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La Paz to La Cruz

We left La Paz on 1/31/14, spent one blustery night in Caleta Lobos - not far from La Paz - and traveled to Ensenada de Los Muertos the next day. It was a great day of sailing.  We stayed in Los Muertos for three nights just enjoying being at anchor and trying to pick the best weather window for crossing the Sea of Cortez. We were the only boat in the bay until later in the evening when a couple of other boats arrived. Sunrise in Ensenada de Los Muertos Some pangeros dumped some fish scraps  and the frigate birds were all over it. Leaving Muertos We motored out several miles to catch some wind - we were successful,  but along with the wind came steep/close together seas.  Things settled down the second day when we were approaching Isla Isabela AND....... ......we caught a sierra mackerel just off of Isla Isabela - it was delicious! We dropped the anchor at 11:30 pm on day three,  glad that we had a previous track on the GPS.  It