We finally left La Cruz so we could start heading up into the Sea of Cortez, but not so fast. We wanted to revisit some of the places we’d been before on our little journey – places like Chacala and San Blas, and, in particular, one place we missed – Isla Isabela, which is not technically ON the mainland, but a gorgeous island just off the coast that supports an unimaginable number of birds. And we stopped in Mazatlán so we could take care of business – repairs, provisioning, and of course, laundry.
This time through, we took a hike up to a crater in Chacala, and tromped around town in San Blas. Last time in San Blas, we got lucky and were only marginally eaten by the jejenes (no-see-ums). This time we weren’t so lucky. We got chowed. Poor Ry. I think he was worse off than Jody. Ugh!
But this vid is way, way better…thx, Ry!
Capt. Fishguts caught dinner on the way to Chacala
Happy crew
Sunset over Chacala
Handmade wallet – Ry bought in
Thad’s new friend
Another sunset over Chacala
Sweaty Advance Team on hike to the crater
and a beautiful beach along the way
Crew enjoying the short trip to San Blas
Might as well do a few pull-ups, too
Sunset over San Blas
Beautiful morning for fishing in San Blas
A gorgeous hotel in San Blas
The inner courtyard
Life in San Blas
A morbid scene
Wifi was…meh
Mazatlan!
One of the beautiful churches in town
Lots of graffiti here
Cansado (sleepy)
Have you ever seen so many empty soda bottles?
Shrimp capitol of the Baja
The mercado
Mazatlán bus to my home town – Chula Vista!
Thirsty after walking around town
More “wall art”
We needed a water pump!!
Playing at da pool
Lounging
El Cid Marina
Dinghy adventure to dinner
Dinner with our buds, minus Iz, in Mazatlán
No IPA 🙁
Elote (corn) concoction – SALTY
Cruise ship spewing shit
Provisioning at Soriana
A ride on a Pulmonia
The boys
Ry wearing Kristin’s sweater – always a treat
Thad and Ry bowing down to Chef Ja because they’d never had a pork chop like the one they had here
A lovely last evening in Maz
SNL ready to shoot the channel on her way to cross The Sea
The video taken from the drone shows the locals drying some green stuff. What was the green stuff and do they export it or is it just for the locals? Really enjoy keeping abreast of your adventure(s).
Oh to be young again!
We’ll be launching our home-built this spring after seven years of working on it!
Nancy just arrived home today from rehab where she’s been since about Mar 14 after she slipped on some ice and broke her right femur.
Refresh my memory, did cap’n Randy break a leg someplace around Lake Tahoe?
Keep on paddling.
Bud Stych
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Hey Bud! Glad you enjoy the blog — we’ll send you an email. Love to Nancy!
The video taken from the drone shows the locals drying some green stuff. What was the green stuff and do they export it or is it just for the locals? Really enjoy keeping abreast of your adventure(s).
Oh to be young again!
We’ll be launching our home-built this spring after seven years of working on it!
Nancy just arrived home today from rehab where she’s been since about Mar 14 after she slipped on some ice and broke her right femur.
Refresh my memory, did cap’n Randy break a leg someplace around Lake Tahoe?
Keep on paddling.
Bud Stych
Hey Bud! Glad you enjoy the blog — we’ll send you an email. Love to Nancy!
Loving your adventures…your life is good. ?
Indeed. We’re pretty lucky 🙂