This blog is a handy way of letting family and friends know where we are and what we are doing while aboard our sailboat. Luckily we can send messages via a slow radio transmission. The first post is from California, as we work and get ready to return to Damiana.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Agua Verde
After spending our first night at Isla San Francisco, we ventured north. Seas the first day out of La Paz were very lumpy so we thought we might give up and either return to La Paz or stay close enough so Len and Norma could take a bus up to Loreto. However, when we took off, the seas were much more comfortable -- even though the wind velocity was as much as 15 kts on the nose. We motored all the way up to Agua Verde, 50 miles, and dropped anchor in 10 feet of beautiful aqua water. Today we accomplished quite a few things. Roy, Len and Norma took a dinghy ride to town, Norma cleaned our plastic windows and the decks. Roy, Len and Norma worked on marking our halyards for the reef points. At one point Roy said it was quite nice to just sit out in the cockpit and watch the air. We all got a big laugh out of this. Marlene cooked three meals and baked brownies. So, all in all, we had a productive day. We head up to Puerto Escondido tomorrow, expecting to go into Loreto for a walk, dinner and a little provisioning.