We had a very quiet night. Slept very well. We went ashore this morning with the other two boats (Jeff and Angie, and Josh and Cozette) found a restaurant that had WiFi (ok, not really, they said they did and we were able to do a couple of things but nothing really. I was busy on the phone about Gary (my uncle) we found a grocery store and an ATM, I think that might be the first one we have seen since Ensenada! Walked to the gas station for Josh and Cozette, and then back to the beach.
This is an interesting small town. It seems a bit more upscale than some of the fishing villages we have seen, there are some really nice houses (they look like vacation homes, as at night only one had any lights on), and a bunch of panga’s (small fishing boats), but only one grocery store, and few restaurants. There were a couple of paved roads here, and one Pemex station. We checked about the internet, and there is an Internet cafe, but it requires you to use their computers, and pay by the hour. This is not really what we had in mind, as it will still not allow posting pictures. This might be among the worst locations we have been for internet access, while at the same time, it might be among the best places we have stopped. Oh, well.
We had taken our dinghy ashore, Jeff and Angie took theirs, and we went all the way to town by boat. We are anchored in the next cove east of town. This means that it was about a 20 minute ride to and from. Another boat, arrived today, it is Travis and Jessica (I think) on Decorum. They are Canadian, and we have seen them before (I think Turtle Bay). We are planning to go ashore and take a short hike later today, have a late dinner (lunch was at 3:30) and run the generator tonight. Our battery is at 73%, and that won’t make it through the night.
We ran the generator for a couple of hours. The battery got up to 91%, and we turned off the generator. When we got up at 6 am, we were down to 71% this is good enough for me. We elected to not go on the hike last night, and instead took the time to put the dinghy away. This takes about a half hour and both of us. Then I worked on the course for tomorrow, we have about 67 miles to go. This is a longish day. Since we don’t like anchoring in the dark we plan to leave by about 6:30am. This means it may be just before first light. I am planning on being on deck with a flashlight to look for lobster traps with Renee’ driving, at least for the first hour or so.