Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Adios Muertos, Hola La Paz
Today the weather was gorgeous, calm and warm. We had spent several days at Muertos, enjoyed the scenery, visited with Mary and Jack on Oriana, did some cleaning, and essentially, waited for weather to calm down so we would have an easy passage to La Paz. We motored :( all the way because of no wind and what little there was, was on the nose. Nonetheless we opted to come into Costa Baja Marina to check it out. We haven't been here in five years and were curious as to whether or not we'd consider leaving Damiana here instead of in Mazatlan for the summer. Well, first of all, the scenery on the way here was eye candy. We love the desert/water combination. The folks at the marina office gave us a warm "welcome back," and we just plain feel good being here. Of course, we intend to stay only as long as we need to do some shopping and then be on our way to the islands. We've rented a car for tomorrow. The marina office arranged it: someone will bring it to the parking lot here, come to our dock, we show them a driver's license, and when we return we just have to call the office and let them know that we're back. Rent for the day, including insurance, is $50 -- sure beats having to take a taxi into town, going through the exhaustive paperwork, etc. So tomorrow we'll have a chance to visit some of our favorite shopping spots and stop for a paleta.
