We arrived at 8am, 12.5 hours after leaving Punta Chivato at
7:30pm the previous evening for a 70nm passage across the sea. The voyage started with a bit of sea swell
coming in directly off our bow so we had a bit of a smooth hobby-horsing effect. Zappa is a little out of
practice with the motion of the ocean so he quickly got sick, poor cat.
He then just slept the rest of the trip.
The seas were for the most part smooth until about 5am when the winds
were building from the SE and sea state a bit more rough. Kids slept through it all and Steve and I took
shifts overnight. When we encountered
the windy time for the last 3 hours, it reminded us of our crossing the sea
from San Jose Del Cabo to Mazatlan and how the conditions were the same; smooth except for the last few hours. This may be some localized weather as this 25 knot wind was not in the forecasts we consulted! We only
encountered one boat the whole night! In
fact, since leaving Puerto Esondido, we have only encountered a handful of
vessels. Where have all the boaters gone? We can only imagine they are seeking cooler temperatures as
it is getting quite warm here in the Sea.
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| Sunset as we leave Punta Chivato |
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This fish came aboard in the wee hours of the morning, we released it back
Big jump to get on deck, maybe 7-8ft. Small fish, big jump! |
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| Anchorage in Caleta Algodones |
As we were arriving I looked at the guide book to find out
the morning net in the area is on VHF 74, a channel we have not monitored
previously and it is scheduled to start at 8am. At 8am
I had it on and ready, but heard nothing.
As Steve and I talked, first we thought we missed it. Then we remembered there was a time change so
maybe we were an hour late. We went on
to other things as we get the boat ready to stay at anchor and soon a message
comes up stating the net is in 5 minutes.
We are now an hour earlier than the other side of the sea. The net lasted a very brief 5 minutes, which we
could barely hear as it is "controlled" by a boat in another bay, behind a big hill from us. Only about 5 or so vessels
check in – things are slowing down here for the season as well. The Time zones have been interesting to try
to keep track of and quite funny that we have many conversations about
them. We are in MST (Mountain Standard
Time) in Sonora Mexico like Arizona and yesterday on the other side of the sea
we were in MDT (Mountain Daylight Time).
So even though we came east we went back in time which now puts us in
PDT (Pacific Daylight Time) clock time – same as at home in Washington. Some parts of Mexico observe daylight savings, others not. Also, the Mexican change to daylight savings happens on a different day than in the US. It has been quite confusing at times for us to know what time it is! So mv Adagio is right now at 9:30am MST and
at home in La Conner WA it is also 9:30am PDT.
In all my database work, I don’t think I worked with MDT and would find
it interesting now to play around with this time element MST.
After a morning of chores and some schooling, we ventured to
shore. Again, the guide book mentions a
resort/hotel and we can see their wifi.
But it appears to be closed too!
We believe though that they may be open with just a few guests but decided
not to try to eat out there. We played
in the nice warm 80+ degree water and in the sand dunes for a few hours before
coming back to the boat for the evening. The sand was too hot to walk on without shoes.
We are leaving the boat soon so our conversations revolve
around our trip home and which way to go but most importantly, things to do to
the boat to put it away. We brought much
too much from home initially that should go back to La Conner and not come back to Mexico, so the RV will
help us transport it all. I had looked into
options for vehicle and truck rentals and it actually was better to just purchase
an RV. With everything to go home, and the items that need to return to Mexico, and don’t
forget our cat, buying an RV was the best solution.
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