What did you do for Halloween? Was it scary? Was it really scary? Well, we came in to Agua Verde with no moon; and that was scary enough for us. To say it was dark would be an understatement. I remember a long time go when we went to visit some cave. Just for fun our guide turned off the lights so we could see how dark a cave really is. I remember that I couldn't see my hand in front of my face. It wasn't that dark, or course, but I was pretty sure that I couldn't see the reef in front of the boat. We've only come into an unfamiliar anchorage at night once before and it was - Yes! You guess it - Agua Verde.

Due to a small small navigational error on my part, Adventure was heading straight for Roca Solitaria, a freakin' huge rock that dwarfs most cargo ships. Kathy, fortunately, noticed something slightly awry, "You know our waypoint is set on this big black thing on the radar, don't you?"

I tried to save face, "Uh... That seems strange. That shouldn't be there." Kathy looked at me with contempt. "I think we'll fall off and head back out to sea. Why don't you figure out where we should really be."

"I'm on it!" I jumped down below and fixed the waypoint (I deleted it). I yelled above, "It's all good." The next waypoint was from our Cunningham charts and I felt a bit more comfortable with it.

We worked our way inside of Agua Verde and called Flying Cloud and Idefix. We knew they were there and they quickly answered. "Do you guys want some help coming in?"

Not wanting to seem incompetent, I answered, "No... We're good." Could it be that they already heard about the mistaken waypoint? Hey, the charts are from 1895; it's not my fault!

Scott and Jamie ignored me and we heard the ever loudening whine of their dinghy engine. I ran below and changed my hat (Don't ask me why?). Jamie and Scott donned a flash light and told us where to anchor. They were also nice enough to shine the flash light on the reefs.

We anchored deep, in 40 feet of water, but felt safe. Once set, we were invited to Idefix for Lobster and Shrimp. The girls were excited to spend some time with some other kids. Flying Cloud has a 13 year old boy, Adrian, and Idefix has two boys: Elliott (10) and Salir (12).

We'll hang out here for a few days and then continue to work our way to La Paz.