Continuing on Saturday, February 18… after we rounded the corner of Cabo San Lucas, the conditions in the Pacific continued to get calmer and calmer. Here was the sunset on Saturday.
The smoothest seas were at about midnight, then it slowly but steadily started to pick up. It was head seas, so we were doing a bit of hobby horsing towards the end, but it really was not bad. Here was the sunrise on Sunday.
We saw three different pods of whales, and we got video of the flukes of two of them.
I had a good time on the first passage from Costa Lotta to Magdalena Bay. The seas were calm. I mostly played video games and ate ice cream. I slept well, and in my parent’s bed! I didn’t have to do a night watch. But I had to do some day watches.
Le premier passage de Costa Lotta à Magdalena Bay s’est bien passé. La mer était calme. Presque tout le temps j’ai joué aux jeux vidéos et mangé de la glace. J’ai très bien dormi, et dans le lit de mes parents! Je n’avais pas de tour de garde la nuit. Mais je devais faire des tours de garde la journée.
The crescent moon was visible during the sunrise on Friday, February 17
On Friday, we were up earlier than usual to get the boat ready to go. We untied shortly after 0800. The ride was uncomfortable for the first two hours, as we were in head seas. The first shot of the industrial area between Playa Pichilingue and Bahia Falsa. The second shot is a zoom in of where we suspect the residue in the air may be coming from.
Overall, I liked La Paz. There were parts that weren’t so good, but those were far outranked by the good parts. There’s lots of good food and nice scenery. I can’t say I’m sad to leave La Paz, but only because I want to see my friends at home. We took the shuttle to town several times. We ate out every time. We ate at a place called Nim. I got some chicken, but I didn’t like the sauce. We ate at a place called El Zarape and a pasta place. We went to an art museum. All the art was creepy. We went to an anthropology museum, but it wasn’t that interesting
Sunrise on Thursday, February 16. The crescent moon rose not long before the sun did, and was glowing brightly as the sun rose.
Wednesday had been a mellow day, but Thursday was the exact opposite – we went non-stop from morning until bedtime.
After completing our morning chores, we took the 1310 shuttle to town. The other day, the Uber that took us back from the grocery store passed a chocolateria called Fan Fan. We were hoping it would be similar to See’s, where we could get a couple of pounds of high-quality chocolates in flavors of our own choosing. From the cathedral, we walked the few blocks to the chocolateria. We were disappointed to see that this was their entire stock of chocolates:
