I had a nice stay in La Paz. I ran into old cruising friends from a couple of years ago who were on their way to the South Pacific but were detoured because of damage in a storm in La Cruz. Mike and Lisa are on a Catalina-Morgan 440 named Blue Aweigh....blue hull. We had a nice time catching up....they did Alaska last year and they are not slowing down. I was to meet them at anchorages along the way north into the Sea but, they like to enjoy the area they are in as I just rushed through them. I got to say good-bye to them on the radio and might stop by Ventura on my way back down to Guaymas. I stopped in Bahia Cardonnel on Isla Partida the first night out of La Paz. The next morning on my way to San Evaristo I got blown back to Ensenada Grande on Isla Partida. So I went ashore and did some hiking to take some pics...blog post cover. Took off the next morning for San Evaristo and had a nice passage. Anchored for the night and took off for Agua Verde and had a nice 20 something mile passage. Only spent the night in Aqua Verde and headed to Puerto Escondido. Anchored in the Elipse which was quite crowded with people who live there year round. I used a stern anchor so I could run my generator and be decadent with lights and movies on the big screen. I have a 2000W generator that is like the Honda EU models and are pretty quite. After I started my generator someone came on the radio (didn't identify himself) and said 'can the newly arrived boats not run their generators at night...we only run them in the day time'. I knew it was the boat next to me but didn't say anything. I jumped in my dinghy and motored to each boat and turned off my outboard to listen to the noise I was generating. It was nothing but a quiet hum. I wasn't going to be intimidated by a local who thinks he owns the area because his boat is stuck to the bottom. After I watched my movie I turned the genset off and the guy next door was playing a loud flute or clarinet. There is something about Puerto Escondido that just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe it's all the heavy drinkers and their type of socializing that goes on there. PLUS, I went to the restaurant and ordered the cheapest thing on the menu...a hamburger and coke for 125 pesos...that's 12 bucks and I would never do that back in the states. Needless to say, the weather window for a crossing to Guaymas was excellant, so I took advantage of the weather and headed off to my second home. I had an absolutely wonderful SAIL for about 8 hours...beam reaching at 7 and 8 knots. The rest of the overnight trip was quite peaceful. Pulled into the dock and my good friend Horacio had my car ready for me. While I have a captive audience, I would llike to Thank My Lord and Saviour for my 32 years of SOBER bliss. And He rewarded me well with my lovely and awesome granddaughter. I still can't get over how I came to have such a wonderful life after screwing up so badly at the beginning.....My Lord is so gracious and forgiving. I want to thank all the people in my life for just being who you are.