We finally checked out of Mexico officially about 1 pm Tuesday with our treasured Zarpe in hand. A couple of hours later we headed to Punta de Mita to await an upcoming weather window with enough wind to get us out and "attached" to the Northern trade winds. It looks like this will happen over the next few days, and so later today we will hoist anchor for the last time on the Mexican coast and set a heading of 224 Magnetic to the Marqueses. We spent the last 2 days with final preparation (hard to believe there was anything left to do!) and as I write this Kim is baking ginger snaps for the always essential night watch snack bag. Everything is tied up, strapped down, and packed into spaces we didn't know we had. The leecloths are in position for sleep on a heeling boat and we filled our water tanks with the water maker. I have downloaded a few bits of weather info and listened to the latest analysis from Mike of PV Sailing this morning. The constant motion and rolling while at anchor for the last 2 days has helped to get our "sea legs" back, and I think we are ready!! We may be a day early (winds are just beginning to develop) but it feels like the time to go. A number of our cruising friends will also leave today, tonight or tomorrow as well. We will attempt to provide position reports on Sail Blogs daily and will try on Winlink as well (although connection to Winlink has been difficult lately). We will also try to be a bit more consistent with our blogging! A few administrative notes: We would love to hear from you via email (CFK9580@sailmail.com) but as radio transmission of email is slow at best, and the radio is our only source of weather info (our main source of communication), please keep messages short. Photos/attachments will be deleted by the sailmail program. Also please do not use "reply" to any email messages from us as this just sends our email back to us and extends the download time. Final note: any comments on the 'sailblogs' website aren't visible to us while offshore, as we have no internet coverage. Happy Easter to everyone, we will be thinking of you!