Birthday, Yard Work and Friends

Sherrell spent her birthday working on the boat in the yard. As you can see from the photo I kept her slaving away. We did celebrate her birthday with a group of friends. One group we met almost a year ago coming down the US Pacific Coast and the other group we recently met in Bahia de Los Angeles over the summer. It was a fun get together with gifts, some poems and even a VEGAN cake from Batwing!

As I write this we are back in the anchorage. The wind is blowing like crazy, but it’s good to be back in the water. We had to wash off about an inch of dust on the decks, and there seems to be grit everywhere. We’re all stocked up and ready for the long two legs down to Mazatlan, 180 miles then 240 miles. Non-stop it would take us about 5 days, but we’ll probably stop in Topolobampo and rest. We’d like to leave tomorrow, but we’re waiting for a clear sign that the weather is going to be good and not blowing like crazy.