What Happened for two months!!!

Well in two days it is April the 1st.

We have been up to lots, just not blogging about it:)

Charlie went to Vancouver for a month to observe his project at the Vancouver Olympics. It was fantastic, but a bit of sleep deprivation was involved. Glad to get back to the boat for a few restful night passages. Filed a tax return and caught up with some friends. Even slid a round for a day on the white stuff - thankyou John.

Steff, Emily and Christo spent a week at a Spanish school in Yelapa, and then they did a road trip into the interior of Mexico to see Monarch butterflies and some colonial architecture.

We all got back to the boat for the begining of March, spent a few days at La Cruz on the North of Banderas By and then heade North again. A night at Chacala (One of our favourites) and then on to Mazatlan. A few days there, then a two night trip acros to the Baja again. Some good sailing , some motoring and some more good sailing to windward. Adios III does sail well.

Then we had three days at Playa Bonanza on the East side of Isla Espiritu Santu. Some snorkelling and hiking, but a lot of time on the boat as it blew 40+knots for two days. Two anchors out and lots of chain gave us restful nights but it was noisy and we didn't like to leave the boat much. Actually it was challenging to leave the boat. When it finally went down I snorkelled over the anchors and they were both buried out of sight!

A night in our old favourite spot of Caleta Lobos, where we had spent Christmas 2001 with Rick from Firewater, and now we are anchored in La Paz doing the famed "La Paz Waltz". It is a narrow channel with a significant tidal flow and the wind is often against the current. The result is that we all sail about at anchor in a seemingly random manner. Two boats a hundred feet apart will be facing in opposite directions. Quite entertaining if you have enough space.

Tomorrow we should go onto the dock and I will take the heat exchanger off the motor as it needs a repair. Steff is going to try and wade through the paper trail needed to get our FM3 visas which will allow us to stay for the year without having to leave the country every six months. Should challenge her rapidly improving Spanish.

The blog is under new management, so I will endeavour to keep it a bit more regular. Photos to follow tomorrow