This is
Icarian (Marilyn and Brian), Endeavour, (Kim and Linda) and us at one of our favourite hangouts in La
Paz, El
Callejón, a little sidewalk
café in La
Paz. We’
ve had some great times here, but now we’re all getting set to head off back to the mainland. We are all planning to continue our cruising, but we are all going in different directions eventually. Endeavour is heading to the South Pacific,
Icarian is heading to Central America, and we (
unbeknownst to us at this time) are heading to Tennessee.
As we are leaving La
Paz, we cruised by the
Dockwise ship. We have friends shipping boats back to the Northwest, and their boats are on board. And no, I don't think it's sinking...I don't know what happened with the photographer in this one??
Another view...as they say, "No shame in shipping". I could see us doing this through the Red Sea, should we get that far.
My #39
th birthday party…what do you mean “OH,
Yah!!”??? That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. As you can see, you really have to be a serious eater and drinker to stick it.
A serenade, uncomfortable but nice!
Ralph never seems to have any birthdays...no wonder I'm aging faster than him! Another round of eyebrows being burned off!
Where should I begin?
We had a fabulous time and I scooped some great jewellery from the guests…all given as gifts, I might add.
Here’s the same crew as in the first shot on this page, along with a few other friends...only this time we’re all in Mazatlan, across the Sea of
Cortez from La
Paz. This type of gathering is called a “BURP” or
Bluewater Unofficial Rendezvous Point/Party. All people here are from Vancouver, and
Bluewater Cruising Association. We all left Vancouver the same year, more or less. Pictured, along with the same group as before are Scott Free II (Donna and Gerry), Right
Galah (Charles and Sandra) and Airborne (Hal and Kathy).
From Mazatlan, we took a 4 day car trip up to San Carlos to visit Rob and Fiona (My brother and his partner). We all went to a pearl factory.
We learned a lot, but didn't make any purchase...very expensive.
It was quite a beautiful area, much prettier than we had supposed.
Me, brother Rob, and Fiona on a beach stroll.
The area had some terrific scenery, as you can see. Boy, I’d give anything to be on that beach right now!
While we walked down that beach, in San Carlos, Ralph spotted movement in the sand. What did we find but this little sea turtle trying to make it’s way to the sea. We
didn’t find a nest, so we’re not sure where he came from.
We took him/her closer to the water and let him go. They must spend some time walking on the sand and into the water because that is the only way the females know where to come back to to lay their eggs. The males never return to land.
A viewpoint outside of San Carlos.
Fiona and I are debating what kind of carving to buy. In the end, she got a small turtle and we bought a large pelican (which they will take in their car back to Vancouver for us). There are a lot of these carvers, here in Mexico, but I must say he was the best we’d ever seen
Leaving Mazatlan. Those are friends Gerry and Donna, from Scot Free II. We thought this might be the last we'll saw of them, as they are heading to the South Pacific.
