One Step Closer to La Paz
14 November 2008 | 47 miles from Los Frailes to Bahia De Los Muertos
Capt Rich
The day started at 0300hrs when Lori asked me if I was awake, and I replied "yes, want to pull anchor now?". Since we were both awake the best move was to get an early start for Bahia De Los Muertos, or Bay of the Dead. Muertos is 47 miles closer to La Paz and like Los Frailes is a natural stop for La Paz bound cruisers looking to take their time and slow down after the fast pace of the Ha-ha. The sail was uneventful and with everything working well, we motorsailed the entire way in light and variable winds. In the anchorage were 15 or so Ha-ha boats that had left Los Frailes the prior day. It's a weird feeling traveling with the same boats from place to place but it does allow you to make some good friends and find out who throws the best cocktail party!
Unfortunately, we dragged three fishing lures but caught no fish, so that rules out being able to bring fresh tuna to the almost nightly potluck on one of the boats in the anchorage. Tonight we are thinking of going to dinner ashore with a few other kids boats. There is a golf course and upper end resort here in Muertos and there is a paved road all the way to La Paz. The developers have tried to change the name of this bay from Bay of the Dead to Bay of Dreams, but I say Bay of the Dead sounds much better even if people don't want to plan their high end Baja vacation to the Bay of the Dead!
The kids worked on Home school, primarily math, most of the day. What is it about learning the multiplication tables that frustrates two generations of Borens? Science is easy given our environment as is geology and history, but math is math no matter which county you are in! Also you can relax, after reading the blog, Lori is in charge of Spelling and grammar!
We will stay here a few days or until we are ready to move on, which ever comes first. With clear warm water and a great beach, it's hard to look towards shore and feel a need to pull anchor too quickly.
We don't have Wifi here, so the blog updates will come from the Ham radio, which doesn't allow for photo uploads, so you will just have to take my word for now that it's beautiful here.
Amy and Lori just got back from swimming over to a friends boat and visiting for a while and Amy is trying to talk Jason into swimming around our boat despite the stinging jellyfish! When I snorkeled over our anchor, I was stung a few times as were Amy and Jason. The stings sent both kids screaming as if they were being eaten by sharks, but it couldn't have been too bad because as soon as Amy saw her friend on Don S/V Quixote she talked Lori into swimming over and say hello.
The next blog post I'll make will consist of excerpts of the kids journal entries, which I typed up today while underway.