Our son, Chase joined us to explore for a week in LaPaz. We experienced the “Carnival” excitement, booths, parades and just people watching. We stocked up at the fresh fruit and vegetable market that operates on Tuesdays and Saturdays downtown. On Tuesday morning we cast off our dock lines and headed out to Espiritu Santo, …
On Friday, February 9, we awoke early excited to finally be entering the city of LaPaz. Our early departure plans were delayed due to a rain storm that passed through. We were also eager to be away from a charter sailboat that had arrived at almost sunset the previous night and anchored right in front …
On February 6, 2018, we left our secure anchorage at Muertos at sunrise. Today we would transit through two channels to get into the La Paz area and another anchorage. We had read reports of these areas being challenging due to wind, currents, commercial traffic, etc. OK….we were ready! The day was beautiful! We started …
The sun came up at Frailes, but so did the wind. We knew that we wouldn’t be doing any snorkeling, so off we went to our next anchorage….Los Muertos. As we were leaving our anchorage we saw something jumping off our port bow. It was black and white and about a foot or two across…..what? …
Headed out of Los Cabos toward Los Frailes on Feb 2, 9:20 a.m. Our friends Tony and Lynn aboard Mamala grab our lines and help us out. Thank goodness for such a supportive boating community! This should be a short run…..28 miles. This anchorage is the last stop before rounding the Baja peninsula. It is …
We returned to Slow Dancer, who was intact except for the two weeks worth of Cormorant, Falcon and Osprey poo that covered her decks! Two baths later, we were back to normal. We spent our last few days exploring Old Town Los Cabos as well as driving a little Nissan “March ” rental car to …