(posted 03/26/24)
I gave Jim and Pat a ride to the beach so they could get to Mulegé for some shopping. Then I worked on the blog.
Reneé cleaned the boat, then worked on learning how to use the GO PRO.
Around 10:30 I picked them up at the beach. After dropping them off at their boat I went back to our boat, we had lunch and I finished the blog.
Reneé used the paddle board to get over to see Pat, who gave her some lessons on how to use the GO PRO. I wen5 over in the dinghy to get the stuff that they bought for us, tomatoes, chips and a pineapple.
Just before dinner time Brian showed up with some YELLOW TAIL fillets, guess what we had for dinner!
(posted 03/11/24)
Up and about in time for Reneé to watch the news and ashore by 12:30 for lunch with Jim and Pat. After lunch we stopped by SV Okisollo and got a tour of the bigger boat, it is about 6.5 feet longer with a very similar layout, they have an extra cabin on the stbd side which is an office/laundry room/shop. Their aft lazarette is huge as well.
From Left to Right Jim, Pat, Reneé and NeilOur dinghy close up
(posted 03/11/24)
We got up on time, had breakfast and Brian Coleman picked us up in his “tin boat” he took us to shore and we got a ride to the Music Festival in Mulege. Brian and his wife Lisa and their friend Brett. We watched the performers and drank beer from the Mulege Brewery and filled our growler to take back to the boat. The music was very good, the beer was fantastic! At the end of the day we did some grocery shopping then back to the boat, showers and bed.
One of the performers at Musicfest Mulege
Just another sunset.The brewery at MulegeFrom Left to Right: Lisa, Reneé, Neil, and BrianJust usThe outboard handle
Regarding videos on our blog, I tried a service. I was unable to make it work, when I tried contacting support, I found that the only support option was email.
I find that completely unsatisfactory.
I cancelled, (last night) and the money is going back on my card.
This morning I received an email from “Josh the happiness engineer” (BTW – ALL of the emails have (Action Required) in the subject line.
After three email exchanges, I told the happiness engineer that I was done, and the next email gets blocked as spam.
After a less than pleasant way to start my day, all of the emails I mentioned before were before 7 am my time. We got up and got about our day, There is another Island Packet here, it is an IP485 SV OKISOLLO with Dan & Jeannie Blair. We stopped by and chatted for a bit and invited them to come over for a tour and a game. They have been sailing for about 35 years, all over the world and are preparing for a circumnavigation to start next year. When they came over we played a couple of rounds of Mexican Train (dominos) and showed them Qwirkle both good games for a couple, or up to 6 to 8 people.
A video of Refugio 2/24/24:
This Puerto Don Juan 2/25/24:
This is the view from our hike in Puerto Don Juan 2/26/24: https://vimeo.com/922178670?share=copy
This is a screen shot that shows where we are anchored.Lots’s more beach than when we came ashore.We planned for tide coming in, but it was going out.Our dinghy is the one with the wheelsYet another broken part! the handle on the outboard. Difficult to get as we have a two stroke and they don’t sell them or service them in the US, and don’t have the parts catalog for them.
(posted 03/11/24)
We got underway at 8:30 headed for Santispac. Winds ranged from 22-35 knots. There was a very small weather window that would work for sailing but we didn’t put the sails up…didn’t trust the weather to be consistent. Despidida also traveled to Santispac. We arrived around 1:30 and anchored in 30’ of water. There seems to be a dozen other boats here and many RVs. Very peaceful and calm.
Just another sunriseMV DespedidaMV DespedidaRocking and rolling!Reneé likes to be on deck in the morning, but it can be a bit cool.
