Land of the French Baker
24 February 2008 | Barra De Navidad
Gabriellas grandpa
Back to the land of fresh Almond Croissants delivered right to the boat. I awoke this morning and thought I was in San Francisco...it was foggy and the temperature was 62 F. Before I left Santiago the air and water temperature had been plummeting to the low 60's. I had one reading in the ocean of 61 as I was motoring up the coast to Barra. I seriously did not not realize that it could get this cold down here in Mexico. I guess I'll have to suffer through this while you all up north enjoy balmy 50s, strong winds, and the wet stuff. I had a nice 5 hour motorboat ride to Barra in slightly confused seas and a motor that wants to not run. I have a squeeze bulb on my fuel line so I can bleed my fuel system with ease. Well, the bulb keeps collapsing and I thought it was my air vent being clogged....after a little gumshoeing I discovered that my fuel tank is dirty and clogging my pickup line. So this is a must fix item while here.....I have to take it out and clean it up some how. Other than that everything else is running fine. I should be here for about a week or ten days then move on up the coast. Most of the places I go to for the next month or so will be places revisited. Once I jump off to La Paz on the Baja peninsula it will start to have new and hopefully exciting info and pics. The picture on this post is of Isla Grande. Those are passengers waiting to catch a water taxi to go back to the mainland and my boat is right there in the middle.