Photo taken by Fred and Penny from Tapatai at our 2nd annual Christmas Potluck with Ian being the master turkey deboner and chef!
Happy 2013 everyone and hoping for a great year all around.
We are in our 'winter home town' La Paz. We have moved around so much over the last 2 years that we thought we would settle down for a bit and get to know the area and people better. La Paz is a great little city to be in although we are both surprised at how 'cold' it is here! We barely hit 21 celcius today! I know that sounds lame to everyone back home who are battling with rain and snow and brrrrr temps, but for us 21 with a wind out of the north is cold! We have acclimatized to wamer temperatures and now know how the Mexicans feel when winter comes on.
Even Kasasa has her winter clothes on. We put up the canvas/plastic enclosure that we use in Canada all year round but haven't had it up here since we arrived. We are at anchor in La Paz and therefore we are more open to the north winds which blow most of the winter here. Today with the enclosure up we were able to sit out in the cockpit at sunset and enjoy a game of crib with our sundowner for the day - in our t-shirts! So we are happy campers with that.
We had a great past couple of months with lots of company. Our last guest, Maureen, left on the 30th of December and now we are truly ready to get to know La Paz. The New Year is starting off with a bang and we look forward to more. On the 1st the quilter's met for a workshop (open to everyone and FREE!). So up I went with my little Kenmore sewing machine and made my very first 7x7 square of a quilted sailboat! Today was beading at 2pm till 4 which was fun. Ian meantime took care of boat chores and water tanks. Tomorrow will be Spanish class at 9, massage at 11, lunch and then a two hour game of dominoes. Everyday there are lots of options of what to do and the best part is it almost all FREE. Great when your on a budget. Some things do involve a small donation or fee but it really is great how people here step up and offer their services to teach or share knowledge with others.
As we start to think about the end of this adventure and bringing Kasasa home in the late summer, we are trying to get the most out of every experience we can. Mexico truly is a great place to be and we enjoy most of what we experience here. It's a more laid back kind of life with people not quite as harried as in the rest of North America. I've heard it described as how the States and Canada were 50 years ago.
So tonight as I write this, the wind is calm, we are snug in the boat and dinner is cooking - feels like home to me.