I
woke Danny and Laura up at the crack of 0730 and we headed into town for our
final 45 peso breakfast at Olympia Cafe...it was windy but warm and we know the
streets well enough now to take the back streets and get out of the wind of the
malecon. We gave Veronica a double tip
today but didn't make a big deal about leaving but I think she'd figured it out
because she brought us toast and tortillas!
On
the way back to the boat we picked up a week's supply of produce at Arumboro's
for about $5 (65 pesos)...food prices here are insane and the produce is
excellent...
I
had gotten up at 0600 and gotten most of the boat prep done and taken a shower
so when we got back to the marina at 1000 all we had to do was check out. Laura had a hassle trying to get a refund on
her Baja Ferry ticket but in the end we said screw it and we'll deal with it in
Mazatlan...by 1200 we were underway and blasting out of the channel on the ebb.
La
Pas channel is not dredged...it's a natural phenomenon created like the passes
in the reefs of French Polynesia...the north winds drive the water over the
Magote reef and the escaping water digs out the channel...very cool. So while we were going 4.5 knots through the
water into a 18 knot breeze right on the nose, we were going over 6.5 knots
over the ground...
We
stopped at 1430 at Bahia Balandra...the same anchorage we stopped at with Jose
on the way into La Paz the day after he broke his leg...you may recall that we
had to bail from this anchorage at 0300 because we got hit with a Coromuel (a
west wind of about 30+ knots) and several of the boats around us started to
drag...I sucked for Joe because he was in some serious pain and we were
bouncing around pretty well.
The
bay is beautiful and well protected from all but the west winds so we're hoping
we don't get bitten by the Coromuel bug again.
Danny
and Laura are getting ready to swim into the beach...we're still rocking and
rolling to the remnants of the big Norther that blew through all last week but
the winds are down to the low teens and the sun is warm...and they're in their
early 20's! My program is to drink a
Pacifico light and read my Kindle!
We'll
head out at first light tomorrow and head south to Los Muertos where we plan to
spend a couple of days before heading across the Sea for Mazatlan...
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