Category: 2019 – 2020 Season 1

We got up and ran the generator (as we do most mornings) charged the battery, made hot water and took showers, did our devotions and then walked to the street fair. On the walk, (long walk on a very long dock) we found a spot where the waves were being blown against the dock, occasionally spraying over the dock. A fish had apparently been in the wrong place at the wrong time and wound up on the dock. I saw that he was still alive when we were walking up to it, so I kicked it back in the water. After a couple of seconds it swam away. My one good deed for the day?

This street fair has a variety of things to buy, like wooden dishes, silver jewelry, fruits & veggies and tickets to the English speaking play that will be going on later this month. After going to the street fair we went back to the boat, stopping at the marina office to get our passes to the national parks. We have to have them before we go to the island on Monday. They are good at all of national parks that we might run into and cost 600 pesos (about $30) each, and are good for 12 months.

Back at the boat, we had lunch and then walked out to go to Walmart. We took the bus, it took us a few extra minutes to find where to catch the right bus, but eventually we were on the bus. It was a converted school bus (short bus), and cost 10 pesos apiece or about 50 cents.

When we got to Walmart we did our shopping. It is interesting what you can and can’t find here in Mexico. For example, Renee’ has been looking for lemon juice since we left San Diego. We are still looking for it. She has also been looking for kidney beans to make chili and refried beans out of. So, either dried or canned red beans. We asked today at Walmart. the only red beans were in the canned Hormel chili, and the lemon juice was in lemon/lime soda.

We have been looking for good beer here in Mexico. I know it sounds like we do everything for beer, but not really, and we typically don’t drink all that much. We do really like good beer though, and have been looking for a place to buy a craft beer. We found Baja Brewing makes a very good black beer, it is a local brewing company (from Cabo) called Ale Negra Escorpion we have only found it in the bars/pubs. Today we found it at Walmart, and stocked up. So, we have some good beer on board for a change.

I talked to my brother for awhile today, and realized that I have not put the link up to the site that has our location on it for a while, so here it is:

https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/Make_Me_Laugh_Again

We met someone on another boat sometime (I don’t know when or where) and we have connected via Facebook, and we will be joining them for dinner this evening at one of the local restaurants here in town. I will write about that tomorrow (if there is anything worth writing).

We hung out, did our morning devotions and generally had a pretty quiet day on the boat. We listened to the cruisers net in the morning, but did not hear anything we did not already know about. Still it is good to hear what is going on.

In the evening we walked to the Tailhunter restaurant for country music. There were not many people there, I think we might have hit the “offseason” the bars and restaurants all have. a lot of room, chairs and tables. Rarely have we seen even one of these full and this was no exception.

We had chips, salsa and guacamole with beer. Bohemia, a sort of darkish beer. The walk to and from the Tailhunter was about 3.3 miles round trip. So, we walked off the chips and salsa!

 

We walked to Lopez marin parts store, (not far) then to the Propage Gas shop, (a ways to walk) then we walked to the museum (not far, but closed) then to a fast food place for lunch, (kind of on the way) good lunch, and not very expensive. Then to Ace Hardware for me and Renee’ went to the grocery store. From there we walked back to the Malecon (the road closest to the beach). We walked up to the Tailhunter restaurant (recommended by Andy Marcum) for a beer and to find out what the scheduled entertainment was for the week.

When we got there we found Josh, Cozette, Jeff and Bodie having lunch. So, we joined them for a beer and coffee. we talked about what we had done since we were last together. Then we walked back to the boat.

I think Renee’ and I walked something more than 7 miles today. Very enjoyable miles.

We have been talking about leaving Friday to go explore the island nearby. But, the weather says that it will be pretty windy. So, we elected to stay here through Monday morning. We stopped at the office and paid for the extra nights.

We had a quiet day, started with listening to the cruisers net here in La Paz. It comes on at 8 am six days a week on channel 22. It is very informative and well organized. We have been trying to listen to this, but kept forgetting to turn the radio on. We know have a reminder set to help us remember.

We really did not do much this day. Renee’ cleaned the deck and we just hung out. then in the afternoon Doug and Esther from Spartan (another boat here in the marina) came by to invite us for dinner. We met them at the church and sat with them on New Years Eve at the cruisers club.

We checked our busy calendar and said that we would join them for dinner. We were to bring the appetizers and entertainment. Renee’ made salsa and cookies and we went over about 6 pm. Dinner was a really good meal with fresh prawns, brown rice and broccoli. Very good.

After dinner we played cards and chatted a really nice evening. Doug has been in La Paz for a couple of years, and is a bible study leader at the church. Esther lives in Seattle and comes down to visit periodically. They have known each other since high school, and only got together recently. Doug’s wife of 28 years died a couple of years ago.

Spartan is an interesting boat, a 43 foot, Cat Rigged Schooner. That means two masts, the aft mast is taller than the front mast (schooner). The masts are set forward, the front one is almost at the bow, so no traditional jib. The masts are carbon fiber, so it is an interesting looking rig with the black masts.