Guaymas! -First it was the tides. It’s very shallow here and the high tides have been early in the morning and at night (before and after the travel lift hours). -Then Jim got sick. There’s been a bug traveling around the boat yard almost as long as we’ve been here. We were feeling pretty smug having not picked it up, but last week Jim came down with it and now I'm coming down with it! -Now it’s the very strong northerlies. There have been 25-40 knot winds every night and now they’re all day long with seven to eight foot seas in the northern Sea of Cortez crossing. The Sea of Cortez is a bit like Puget Sound - short, steep waves that are close together - not the nice rolling swells. Apparently it's bad enough that many of the Port Captains have closed their ports (not letting boats leave the harbor). These conditions are supposed to last through Saturday. We are first on the list to splash on Saturday. This is what the cockpit looks like in the mornings l...
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving….. Lao Tzu