America is remembering the recent passing of astronaut Niel Armstrong with tonight’s blue moon. “The next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink,” the Armstrong family said.

Tonight’s blue moon isn’t as rare as it sounds since it happens every 2.7 years.  The term “blue moon” is something of a misnomer. There’s no reason for the full moon to be any bluer than usual. Instead, it has to do with the extra occurrence of a full moon in a given calendar cycle. Read all about it here.

Many American and Canadian cruisers go no further than our neighbor to the South, Mexico, for great cruising, diving, fishing, and living among a warm and welcoming population.

So many uninformed and fearful Americans dismiss Mexico as a destination and never learn about the great place that it really is. We’ve traveled (via automobile beach camping–not cruising) along Baja and mainland Mexico’s west coast and found the sites, towns, people, food…pretty much everything to be wonderful. For cruisers, besides all the great cruising-related stuff, another wonder of Mexico is their health care system–low cost and excellent service available to the Mexican people and foreigners alike. Here’s a link about Mexico’s success in putting in place a national healthcare program. And here’s another link to a great online source of info about Mexico–written by ex-pats who are there now: The Truth About Mexico