S/V Loomba-Loomba

Arrived in Agua Verde this morning. There's a village with a little tienda so we can get some produce, goat cheese, fresh tortillas - and we can catch fish. What more do we need????? Weather is perfect. Water temp is 75 and warming up. Time to blow up the Stand Up Paddleboards and stay awhile. Would love to get an email to: WDF5255@sailmail.com Text only and please don't hit reply - start a brand new email thread each time Thanks! Jim and Chrissy ---------- radio email processed by SailMail for information see: http://www.sailmail.com

Arrived here in Los Gatos yesterday after two nights in San Evaristo. It rained/thunder in Evaristo. We have a clean boat again:) Now we have clear skies, warm air, and water is warming up: 75 today. Position: 25degrees18.16minutes N by 110degrees 56.73minutes W May head north (18 miles) to Agua Verde tomorrow?????????? ---------- radio email processed by SailMail for information see: http://www.sailmail.com

Left Isla Venados (Mazatlan) 6:15 AM on Sunday 3/15 Arrived Isla San Francisco (Baja) 4:20 AM on Tuesday 3/17 Happy St. Patricks Day! Good 46 hour crossing. Sailed a lot of the time except when the wind died a few times. Flat, comfortable seas. ---------- radio email processed by SailMail for information see: http://www.sailmail.com

We didn't leave Marina Mazatlan as planned on Thursday due to thunder,lightening,and squalls right around Maz. Left this afternoon and we are anchored at one of the little islands just off of Mazatlan. (Sort of reminds us of Cabo). Lots of sunset cruises, music, jet skis, banana boats, party boats,parasailers, etc.. The dark clouds are moving north and we're supposed to have SSE/ winds for the next two days - perfect. We are planning to leave for Baja (Isla San Francisco?)at first light tomorrow. ---------- radio email processed by SailMail for information see: http://www.sailmail.com

Testing remote blog post. Hoping we can post to blogspot (text only) from sailmail. -- Christine Hodges PO Box 4717 Rollingbay, WA 98061-0717 hodges.c@gmail.com

Our neighbor on the dock is a Kiwi who lives in  Mexico and he has a sport fishing boat. He and  friends go out fishing for BIG fish and are quite  successful. This piece came from a  VERY LARGE tuna. We ate half - delicious, and froze half. After we got back from Durango we headed  to the Sunday market in Juarez to stock up  on produce. It’s quite an experience to go to  the Sunday markets in the outlying areas. Yes....we bought a donut.......... and produce and eggs.......... but we didn't buy a piece of cake or pie On Tuesday afternoon we rented a car for a day and  took our propane bottles to get filled and stock up  on the rest of our groceries and supplies. The next  morning we decided to drive up to Copala.   It is a small  colonial town on the old Hwy. 40. People used to have  to drive from Mazatlan to Durango on this road.  It was very well maintained, but very curvy.  The dr

Our very comfortable bus for the trip from Mazatlan to Durango The new highway 40 was completed two years ago.  There are 115 bridges and 63 tunnels. It took five years to complete and it cut 5 hours(by car) off of the trip  between the two cities. It was a beautiful trip through the Sierra Madres. This bridge is 4,101' long 1321' high (river to bridge deck) - the highest in the world. There are 115 bridges and 63 tunnels. View from our room Avenida Constitucion  Constitucion is a seven block long pedestrian  only street in the heart of the city. It is lined with sculptures and stars (like Hollywood) of actors who have been in movies filmed in the Durango area. Durango is a colonial town with a huge mining history and is filled with colonial buildings.  Even McDonald's is in an old palace. This is Wallenders Deli - very trendy! There are many beautiful old churches. This is the Cathe