Following our retrieval of Tristan’s ashes from Dr. Raphael, we departed the next evening for
Los Muertos on the way to La Paz. We
left at 7:00 p.m. so that we could arrive in Los Muertos two mornings later. We sailed all night, all the next day, all that
night and arrived the next morning. It
was a nice uneventful passage, but a bit rolley. Not many encounters with other vessels. There
was just a sliver of a moon that didn’t come up until about 4:00 in the morning
both nights. This made for a very dark
passage. Thank goodness for radar! The sunsets and sunrises are my favorite part
of overnight passaging. Always
breathtaking! We saw turtles, lots of
dolphins and lots & lots of flying rays.
Very amazing!
Conditions at
Los Muertos were not too uncomfortable.
The swells were very mild and the weather was definitely
delightful. It had become quite humid on
the mainland and was much dryer here on the Baja. We slept a lot, relaxed and prepared to leave
the next morning at 0’dark-30 for La Paz.
We enjoyed
the trip up to La Paz with light and variable winds, no real current against us
and familiar territory. Marina Palmira
was our home for over a month last Nov./Dec. and is a very pleasant marina to
be in. Especially now that it is SO HOT during
the day!! (It cooled down to the low 60’s
virtually every night. – D) We have spent many an afternoon in the pool here at
the marina to cool off after a morning/afternoon of chores. (It was also a social time with the half
dozen or so other HA-Ha boats that had returned to La Paz like us. – D) It was
great to visit our friends at “The Shack”, Travis and Rosie. (Still the best hamburger anywhere, US
included. – D) (Lots of time spent trucking about town on one chore or another.
– D)
I have been
menu planning for provisions for a 1-month trek into the Sea of Cortez. There are not many places to provision up in
the sea, so you need to be sure you have all the essentials (and then
some). We had Lycra jellyfish suits made
so we don’t get stung by jellyfish this summer and I got some netting to put around
the cockpit so we don’t get bees, mosquitos, no seeums, wasps, flies etc. in
the boat and could possibly sleep in the cockpit when it is too hot to sleep
indoors.
We are
looking forward to getting out away from civilization again. PLEASE NOTE:
We will not be in much contact for a few weeks as there is limited
internet or cell phone coverage up there.
BUT – We will have GREAT pictures and stories of adventures following
this voyage into the sea. Stay tuned……
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