Category Archives: Location

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Chores and Errands While at Marina Costa Baja

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Sunrise on Thursday, January 5, 2023

We took the 0900 shuttle into town. Our plan was to rent a car and go grocery shopping. We’d noticed that there was an organic market called Nomada Fresh and Organics near the church, so we decided to walk over there and check it out before heading to Chedraui. It turned out to be a restaurant, not a market. So we had breakfast there.

A street vendor came by selling sweets, and we bought one. It was shredded coconut covered in caramel. It tasted just like the Samoa Girl Scout Cookies.

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Keith’s Perspective of Land Life vs Boat Life/Le point de vue de Keith sur la vie à terre et la vie en bateauKeith’s Perspective of Land Life vs Boat Life

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Land life and boat life each have their pros and cons. La vie sur terre et la vie sur mer ont des pour et contre. 

In the boat, it’s fun to be able to go to an anchorage or relocate whenever you want. But the boat has limited space. Unless you are in a marina, you have to get in the dinghy, then zoom over to the nearest good place to land. 

Sur le bateau, c’est amusant d’aller à un ancrage et de se relocaliser quand tu veux. Mais le bateau a un espace limité. Sauf si tu es dans une Marina, sinon tu dois prendre le canot pour aller sur le meilleur endroit le plus proche sur terre.

Marina Costa Baja in La Paz, Mexico
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La Paz to San Diego and Back Again

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Sunrise on Tuesday, December 13

The taxi picked us up at 1000 from the marina. It took us to the airport, which was on the outskirts of town on the southwest side, about a 20 minutes away from Costa Baja. We drove through downtown La Paz, passed the Walmart at the edge of town, and passed a military base before getting to the tiny airport.

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Marina Costa Baja, Days 3 – 4

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Sunrise and moonset on Sunday December 11, 2022

It was a mellow day. As usual, we spent the morning doing chores. While Christi and Keith were washing Kosmos, a marina employee came by in a small boat and asked if that was our dinghy. When they looked over, they saw our dinghy was floating away! Eric hopped into his boat and they retrieved the dinghy. We are so grateful to him. Had he not seen it and alerted us, the dinghy would have likely smashed up on the rocks.

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Marina Costa Baja, Day 2

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The simultaneous sunrise and moonset on Saturday December 10, 2022

Since we didn’t have to make water this morning, Eric only ran the generator for an hour and a half to charge the batteries and make enough hot water for showers and dishes. Eric did some chores: changed generator oil and filter, changed water maker filter, and took the oil to the recycling area.

We also defrosted the freezer/refrigerator combo unit in the companionway (hall). All three of our Vitrifigo units tend to ice up quickly and need to be defrosted every two or three months. It is probably worth noting that we have the freezer unit in the salon (living room) turned off since we are low on frozen food and the refrigerator in the galley (kitchen) is still broken.

Yesterday, we’d been pleasantly surprised to find out that the boat tied up in front of us was a family with a child onboard about Keith’s age. In the afternoon, we went to the resort’s beach with them.

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