(posted 12/24/22)
Up at 6 am, (the sun was up) after breakfast (and coffee), we listened to a sermon from North Coast. We have looked at the weather and the distances involved and the timing of our trip to get to Puerto Peñasco, the decision we made is that instead of going from here to Mazatlan then to Los Muertos we will go directly to Los Muertos. The difference in distance is only 15 miles, but the difference in time is about 3 days.
To go to Mazatlan first (125 miles), would be an overnight trip with a two day recovery without going ashore in Mazatlan, then an overnight trip to Los Muertos (185 miles) on the Baja peninsula.
Instead we will go to Los Muertos directly from here (295 miles). At 6 knots, the trip to Mazatlan (21 hours), then to Los Muertos (31 hours), or directly to Los Muertos (49 hours). This will be a long hard trip of a couple of nights crossing the longest Reneé and I have done.
Dave Bobo from SV Ohana joined Bob and I for the jungle cruise. Bob and I got the dinghy down, and went over and got Dave then ashore to get lunch at a restaurants. No one there spoke English and none of us spoke Spanish and there was no internet so, communications were limited. Eventually, we got our points across and one of them gave us a ride (since we could not figure out how to communicate the directions (either us or them) it was only a half mile or so to the pick up point. Eventually we got on the little boat and did the tour.
It was a good trip. We saw quite a few crocs in the wild and a few in the zoo at the end. Finally back to the boat.
Bob and I got the dinghy put away and the outboard back on it’s holder. Excitement for the day, it looks like MAYBE the dinghy wheel racks on the dinghy might be upside down, or maybe I was just wrong in how I was trying to use them.
Reneé made fish taco’s for dinner and they were very good, then showers and bed.
