After a filling breakfast of hash, eggs, and homemade potato bread, we leave the very noisy anchorage at Cabo San Lucas.
The anchor is raised and our course is set. Only 280 nm to go...
Pa and I enjoy a latte while we relax on the bow with some sunshine and a breeze.
The weather and seas are good for solar oven cooking - so I kneed up some sourdough and pumpernickel. A few brownies while we are at it and the oven is hot.
Pa grills his fish on the barbie for lunch and we enjoy it with some fresh veggies and humus.
Dan keeps himself busy with stainless steel polishing while Kim flips some more pages of his book.
Eight hours out from Cabo at Lat / Long 22 28 .052N and 109 04 .993W, I toss out the 'message in a wine bottle'. I wonder who will collect it from the sea?
There is no wind and not a ripple on the surface. We see turtles everywhere and flying fish are easily observed as they leave their ladder-like trails on the flat ocean.
We pass the prison islands safely - making sure to leave the required 35 nm distance between us. We have not collected any unwanted stowaways, so we continue on towards Banderas Bay and our new, temporary, home.
We sip tea during our last night watch and wonder why the night sky seems so dark when there are so many stars to be seen. I ask "where is the moon?" - and look up to see it almost totally eclipsed. A beautiful and totally unexpected pleasure.
Around 6 am we approach the entrance to the very large Banderas Bay and immediately are welcomed by 5-6 large manta rays and spouting humpback whales.
I'm smiling. We have safely completed the first part of our open-ended journey aboard Endorfin.
We are escorted to our new, but temporary slip, at E18 by two young pangueros. While making our way down the channel we run aground in the shallow passage, but easily back out of the thick mud.
After the dock lines are secured and the electricity is connected, we collect our paperwork and crew and head to the dock master's office to meet Gina and Dick. We temporarily surrender our Amex card in exchange for some photo ID cards and a few gate keys. We make a quick tour around the hotel property, enjoy a fabulous fish dinner on the beach, and head home to rest our weary heads.

(photo album: Cabo to Puerto Vallarta)