Still in La Cruz

We have been in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Mexico since February 9th. We had a wonderful visit from Cookie and Bill, James' parents.  We've been working pretty steadily for the past 2 months. We've done dinghy chaps for Wayne and Carol on Capricorn Cat, another set for Jean Marie, a set for Mel on Surrender and our last set of chaps was made for Eulalie and Eric on Elizabeth Jean. We made fitted v-berth sheets for Jane and Nigel on White cloud. We cut and trimmed a new jib for Sea Urchin and added reef points to their new sail. We restitched and added reinforcements to a boat cover for Kent on Nalu IV, as well as many small canvas repair jobs. We've met incredible people, new friends we hope to see much more of along the way. 

We attempted to leave La Cruz, but the auto pilot was not cooperating so we're still here. We had some more fun experiences though. We spent one very rocky and rolly night at Yelapa, getting a chance to hike to a waterfall and have lunch with our friends Jane and Nigel. We came back to La Cruz in the middle of the two week Easter Celebration which ended just as the local festivities began. A 9 day celebration of the Patron Saint of La Cruz…which happens to be a Cross….started with a bang, literally. We were subjected to loud fireworks morning, noon and night for 9 days in a row. Our poor dog got very little sleep. The town was filled with people, the beaches were packed and the little town square became a carnival with rides for the kids, booths selling everything from clothing to giant mugs of beer with tomato juice and topped with shrimp and jicama and chili sauce. James loved it. We played a few games, throwing rocks at beer bottles, the prize being a beer. And yesterday was Cinco De Mayo. We thought it would be a bigger deal, but it was pretty quiet all day. It must be a bigger deal in the States. 

Today (May 6) we're finishing up one more set of dingy chaps for friends we met miles ago in Turtle bay and caught up with here in La Cruz. We're hoping to get the boat bottom cleaned and attempt once more to head to La Paz.  We know we'll get there eventually!!

May 15th, we're leaving the La Cruz marina today with a fully stocked and wonderfully clean boat, we'll be anchoring at Punta Mita with hopes of sailing north on Sunday if the weather holds. Wish us luck on this second attempt!