Monday, December 5, 2011

A Whole Bunch of Stuff!

The one thing we’ve learned now, about cruising, and the internet is, the two sometimes are completely foreign to one another.  Since Nov. 15th we’ve basically been without internet, at least the kind of internet needed to update one’s blog.  So, be warned…the following is a large sum of words, (and photographs) put together to describe the events that took place over the past two weeks.  Happy reading!

Almost Mag Bay – Thurs. Nov. 17th

After leaving Turtle Bay around noon on the 16th, we had a pretty nice sail most of the day and into the night.  Early Thurs morning, we still had some pretty good wind, but it had tapered off some, down to about 6-7 knots or so.  We were still doing around 4-5 knots, but around noon, the wind just totally died….and I mean died!  Dead calm, we call it in the sailing community.  Seeing that we only had sails to keep us moving, this was definitely not the most exciting thing to have happen.  The calm lasted a good 4-5 hours, unfortunately.  We tried everything to get some wind, to no avail.  Neil did, however, try once again to get the filters bled, but alas, that also came up nil.  Finally around 5 pm we started to get some wind, and we were off once again.  The problem now was, would we make it to Mag Bay before the storm was supposed to hit on Saturday?  The calm had put us at least 25 miles behind schedule, and when added to the fact that we were really far out from shore, we were at least a good 50-60 miles from land.  After much discussion, we decided to go ahead and head straight in toward land, to what showed on the charts, as “San Juanico” or “Punta Pequena”  This would still leave us about 85 miles from Mag Bay, but with our engine not running, and the wind being pretty unpredictable, we were running out of options if we wanted to beat the storm…and I sure as heck didn’t want to be 60 miles out from shore in a 30-40 knot blow, as the weather was predicting.  So…no Mag Bay for us on Friday, but I had a really good feeling about this, and something just kept telling me, that this was the best decision for us.  Thank goodness my hubby is patient with me and my whim’s.  We had a long, but fairly uneventful sail into the night, all things considered.
The very beginning of the storm that would soon come

San Juanico – Fri. Nov. 18th

When we arrived at the mouth of Punta Peqena Bay at San Juanico, we were greeted by two beautiful whales, not more than 100 feet from our boat, it was breathtaking!


Then, almost as soon as we set anchor at around 9 am, we were approached by a speeding panga (fishing boat) with three men inside.  They immediately began smiling, and welcoming us, and quickly asked if we were interested in lobster, to trade for maybe some candy or T-shirts.  Wow! We both were so tired, but so hungry at the time, that we went ahead and made the deal, we even had both candy AND T-shirts to trade.  They handed us two beautiful lobsters, still fighting, and off the fishermen went, to shore.  Right then and there Neil cut off the heads, and started the grill, for our lobster feast.  It was super yummy!

Now that we were fed, we decided to kayak into shore, so we could see what the town was like.  It looked pretty nice from the anchorage, and though sleep was calling our name, we just had to check it out.

There were several really large, kind of American or resort looking homes at the top of the hill on the left hand side, then you had the little village homes on the right.  Funny story…Neil and I walked up to a very large, garage sort of looking building, that was surrounded by a fence.  Two of the large garage doors were wide open, and we could see hundreds of photos attached to the inside of the doors, it kind of looked like it was a surf board, etc. rental shop.  At any rate, we walked through the gate, and then walked right into the two open doors, only to discover two people setting at the bar, of a private home!?!  Woops!  We had walked right into some gentleman’s living room…lol.  He said it happens all the time.  We all laughed about that pretty good.  He told us where we could go to possibly find a diesel mechanic, and also for groceries and stuff.  He and his friend were really nice. 

Liahona at anchor in San Juanico


The guys house, we just walked into. See the doors? They were covered in photos, so it was an honest mistake...LOL

We walked around, a little bit more, and found this cute little restaurant, and decided to eat some tacos real quick before heading back to the boat to get some sleep.  The food turned out to be pretty darn good, and they had an internet café, so I was able to at least send out a couple of emails, and check the weather, although using their internet was expensive, it was worth it. 
The little restaurant


Saturday, Nov. 19th

This morning we were greeted once again, by our same fishermen; Juan Luis, Edgar, and Antonio. This time they wanted to know if we needed anything, and since we just happened to be heading back into town on the kayak, we had them taxi us in their panga instead.  This was great fun, as we were privy to part of the lobster fisherman’s routine.  They were just heading in to deposit their morning’s catch, and prepare for the next day.  It was so cool to watch them work, they have such a rhythm and flow to it, you can tell they’ve been doing it for years. 





Juan was so kind, as to offer to take us around town, to find someone who could help us with our engine troubles.  He knew a couple of people who were good “mechanico de diesel” (diesel mechanics) It just so happens, shortly after we headed into town, he ran in to one of them.  Erik, but all the locals call him “Kike” pronounced (kee-kay).  After visiting for a bit, we headed off, to do our shopping, Erik was going to meet us at our boat at 3 pm, so that gave us enough time to get our shopping done.  We needed a little fresh produce, and some laundry soap. 

To make a long story short, Erik came to the boat, and quickly determined that our lines were clogged.  So he got right to work, and within an hour, he and Neil had it fixed, WAHOO!!!  The engine was purring like a kitten, once again!  It only cost us $20 and a 8 pack of beer too. (in Mexico, their beer comes in an 8 pack, instead of the American 6 pack)

It was such a welcome thing to have the engine working again, we were so thrilled!  I’m really glad we decided to turn the other way, and head here…glad I listened to that little voice, and I’m glad my hubby listened to me J  It worked out great.

So, San Juanico is a surfing bay, and in fact, a famous one.  Scorpion Bay they call it, and it’s famous in all the surfing world.  They had huge posters of the waves, when the surf’s up, and it’s amazing.  They have 7 different points to surf from, and they start from beginner, all the way to professional.  San Juanico was a great stop, and we’re really glad we got to see it, and for the wonderful people we met, and most of all, for the great help they were to us.  Off to Mag Bay tomorrow!
Just something fun: The pelicans each night, would fly in this formation as they came into the bay.
They're flying just above the water, it was really cool to watch.


Sailing to Mag Bay – Sun. Nov. 20th , Mon. Nov. 21st
We took off just after dawn, and headed into the sunrise.  It was a beautiful day, and the wind was good, for at least most of the day.  During the evening, the wind kicked up quite a bit, but not too bad.  The auto pilot was working well, and we were having a great time.  We knew it was going to take us until tomorrow morning to get to Mag Bay, so we just settled in to our normal sailing shifts.  We each take four different 3 hour shifts each day.  Neil does the 6am – 9am, 12pm – 3pm, 6pm – 9pm, and the midnight to 3am shifts.  I do the 3am – 6 am, 9am – 12 pm, 3pm – 6pm, and the 9pm – to midnight.

This system works out pretty well, although I must admit, it’s really hard to fall asleep sometimes, and we end up only getting about 1- 1 ½ hours of sleep on our off time…but hey, it’s the sailing life!

Around 10pm, during my shift, just after Neil went to bed, the wind started to really pick up, A LOT!

The autopilot wasn’t working, because in heavy winds, with following seas, that’s just normal.  So, I began to hand steer, which wasn’t too bad for the first hour, but man!  Who turned up this wind??!!

It started to really blow!  I was having a very difficult time holding the wheel, sometimes.  We were getting gusts probably upwards of 40-45 knots, off and on, and the waves began to come at me from all sides!  Fortunately we had already reefed the main, and the jib sail, but I was still having a pretty hard time keeping control of the boat, but I really wanted Neil to be able to sleep, so I hung in there.  Only 1 more hour to go!  Once Neil came up for his shift, we both had to figure out what to do with the sails, so we took in the jib, completely, which helped some, although Neil would still have to hand steer for sure.  I went ahead and went to bed, but sleep would not be had, it was really rough out there.  It pretty much went like this for all of Neil’s shift, and then again for my next one.  By the end of my 3-6am shift, just as Neil came up to take over, I had said…”man, it’s so rough out here, do you think we should go ahead and take the main down completely?” Just as I said that, a huge wave crashed into us, and knocked the boom over into an accidental jibe, and all of a sudden….pop,pop,pop,pop,pop!!! We had blown the main.  We wouldn’t be able to assess how bad it was until daylight, but that would come soon, so we took down the main as quickly as we could. We were already pretty much at the mouth of the bay, so I just stayed up to help Neil for when it was time to anchor.  The seas were so choppy, and the wind was still pretty ferocious, and now coming right at us, as we were heading inside.  Just outside the mouth of the bay, we came upon a pod of dolphins.  It was a nice little visit.




We finally arrived at Man o War cove, and found our other friends there, Teri & Ed, Dave & LeAnn, and a couple others.  That was a fun surprise, we figured they would have taken off already, but it was a welcome sight.  We anchored up, and then took a look at the sail.  We had popped out 5 slugs from the mast…bummer!  Now we’ll have to sail without a main until we get to La Paz, or maybe Cabo, where we can replace them.  Fortunately the sail didn’t rip or tear though, just the little slugs broke, so that was a HUGE blessing!

We tried to take a nap, shortly after we arrived, but sleep was not to be had.  So, we went and hung out with our friends, on the beach.  The water was so choppy anyway, so land was much better than sitting on the boat.  There was this little cantina right on the beach with a bunch of tables and chairs, and plenty of shade.  It was great getting to catch up with our cruising friends, and see what adventures they had all had.  Day 1 on Mag Bay was mui bueno!
The whole town of Mag Bay

A close up

Each of our boats at anchor...all in a nice little row.

Tues. Nov. 22nd

After a really, really good night’s sleep, we woke to sunny skies, and flat, calm water.  It was great! We decided to clean up a little bit, inside and out, then we headed over to the beach with Teri and Ed, and we all kind of sat around, and played games at the cantina. .  I learned how to play cribbage (spelling?) and then we played Mexican train. I also got a much needed hair cut.  My hair was just too dang long for the cruising life.  When you’re constantly thinking about water conservation, and you have the thickest hair known to man…it just doesn’t mix…so “off with the hair!!” Lynn and Teri did a good job, they make a great team. We also met some new cruiser friends, Kevin and Bonnie on “Kist”.  We women decided that we should do a Thanksgiving feast since, due to weather, we would all be stuck until at least Friday or Saturday.  So we made plans for tomorrow to go shopping in Constitucion, via San Carlos.  It would require a Panga ride.  Oh!  We also met another couple, Lynn and Pat on “Cricket”.  They too were going to head into town with us tomorrow.
Before

After the first chop...worst picture ever of me though...ugh! LOL



Totally needs to be styled still, but it's off!!


Wed. Nov. 23rd, Shopping Day

Antonio, the panga driver was due to pick us up at 10 am this morning, although, he didn’t show up until around noon.  Teri and I played farkle on my boat, while we waited. Once Antonio arrived we headed off to San Carlos, which is about a 30 minute panga ride.

Those of us cruisers that chose to go to town, were Teri, LeAnn, Lynn & Pat, and myself.  I decided to bring my ice chest, so we could cart some ice back with us, as well as a nice place to put the turkey.  The 30 minute panga ride went pretty fast, so when we arrived at the beach area where they would pull the panga out of the water, we all sat there patiently as they (Antonio and his helper) prepared to trailer the boat. We figured they would tell us when we were supposed to get out of the boat, because when we tried to get out and jump onto the beach, he said…”no, no, sit”  So, we sat and waited.  Once the boat was on the trailer, we assumed they would have us get out so they could pull it up onto the shore, but nope…we were wrong…they just drove it right up the beach, with us still in the boat.  Cool, okay so now that we had the boat on shore, we were ready to jump out and Antonio once again said…”no, sit”  Okay…so we sat, and we began heading into San Carlos on the dirt roads in a boat, that was trailered to the back of a truck!  Ha ha!!  This was a sight to behold…a bunch of gringos riding in the back of a trailered boat!  Our little “land boat ride” lasted for about 5 minutes or so, before we stopped and Antonio told us is was now okay to get out of the boat.  Once we unhitched the boat, we were then asked to hop in the truck.  Two people up front, and three in the back…the VERY back.  LOL  This day is getting better and better, hee hee.  So Teri, LeAnn and I hopped in the back of the truck, ready for our trip to Constitucion.  Antonio also loaded the back of the truck with 4 very large diesel barrels that needed to be filled when we got to town.  It was a little cramped, but not too bad.  Now that we were loaded, and ready to go, we took off.  We laughed and explained to Antonio, that in the U.S., riding in the back of a pickup truck was no longer legal, and that this was quite an adventure for us.  He didn’t seem to understand how that was possible? 

At any rate, once underway, Teri, LeAnn and I were enjoying the sights and scenery.  Once in a while another car would pass by, and they would look at us briefly, then do a serious double take!  Gringa’s in the back of a truck??!!  What is this world coming to??  Ha ha  It was really funny to see the looks on their faces, when they saw us. 

After about 30 minutes, we were wondering how we couldn’t be there already, since it was supposed to be only another 10 kilometers?  It ended up being another 60 kilometers!  So funny! 

Once we arrived, we had several chores to do for each of us, and Antonio was so nice to taxi us around to get it all done.  We stopped at the auto parts store for Pat & Lynn, Tel Cel for me, the bank for everyone, and finally the supermarket to get the fixin’s for our Thanksgiving feast.  We arrived in Constitucion around 2 pm, so by the time we finished our shopping, it was now almost 6 pm, and dark. We weren’t quite sure how we were going to fit in the back of the truck now, with all our groceries?  We did it, but I don’t actually know HOW we did it??  It was quite a puzzle. And it was a wee bit cold on the way back, since it was dark.  Teri, myself, and Pat rode in the back on the way home, poor Pat, his legs were much longer than ours, so he was a more squished than us girls.  What an adventure!!  By the time we got back to the panga, it was around 7:30, then we loaded onto the panga, and rode in the very eerie dark, all the way back to our boats.  It was a little creepy, but Antonio was an amazing driver and got us all home safe and sound by just after 8 pm.  Our husbands were just a bit worried about us, but we had no way of contacting them to let them know we were okay, and that we’d be back after dark, so they were quite relieved to see us.  Whew!  I was exhausted after this day, but what a FUNtastic adventure, I hope you enjoy the photos!
Taking off in the panga

getting ready to be hoisted onto the beach


A pretty little place along the way

riding in a panga, along a dirt road, hitched to the back of a truck...I LIVE FOR ADVENTURE!! Ha ha

El Capitan Antonio

3 Gringa's in a pickup truck

Thurs. Nov. 24th Happy Thanksgiving!

The morning started off a little slow for me, but once I got going it was fine.  Neil and I got right to work with getting ready for our little feast.  I was actually starting to get a little worried that we wouldn’t have quite enough food, because we ended up having several cruisers come into the bay, due to weather outside.  But, that didn’t stop us from cooking up a storm. I made fresh crescent rolls, the garlic mashed potatoes, and gravy, and also the turkey.  The good news about the turkey is that it was already cooked.  The only turkey the supermarket had, was a smoked one, which turned out to be delicious!

We started our feast at 4 o clock, at the little cantina.  We had invited the owner of the cantina and his family to join us, and they were so happy to have been invited.  Jose (the dad) just LOVED the rolls and the potatoes.  He kept telling me over and over, how much he loved the “pan”.  All the food was delicious! Teri had made the stuffing, and the pumpkin pie, LeAnn brought some veggies and cookies, and Lynn brought a really good salad.  There was so much food, plenty for everyone, and then some. I don’t know how I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough?  Ha ha   We all had such a great time, and though we were all missing our families terribly, it helped to be able to spend the holiday together, with our new cruising family.  It was a great day!!



Jose and his wife, the cantina owners


The whole gang
Top row, from left ot right: Teri & Ed, Lynn & Pat
Bottom row: LeAnn & David, Neil and Me

Nov. 25-27th

Friday

Today was another beautiful day in Mag Bay.  We all spent a little time on our own boats, before making our way over to shore.  We played some more games, and then later in the afternoon, we ended up having dinner at a lady’s house/restaurant.  One of our cruiser friend’s, Kalel, told us that there was a lady who would cook you food, but you just had to order, whatever she had available. So we all found her up around the bend, not too far from the cantina (which, by the way, the reason we needed to find somewhere else, was because the cantina owners were going to be gone until Sunday) Anyway, we got there, and she offered us a choice of tortas carne, or carne tacos.  Neil and I got the BBQ tortas, and they were delicious!  Just a few pesos too.  We had a great time, and had a really nice view of the bay and our boats as well.  

Delicious Torta!

Beautiful view behind us

Saturday & Sunday

We spent these two days just hanging around on the beach, and getting ready to take off for Cabo.  The plan was to leave early, early Monday morning.  Neil and I would be sailing off with just the head sail, as we were unsuccessful in getting the cars/slugs for our main sail.  No problem though, we had an engine this time, and with following seas, that’s actually a good way to sail anyway.  We enjoyed Mag Bay, but since the internet was practically non existent here, we were all pretty happy to be moving on.  The only sad thing about moving on, was that LeAnn & David, and Pat & Lynn, would have to stay behind, because of boat repairs needed.  Dave and LeAnn had to sail over to San Carlos to get theirs done, because they needed to pull it out of the water.  Pat and Lynn stayed in Mag Bay, while they waited for their part to come in.  Hopefully they will all catch up while we’re in Cabo.

Mon. Nov. 28th

We left early this morning with Ed & Teri on “Sea Moore.”  It was an unbelievably beautiful sunrise this morning! The water was almost like glass. 


Once we were out of the bay, we happily discovered that the wind was pretty darn near perfect, for our sail to Cabo.  Things were definitely looking good.  We had a lovely sail throughout the day and into the evening.  We were able to talk back and forth thru VHF to Sea Moore, off and on, and sometimes even yell from boat to boat.  We pretty much stayed about 100 yards from one another during the day, but once night began to fall, we separated to about 1 mile apart, a much safer distance for night time travel.  The wind had died down earlier in the afternoon, but was beginning to pick up a bit now that it was dark.  Par for the course here in Mexico, we’ve learned.  Not too much though, so we were able to sail with our auto pilot going the whole way, which was very nice.  This way during our night watch’s we could read, exercise, make snacks and bathroom breaks, etc.  It was super nice for a change, to finally have everything working at the same time.  (with the exception of the main sail…but hey…you can’t have everything, right?)

By morning, even though it was a pretty uneventful sail thru the night, Neil and I were exhausted.  Neither one of us slept very well at all during the night.  It’s so hard to fall asleep quickly after you get done with a watch, especially when you only have three hours to sleep, in between shifts.  You tell your brain to hurry and shut down, so you can get at least a couple of hours, and usually all it does, is make not being able to fall asleep even worse!  It’s a small price to pay though, so no complaints here.

Once the sun was properly up, we had a little breakfast, and caught up to Sea Moore again.  Soon after we did, we got a wonderful greeting from some local dolphins.  They were really feeling energetic, because they going crazy with their jumps, and flips, etc. this kind of thing just never gets old...it was awesome! 



I was so lucky to get this shot, with him jumping out of the water, they were so fast, and so playful today!

Tues. Nov. 29th

About 11:30 in the morning, Cabo was in our sights, after having passed Cabo Falso, which many sailors mistake for Cabo San Lucas.

Just outside the bay, as we were coming in, we noticed they had so many resorts or condos up on the hillside.  We’ve never seen this side of the point before, because we’ve always come by cruise ship, so that was kind of fun. 

We finally reached the famous “Pelican Rock” arch around noon, now only about 30 more minutes to where we will anchor.  Inside the bay it’s pretty large, and the anchorage is over on the beach side, in front of the fancy resorts/hotels.  Para sailors were out in force, as well as the glass bottom boats, jet skis, touring ships, etc.  It makes the water pretty choppy, and a little harder to maneuver around, but not too bad.  Three cruise ships passed us and docked into port just before we got to our anchorage, it was definitely going to be a busy day in Cabo.  By about 12:30, we had our anchor going down.  We also set a stern anchor, because it looked like the other boats had already done that, and by 1:00 we were enjoying the beautiful, warm waters of Cabo San Lucas!  









We decided to head into shore a little while later, so we could go get checked in with the port Captain.  Teri and Ed met up with us, and we did that together.  Afterward we had a nice lunch together at a restaurant where the locals hang out. This is usually not only better food, but also nowhere near as pricey.  Afterward we headed back to our boats, and started planning for our day tomorrow.  We wanted to rent a van, between all of us, then head out to this little village called “Todos Santos” approximately 45 miles to the north west, on the pacific side.  Teri had seen a few photos of it before our arrival in Cabo, and thought it would be a fun little road adventure to take. 


Wed. Nov 30th

We woke to another sunny day, ready to go rent that van, and get going on our little road trip.  Of course, getting 9 people and a dog (Teri’s service dog) into a 7 passenger van is no easy task.  It was supposed to be a 15 passenger van, but apparently, they were all out…grrr!  Oh well, minor problem, no big deal.  You know what they say…”When in Rome…” 

Off to Todos Santos!  Thank goodness for Kalel, our Mexican friend we picked up in Turtle Bay, or rather Greg, on “Foreign Affair” picked up. (long story, I’ll tell as a side note at the end…and it will be the short version J)  Kalel was instrumental in us getting going on the right roads, as well as telling us where the best local restaurant was to go have some lunch. 

After lunch, we dropped Kalel off near his son’s neighborhood, then he pointed us in the right direction, once again, and we were off.  It was quite a bumpy ride, most of the way was dirt roads that are being prepared to be paved, so lots of construction.  Going 45 miles took us just over 2 hours to travel.  Once we arrived, most of us headed for the little town, and shops, some went off to explore the beaches.  Those of us checking out the town, did a little browsing, then we eventually ended up at the famous “Hotel California” restaurant (they claim to be the hotel that the Eagles wrote about in their song…hmmmm??)  It was a really cute little place, and we enjoyed some appetizers and drinks there.  Afterward, we headed our way back up the streets of the village to the van, because it was already time to leave.  Once back in Cabo, we parked the van and headed back to the boats.  Fun day!

interesting bathroom stall signs, eh??

Side note: Kalel was in Turtle Bay when we arrived, and was very helpful in translating for us.  He is bilingual, because he was from Cabo, and had also lived in America for quite some time.  He was stranded in Turtle Bay when he had gone out there for vacation, and ran out of money.  He had been looking for a ride back to Cabo, and none of us felt very comfortable to do that, but after getting to know him, Greg on “Foreign Affair” who was sailing solo, decided Kalel could be a help to him, and also give him some company on his boat.  Kalel ended up being a great hand, and is learning sailing quite quickly.  Because he speaks the language, he is helpful for Greg in that regard as well.  In fact, Kalel is having so much fun, that he has decided to keep going, instead of staying in Cabo. 

Thurs. Dec. 1

Today was go get errands done day. Since we still had the van, most of us headed into town to get provisions for the boats, and also, Neil and I needed new batteries for the boat.  VERY hard to find here, which was a total surprise, because we figured with Cabo being a cruising town, and very busy, they would have a well stocked marine shop. Not so!  We ended up finding our batteries at Costco. Neil, with the help of a cool little tool from Kevin, was able to get the batteries changed, pretty quickly.  We had a few little hiccups, with connections, but Neil just took some sandpaper to the connections to the battery cables, and voila! 

That evening we all went into town for some tacos, and what a great idea that was.  We found a great little local joint, and the best part of it was the Mariachi band that showed up, to sing us some songs.  The head singer was a little boy, who could not have been more than 10 years old, I swear.  Wow! He really packed a punch with his pipes!! We started calling him the Mexican Michael Jackson, ha ha, he was so good though, and ADORABLE.  He had such a good voice, and such personality.  His father, and uncle accompanied him, and his uncle explained that he (the little boy) was on t.v. all the time in Mexico, that he was famous.  Too much fun!

Fri. – Sun. Dec. 2-4

Liahona (us), Sea Moore, and Kist moved into the marina on Friday.  We all needed water for the boats, showers for us, and a couple of quiet, not to bumpy nights.  The anchorage here is good holding but because of all the crazy jet skiers, water taxi’s and tour boats, it makes for some wild seas! 

So, since the marina had lowered their prices tremendously, because of the economy, we all lucked out. It was nice, and it was great to be able to fill the tanks, and to get a good full charge on all the batteries.  Showers were the hit though!! Living on a sailboat, we all get very, very familiar with water conservation, and showering on the boat is very limited.  What we usually do, is, jump into the water, scrub down with your shampoos, soaps, etc., (biodegradable, of course) then hose off with fresh water afterward.  After doing this for just over a month, it was so nice to be able to just take a hot shower, without worrying about how much water you might be using….AHHHH!! 
Havin' a little fun with Bonnie at the marina

we're just large children...cuz we had to do it to Ed too!

We checked out of the marina on the 4th, after our boats were clean and shiny once again, and all filled up, and then we headed back out to the anchorage.   Neil and I made dinner, then Teri and Ed came over for movie night.  It was fun, but by the time we were half way into our movie, the boat really started rocking.  By the time the movie was over, WOW! Teri and Ed barely made it into their dinghy to get back to their boat.  There is a HUGE storm blowing from the north coming down from the sea of cortez, which is why we’re still here in Cabo.  None of us cruisers really want to be here any longer, but this storm cell is pretty massive, and it’s showing it will last until at least Thurs/Fri, so we’re kind of stuck.  We were hoping that the weather here, around the tip, would be good, as that’s what the forcast was saying, but based upon the seas, I’m thinking, NOPE!  Well, time to take some Dramamine…night night!

Mon. Dec. 5 

Okay, so the seas last night were REDICULOUS!!  Man, we haven’t rocked that hard since that terrible storm while in Turtle Bay…you know…the one that sank that ship?  At any rate, Neil and I didn’t sleep at all, and I feel so sorry for my friend LeAnn, she really has a hard time with seasickness, so I’m sure last night was a doozie for her. Neil and I are deciding what we should do, now.  Obviously, the storm will be affecting us here on the point as well, so now we need to figure out what we need do, so our boat doesn’t break…we’ve had enough of that!  There is a chance we may just have to go back into the marina and wait out this storm.  Stay tuned….

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