Hi everyone... guess you thought we'd abandoned you... but really, we haven't. We've just been living life in La Paz. As well, Kathy and I each took turns flying home to visit with family and friends. Well, actually it wasn't quite that simple. You see to get there from here requires a wee bit of planning and flexibility. Suffice to say, having purchased tickets for the bus to San Jose Del Cabo... and being assured the bus would actually run that day, we sat back and waited. On the appointed day, at 0830 hrs., Kathy (who went first thank goodness... cuz she wrote down instructions for me so I wouldn't get lost when it was my turn :-) showed up at the bus depot and was loaded onto the bus. The drive from La Paz to SJDCabo is quite interesting as it winds along the coast and we were able to see the water we had travelled to get to our current location. The next leg of travel involves a 3-4 hour flight to LAX which is then followed by another 3-4 hour flight from LAX to Vancouver. In both our cases the travel went smoothly and we each arrived safely. Kathy spent a week on the Island and the second week in Vancouver where she had some contract work to do... and I spent my week in Richmond helping prepare my Dad and his home for his return..yes, he is feeling better and, as of today, is back at home. 'Living' in La Paz has been great. We've met dozens of good folks and had fun exploring the small shops and businesses near the marinas. We've walked miles and miles almost every day as nothing is exactly next door. But the walking's been good for us and makes up for all the great food we've been enjoying :-)
After our trips home we're all back at Shannon now and still in La Paz...for just a few more days. We've moved marinas and are now back at Marina Palmira and visiting with our friends here. We enjoyed being 'downtown' and close to all the activities but it's really nice to be back here now, at a quieter and less hectic location. We'll be here for several days, unloading excess equipment into the van we'll be driving home and stocking up on supplies to last us, hopefully, for most of the next two months.
We've been very fortunate and a woman who is heading out into the southern hemisphere, needs her van delivered to White Rock... hello... it's a perfect fit. We'll drive her van and our excess equipment home in April. It should be a fun trip and Sophie's really happy about not having to fly. We'll probably drive back and forth from now on, but first we'll see how this goes.
We will be heading out of here sometime around the 6th or 7th and our course will have us wandering up the inside coast of the Baja. We plan to visit places like Bahia San Gabriele, Ensenada Grande, Los Islote, Isla San Francisco, San Evaristo, Puerto los Gatos, Bahia Aqua Verde, Isla Danzante, Puerto Escondido, Caleta San Juanico, Punta Pulpito and Santo Domingo. Our goal is to reach Bahia Conception and the anchorage of Bahia Coyote where we hope to meet up with members of our yacht club who will be there in their RV. I've included the names of places so that you can look them up if you're interested. We'll be 'blogging' as much as possible but internet connection will be iffey...
You'll be able to follow our travels by checking our position (over there to the right where it says "Where is Shannon Now?"). We'll be able to post to that, with a short comment, over the SSB radio and will do so every time we get to a new location.
So for now, know we are well and looking forward to finally realizing our dream of 'sailing in the Sea of Cortez'. Bye bye for now. Carolyn
