My oh my how the time flies. Our visit with Becca has gone by so fast and September 1st is two days away! She arrived on a Wednesday and on Thursday we had the boat out underway heading back north to as many anchorages and stops possible before she had to return in short two weeks.

We stopped at Isla San Francisco so she could collect her puca shells spending two nights there before pressing north. We then stopped in San Everesto so she could see the small village life. From there we went to Los Gatos so she could find and collect her very own geode. After exploring and getting lobster from the local fisherman it was time to continue northward. We hit Puerto Escondido, Loreto, Isla Coranados, and Candeleros before re-tracing our steps south. We fished along the way and caught a very nice dorado that we are still eating.

We are tied up to the dock at Marina Palmira in La Paz, Becca flies out tomorrow she is trying to darken her tan as deep as possible before she heads back to Washington to begin her college term. We are looking to replace house batteries onboard and a couple other boat projects and then we are going to head back up to Washington as well. We hope to make it back down before next March but it will depend upon the things we have to accomplish.

We have found that we were more acclimated this year to the heat than last year but also discovered that last year was an “outlier” as far as typical weather. This year we have had more wind, rain, humitity and general unsettled weather. I guess that is why summer is the rainy season here. We’ve had to choose our anchorages more carefully due to wind and swell and keep a closer eye out for the chubascos that come on you fast and leave you fast. It has been special sharing the warm waters with our daughters and showing them a slice of our life.

Our goal would be to move forward with a more traditional cruising cycle for Mexico with us down here during the winter spring months and in Seattle for the Summer Fall (hurricane) months. Goals are good, they taught us that in rehab……….