On Friday, December 9, we had another simultaneous dramatic sunrise/moonset
In the early morning, we went over to the other kid boat for a visit. Unfortunately, we couldn’t stay long. We had a reservation for Kosmos at Marina Costa Baja. Due to the extreme tide swings and the strong currents in the channel, we wanted to go in when the tides were favorable.
We pulled up anchor at 0930 and headed south. It was another short ride, only 30 minutes Here is a photo of the industrial area between Bahia Falsa and Costa Baja.
The channel into Costa Baja was just past the tanker. It was a narrow channel, and we had to make a hard turn to port (the left) as we passed the tanker.
Eric navigated us through the channel to the fuel dock, where Eric carefully parallel parked at the far end, directly in front of the marina office.
No, we weren’t getting fuel. When we were looking to make a reservation, we’d found that all the marinas in La Paz were full. Because Marina Costa Baja was expensive, it was the last marina we’d called. At first they said they were full, too, then said “Do you need power? We just had a cancellation for a spot with no power.” We took it.
The cruisers have nicknamed this marina “Costa Lotta” for a reason. We got a discount for being on the fuel dock, and it was still more money than our marina in San Diego charged. In good news, the fuel dock did have water, and good water that we could put into the tanks. The water spigot was far away, so we needed to attach two hoses together. Good thing we happened to have two on board.
After checking into the marina, we got the dinghy down. Eric then rinsed off Kosmos, washed out the dinghy, and filled the water tanks. It took a half-hour to put 140 gallons of water into the tanks with the hose. It would have taken us 12-hours to make that much water with the AC water maker and 24-hours with the DC.
At 1500 (3:00 pm), we took the dinghy into the resort for a late lunch/early dinner. The fuel dock was in an area called “the outer harbor.” The canal that you can see behind Kosmos in the photo above led into the “inner Harbor,” which was a pool of water surrounded on three sides by the resort. This was a clever design since it gave great waterfront marina views to a large number of buildings. Here are a couple photos taken inside the canal.
Obligatory photo with the resort’s Christmas tree.
We went to the Japanese restaurant. The fish that Eric and Christi ordered was great. Unfortunately, Keith’s soup and fried rice were not good, so we told him he didn’t have to eat it and took him for a second dinner at Azul Marino, which served burgers.
After dinner, we went back to the boat for the night. Keith watching the sunset.
