Welcome to Paradise….
01 December 2012 | Paradise Village
Chip
Thirty-one days ago we untied from Dana Point and headed to Mexico with a “plan” to move slowly down the outside of the Baja and the Pacific Coast of mainland Mexico. We did just that and, after moving approximately 1400 miles we’re now in Paradise Village Marina (Nuevo Vallarta/Puerta Vallarta) where we’ve got a slip for the next 30 days a few feet from my parents which is very cool. We celebrated a wonderful Thanksgiving at John and Gilly’s beautiful oceanfront home in Punta Mita with friends then took a Sunday afternoon sail aboard the 62+ foot catamaran Profligate (the photo). Our 31st anniversary was the 28th so we moved the boat over to La Cruz where I could take my bride to a “spare no expense” dinner at Tacos on the Street ($15 for dinner and drinks for both of us….) followed by an evening of dancing at the La Cruz Yacht Club Sky Bar. On the way back to Paradise Village we dropped the anchor in 30’ of 84-degree water to scrub the bottom (I’m thinking an improvement in the anniversary “celebration” may be in order next year….). Over the next month we’ll sail around Banderas Bay, visit Guadalajara for a few days, fly to San Francisco to see our kids, resupply, and service all of the boat systems before heading to Barra de Navidad for Christmas. We gotta keep moving – the proverbial clock is ticking on this “trip!”