Birthday in Baja
04 December 2015 | At Anchor Bahia Madgelena
Rick Longpre
Thanks for the B-day wishes. It was pretty epic. Landfall is pretty nice after 5 days at sea; I can't quite imagine the Parsons' 3 week sea adventure! I never knew calm could be so calm or quiet could be so quiet. This morning was boat cleaning while Bob was taken into San Carlos via Panga to get us checked into the country. Upon his return, his Panga captain, Miguel, took us on a 2 hour "tour" of the local fishing fleet, showing us how they caught the camarones and crab in fish nets and explaining the life, economics, etc. One boat had pulpo (octopus) they were cleaning, caught in traps on the outside of the harbor. Upon return to Puerto Magdalena village (pop about 50) we were able to buy 4 live lobsters for $5 each for dinner tonight along with crab and camarones from Miguel. We moved our anchorage out near the entrance to Mag Bay, anchoring with a group of 4 small sailboat cruisers, in shallow, clear 74* water with sand beach for afternoon Boche Ball. Met 1 couple from Seattle on their 36' steel ketch, built in his garage, with their twin, 5 year old boys, sailing the Sea of Cortez for the next year. Heading for La Paz later in the day tomorrow, probably a 3 day cruise. Love to all, miss celebrating the b-day with fam!