4/1-8/17 LAPaz and near Islands with Janet and Henry

April first got reacquainted with La Paz and had lunch at Marina de La Paz.  First impression was that the town is a little tired looking compared to 11 years ago.  The big Los Arcos Hotel has been closed for 6 years over a labor dispute and the windows are all painted red and black plus it has a lot of graffiti.  Marina Cortez a new floating dock Marina just east of Marina de La Paz has a couple expensive nice restaurants in front.

Open Grill 

Always cool Cars in La Paz

 

Home made Ice Cream Store still the same !

APRIL 2, 2017 We took a bus trip across the Peninsula to Todas Santos on the Pacific side toward Cabo.  It was a small artist colony with lots of character but now it seems to be made for Tourists with way over priced everything.  

Cactus garden

 

Lunch with Janet and Henry

More cool cars

Hotel California

  Got a surprise message from our daughter, and it wasn''t an April Fools Joke.  Drew and Lynnette are now Mr. and Mrs. Martin.   4-04-17.    Monday was a day off but Tues we sailed to the for Espírito Santo and anchor in Caleta Partida.           

Caleta Partida

Sunrise

Beautiful water

Fish camp

Man Power in Too Low Tide

Siblings

Next day a giant 5 mile trip out to Ensenada Grande.  Choose to anchor in the southern lobe anticipating more protection from the north winds.  Not sure it made any difference but there was a hiking trail there that I thought everyone but myself might enjoy as my Achilles are still chronically inflamed I opted to read on the beach.

LOVE THE WHEELS

CHEZ NOUS FROM THE BEACH

SUNSET AT ENSENADA GRANDE

Spent a lovely evening on Mamala, which is a McGregger 65 meeting new friends and listening to Toni play a mechanically amplified guitar.  I think sold by National Guitar Co.  A wooden guitar with a polished aluminum cone speaker on its face.  Really a beautiful sound.  Plus he played an incredible sounding Mandolin. Pretty windy but very smooth water in the cove.  In the morning we took a dinghy exploration of the little cove west of us (Las Cuevitas) that was supposed to have a blue footed booby colony.  No blue feet but interesting geology.

Weather Worn Sand Stone 

Cool Geo

Heron

4-06-17 at 10:00 we got underway for Isla San Francisco about 19 miles NNW of Isla Partida.  in plenty of time to hike but no one was up for another hot afternoon hike so Janet and I kayaked and looked for shells.

Isla San Francisco

San Francisco looking SW over the Bay of La Paz

Panoramic sunset looking SW

  4-07-17 When we lifted anchor in the morning we could see all the chain snaking around in the white sand but the anchor itself was completely buried.  The water was as smooth as glass more than halfway back to the Marina.  

Heading back to La Paz

Selfie reflection in water from Bow of Chez Nous

  Got back in time to cool off in the pool and get cleaned up for a very nice fair well dinner at Marino Azul restaurante at Marina Costa Baja.