First trip on the water

Sunday, October 31^st

Still having problems with wifi connection.  Neither desktop nor laptop will connect 90% of the time.  We can get in occasionally, and then it drops off right in the middle of an email.  We spent the morning working on that and then gave up, frustrated.

It was a beautiful day so we decided to get on the water in our dinghy.

Captain Larry pilots our dinghy, named TTFN, around Costa Baja Marina

  First we needed to give it a bath; after 5,300 miles and several weeks in a dusty parking lot it was, well, filthy. An hour later it was clean and we backed it down the marina ramp and into the water.

What a wonderful afternoon. The sun was shining and a stiff breeze was blowing. The bay was a bit choppy but still a pleasant ride.We went all the way south to Marina de La Paz and the naval installation, then out to the Magote and in and among the moored boats, then north to Costa Baja…altogether a 3 hour ride. Our new Suzuki engine ran like a champ and the dinghy held up well after its road trip.  It was really fun and so good to be “on the water” and away from chores for awhile. We hope to get everything immediately necessary installed and secured by next week (?) and then head out, on Milagro, to one of the island anchorages recommended to us.