We made it back!! Sounds kind of funny that we are excited to be back in Mazatlan, it means the end of our season and its back to work for us. The trip up was uneventful we had a great motorsail up to Matenchen Bay and a wonderful walk on a very empty beach with Ahea Kali and Pacific Jade, Then a flat calm 24 hour motor up to Mazatlan. This year has been an interesting one. The weather conditions were so strange and unusual, rain that lasted 2days, lightening storms, winds out of the south 30+ knots, and a Tsunami. That it kind of sucked some of the fun out of it!! Despite all that we did manage to have a great year! Tenacatita warm clear waters, the San Blas river trip, Barra de Navidad, all the great whales, dolphins and turtles we saw, the Mayors Night Out raft up, Turkey Day in Marina Mazatlan, Dia de los Muertos donkey beer cart, and all the very fun and crazy people we got to share it with.
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Life for us now is just putting the boat away for the season, taking down, and washing everything it's a good thing the marina does not charge for water or we would be in serious trouble. The Dock 6 dock parties are still in full swing with the ever-present D6K in attendance.
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Well as it has been all year, we are waiting for the weather. In previous years we will have to postpone plans for a little while to wait out Mother Nature but that usually happens only once or twice a season. This year with El Nino it seems like we are always waiting for the weather. Everyone has been hit with bad wind or seas or both. Here is La Cruz the last storm put 2 boats on the beach and damaged 8-10 others. Some boats have changed their plans of going to the South Pacific and are just hanging until this El Nino goes away.
We are enjoying ourselves here in La Cruz with lots of good friends and a great town. We went on a bus ride into Puerto Vallarta the other day and we thought the rain was over! Were we wrong! The skies opened up once again and it poured all afternoon, Luckily Ahea Kali showed us a great spot to have lunch and we sat there and just watched the rain come down.
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We all looked like drowned rats when we got back to the boat
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We also had another beach day in Sayulita, and thanks to Russell and Lori, Mike and CeeCee, and Willam and their cars it was a great day without taking all the umbrellas and chairs on the bus.
This is how the pangas get to the beach in Sayulita. They get thru the surf and drop off the tourists, then drive back out while a guy on the shore whistles to get the beach cleared and then the panga races back ashore and beaches!
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We are back in La Cruz for 2 days before heading back to Marina Mazatlan to put the boat away for the summer and head back to work. We have had a great time getting together with old and new friends one last time this year. It is always kind of bitter sweet, some friends you will see next season but some are going across the sea to the South Pacific or down father south and you know you will might never see them again. It makes for very unqiue freindships.
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We are here in Barra, our last night in the marina with rain and clouds. The bad weather that was predicted to hit this area never fully materialized. We were expecting the worst and it turned out to be not so bad. We made most of being in Barra one last time this season and being in this gorgeous marina for 3 days. We swam in the pool everyday and took long hot showers. What a great treat!!
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The pool is beautiful with two water slides that Mike and I have to fight the kids off go down. (We manage somehow)
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We spent a little more time in the town of Barra, and got to visit some of our favorite places and things like Mexico Lindo's
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Market Day
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Cat in the box
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The cat sits in the box all day and gets (or demands) pets from people passing by
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The gardens and the pools here are incredible
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The pool on the 10th floor surrounded by the presidential and governors suites
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The grounds around the lagoon
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