On to La Paz

After Cabo San Lucas we sailed around the Baja point to Los Frailes (the Friars). The cliffs are said to look like friars climbing. We left at 5:30 am & Teagan was up without complaint to "fake" (sort it into a figure 8 pattern so it doesn't get tangled for the next time you need to put the anchor out) the anchor chain into the locker. We stayed a day here hoping to snorkel the reef, but it's not easy to get to by land or sea so we will try again on the return trip. Again Teagan is up at 5:30 am as we leave here for Muertos Cove. It was a windless hot day, the most trying so far! And so as we arrive & anchor we are all off into the water. Many other boats from the Ha Ha are also there so it becomes quite a social event. It is a beautiful cove & we will stop here again before our trip across the Sea of Cortez to Mazatlan, but we want to push on to an anchorage close to La Paz. Next morn the same drill but the wind comes up early am! 15-20 knots, scramble to make sure all is secured, 2 hours of fun, then dies off to nothing for next few hours, then wind starts up again but not in the direction we want, have to reef sails this time. The direction of wind makes our next planned anchorage unsafe so we need to make it all the way to La Paz before dark as the channel is shallow & bends so you might line up the marks incorrectly or some might just be missing. Our luck holds & we have a beautiful sunset as we find only 2 marks missing & an available slip in Palmeria Marina. Not to bad for sailing on Friday the 13th! (No I did not tell the crew that it was Friday!) Boy it's nice to get into a marina after 20+ days as sea on on the hook. The boat and all of us need to get cleaned up and recharged. As it happens we arrive just before the 1st "Norther" (wind storm) of the season!