We pulled up our anchor at 5:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 11, so as to take advantage of no wind early on in the day. It wasn�t until noon that the winds finally came up from the NW. As we traveled north, about 2 miles offshore, the mountain range along the coast reminded us at times of the mountains surrounding the Los Angeles basin. We anchored at 2:15 p.m. at the northern end of Bahia de los Muertos, about 45 miles from our last anchorage, in beautiful clear turquoise water. We could see the bottom at 30 feet. There were large cacti along the headland.
On Wednesday, March 12, we pulled up our anchor at first light (5 a.m.) as we had 58 miles to go to La Paz. Another beautiful day! We motorsailed most of the day as we had a schedule to keep. At times we had south winds, then north winds. The landscape was very much a desert. We anchored in La Paz at 2:45 p.m. and changed our clocks one hour ahead to Mountain Time.
We anchored for two nights in the bay at La Paz and are presently moored at Marina de La Paz. Our present plan is to depart La Paz on Tuesday, March 18, headed out first to the nearby islands � then north to a few other islands � before sailing across the Sea of Cortez to Matzatlan, arriving there on or before the first of April. |
