Great sail to La Paz - the adventure begins.

Begone has spent summers in San Carlos for the past 10 years.  It is a wonderful town with great people and services and weather.  So saying "adios" for the last time (at least for the foreseeable future) wasn't easy.  

But on March 26th, 2015 @ 3:45 pm, we motored out of the harbor, set sail and off Begone's stern was the ever present landmark the "Goat's Tits" reminding us where we're welcomed back into the Sea.  We set sail on a course of 180 degrees for a overnight sail to Puerto Escondido (just south of Loreto) on the Baja side.  It was a gorgeous sail -- 11-16 knots of breese from the WNW.  Threw a double reef in the main for the night just in case the wind built and we switch off on 3 hour watches on a starry night with calm seas.

As morning broke, Tom put on his Hidden Harbor T-Shirt to prepare to take a mooring buoy in the Puerto Escondido's Inner Harbor.  All the buoys have been replaced since the big 2014 hurricane. The new Singular harbormaster has brought hot water to the showers (a huge deal for us cruisers with not hot water, much less showers on our boats), diesel to the fuel docks, a great little tienda and a general sense that the marina is striving to attract cruisers.

Here's Begone on a mooring buoy in Puerto Escondido.  Cost was about $12 per night but included a lap pool and nice hot showers.   Note:  I just think she's a beautiful 'ole gal.

We had a terrific time in Puerto Escondido with Tom's great marine surveyor buddy, Odus and his wife Joyce.  And then Adagio sailed in and we enjoyed a great time with Jeff & Janie!!

But it was time to set sail south toward La Paz so we chose an overnight passage (thanks to GPS, radar and keen eyes) we had a fabulous sail down between the islands and in the morning was delighted to hear "Gemini" call out on the VHF to another boat.  We had been hoping to connect with Les and Diane on this trip but was unsure of their location...so sure enough they were just leaving Caleta Partida a little bay on Isla Partida but decided to stay to see us.  We so glad we didn't miss that night in this beautiful anchorage - it was a terrific dinner aboard Gemini!

Diane and Les on Gemini

Isla Partida in the morning

And on the morning of April 1st, we weighed anchor and made the 5 hour sail to La Paz and we delighted to find that Marina de La Paz had a slip for us!  First leg of our trip was just perfect!