S/V Loomba-Loomba

Once again our plans changed. We had the best crossing of the Sea of Cortez that we've ever had. Perfect sailing conditions.  Except for motoring out of the marina and starting the engine to anchor we sailed the entire 22 hour passage. All was great on Loomba-Loomba. Sunrise during the crossing of the Sea of Cortez from San Carlos on the mainland to Isla Coronados on Baja However, when we woke up the next morning anchored at Isla Coronados the house batteries were dead and weren't taking a charge when we ran the engine. With the help of a couple of other cruisers it was determined that the electronic read out for the charging system was not reading correctly and the batteries were toast.  Thank goodness we have a brand new starter battery! We decided to head into Puerto Escondito, rent a car,  and drive to Loreto to get new batteries. Heading into Puerto Escondido we couldn't believe how  green everything was. They had a lot more rain this summer than t...

It's been a hectic two weeks. Six days were spent driving up to Palm Springs, and back and forth twice to San Pedro/LA, back to Palm Springs and then back to San Carlos. We'll be glad not to be in the car for awhile, although the Mexico part of the trip is always more interesting than the U.S. part. There's always stuff for sale along the road: It's chile season..... And there are shrines where people have died in accidents: The border crossing wasn't bad for a Saturday and the border patrol guy we got knew what a life raft was so we didn't have a problem getting through without opening it. (Thank Goodness) There was a gorgeous sunset in Tucson that night: The next day (Monday) we got to Palm Springs in time for a dip in the pool. In the morning we were heading to the freeway to San Pedro and our power steering pump went out and was spewing power steering fluid all over. We called AAA and a tow tru...