs this winter before we set out cruising..

Honda 9.9 hp 4 Stroke impeller change

House sitting in Brea CA , 3 cats, 2 chickens! - 2016

End of August 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

Brea, CA has a nice down town area.

Our stay in Castaic,CA is over - off to Brea, California for house sitting - 2016

Middle of July 2016 - Tied up in Marina Mazatlán, Mexico

We stayed at Debbie's sisters house in Castaic Junction, California.

We left here on July 13,2016.
This was not house sitting but it gave us time to set up the house sitting gigs while in the States. Our original house sitting gig in AZ for 6 months fell apart at the last minute. Thank you, Melissa and Rene for letting us stay here with you!