Mazatlan
April 9, 2011
23 16.1N:106 27.9W

Well, It has been a few weeks since my last confession, I mean my last update (sometimes my Catholic upbringing pops up!). We have moved the boat up to El Cid marina in Mazatlan in preparation of making the crossing to La Paz. We had a lot of fun while we were in La Cruz for the few days after we returned from the states. We met up with several of our boat friends that we have met on this adventure and we spent some time with Ed and Connie off the famous Sirena. In La Cruz Ed and Connie treated Pam and I to dinner at the Black Forest, a very nice German restaurant that has a couple that plays Flamingo music, and the night we were there they were joined by two other musicians, one who played the violin. Hearing Flamingo on a violin was an amazing treat and we thoroughly enjoyed the evening. When we left La Cruz, we sailed about 30 miles north to Chacala, We only spent one night there and we didn’t even go ashore as we had stopped there on the way down. Up the next morning and another 25 miles to Mantachen Bay in San Blass. Once again only one night here but we did go ashore and have lunch at one of the beach palapas. The next morning we headed out for the 125 mile overnight run up to Mazatlan. The 26 hour run was uneventful but as with all overnight runs that we make, we were both very tired the next day. After we rested up, we went with Ed and Connie to Old Town Mazatlan and had drinks atop the Freeman hotel and watched the sunset and then we went to Topolo’s in the Plaza Mercado. Topolo is one of our favorite restaurants in Mazatlan and is always a treat.
I needed to fly home again for a week to take care of some things for work and Pam decided to stay and “guard” the boat. I guess she was a little concerned about boat safety even though, the El Cid marina has locked gates on the docks and resides inside a resort! I think she was actually guarding our extensive vine cellar and wanted to spend some time with Ed and Connie. I hope to complete my business quickly and return so we can get the boat over to La Paz and then head up to Loreto Fest by the 29th of April. The adventure continues…