It's a New Year!
29 January 2015 | La Cruz
Tamberlyn
We sailed to Ensenada Mexico to clear customs at an all in one stop location. Ensenada makes it easy clear customs in one location. This was our second time clearing customs with Puddle Pirate. We sailed into Cruz Port Marina and secured a slip for the night. The marina charges a small fee for assistance with customs. It is worth the night's stay to access this service. The Marina makes copies of your paperwork (Passports, Boat documentation) then they drive you to the customs office in town. There at the customs office they guide you to the appropriate windows for help. Translating for you and helping put together everything needed to clear customs. It was a breeze with no problems. After we finished at the customs office we took off on foot to explore the town.
After some good tacos we walked back to Cruz Port Marina and prepared for our trip south. We left the next morning and sailed to San Jose Del Cabo Marina. Yes we sailed the entire way. We pulled into the marina and secured a slip for the night. It was just after Christmas and Rosie wanted to attend the dolphin show experience. We purchased her ticket right after we arrived. She was so excited to get to interact with the dolphins. She had a blast! I don't think she will ever forget the moment when the dolphin launched her out of the water.
The next day it was time to head out to La Cruz located in Banderas Bay. The wind was blowing so we set sail. It was a great run down the coast to La Cruz. We left San Diego the night of the 22nd December and we arrived in La Cruz on the 2nd of January. That's right we sailed the entire way! We sailed Christmas day and into the New Year. 2014 was a hard year for the crew of Puddle Pirate. I wanted to move forward and welcome the New Year in by sailing into the night. It was a perfect night sail with all the stars light up in the sky. I even saw humpback whales playing in the sunset. It couldn't have been any better. It was one of those magical moments in life.
We arrived in La Cruz just in time for the morning net. What a welcome back we received from our cruising family of friends.
Rosie was off the boat and picking up where she left off with all her friends in La Cruz. Since we have been here she has organized kid night beach camp outs and Wednesday night movie's for kids in the VIP lounge. She also started a kid's morning net on channel 66. She takes turns with the other children as the net controller. This helps the kids become more familiar with talking on the radio. The kid net announces kid related subjects. It announces science club, movie night, beach camp outs and even has a treasures of the toy box. The kids trade books and toys with other kids cruising. Rosie is quite the social butterfly. She loves it here but knows we will have to move on soon. Hopefully we are headed south for Costa Rica then Panama. It has been always our goal to cruise, it is just when and how long that is the question. I feel this year is our year to get closer to this goal.