We are on our way to La Cruz, just north of Puerto Vallarta. It feels good to be off cruising again. This morning before leaving La Paz we took on some fuel. Price was about $2.68 per gallon, which seemed good to us, but I don’t know how it compares to current US prices for marine diesel. Muertos is about 50 miles south of La Paz. We had 20 mph winds most of the day and some pretty good chop on the way down. The boat rides beautifully, but Earl did not feel he could fish. If he caught something, he would have to drift to bring it in and he felt the seas were too rough. We will certainly have plenty of time. Our current plan is to go directly across the Sea of Cortez and south to La Cruz, just north of Puerto Vallarta. It is a little over 300 miles, so it will be two overnights of running with just the two of us (unless we can convince Daisy to stand watch in turn.) It may be an experience that we choose not to repeat.
We are anchored near a boat, Companera, from Bear Valley AK. They took off for the beach in their dingy. Hopefully we will get a chance to chat with them before leaving tomorrow am.
I bought a Telcel aircard and am delighted that so far we have pretty good coverage on the way from La Paz and here at anchor. It will be interesting to see how far out it lasts.
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Good luck crossing to the mainland, that could be an adventure with just two of you onboard.
We just fueled up at La Conner two weeks ago and paid $2.70 for marine diesel, including taxes. It sounds like diesel costs about the same here as it does there.
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