It’s Saturday morning and we’ve just had quite a wild night on the mooring buoy… here in ‘hurricane hole’ Puerto Escondido. We’re tied to one of the most protected buoys (from the NNW) in the anchorage and we still registered 39 knots of wind during the biggest gust early this morning. The northers arrived in style yesterday and gave us an interesting ride all night. They’re continuing into today and are predicted to continue well into tomorrow before ‘calming’ down to a mere 20 tomorrow late afternoon… Many have called this anchorage a ‘hurricane hole’. I’m thinking it’s not the kind of HH I’d be wanting to stay in… But, it’s been an experience … and provided us with several opportunities to re-tie our running rigging in exchange for some peace and quiet. You ain’t heard night-noise … really… until you’ve listened to halyard slap at 35+ knots. Even Miss Sophie sat up suddenly a few times. But it’s all good, the sun is shining, and the waves with white caps rushing by don’t look quite so large in daylight.. :-) We had a quick trip to Loreto yesterday… did a little walk about and met the woman who owns the B&B we’ll be staying in on our first night driving home. She’s a vet, has a lovely place complete with small casitas and a pool… We hope to be there early enough in the day to enjoy the town and the pool…
Guess that’s all for now. We’re hoping to get away Monday but if this wind continues it may be Tuesday before the seas calm down… Hope all is well with everyone.. we think of you all constantly and hope the winter weather isn’t too too awful. Take good care.. bye for now.. CJ
