The Push North to Mazatlan

It was HELL. We had 30 knots of wind on our nose and swells that were 8-10 feet for about 15 straight hours. We still made it into Mazatlan in a day and ½ but it was the worst overnight passage we had on the trip. We were all happy to get back to Mazatlan. We stayed at El Cid Marina which is an AWESOME resort. We also ended up being docked next to a boat that we had seen a lot but had not actually met – Black Dragon. We are all in love with the Dolling family from Black Dragon. Tracey, Steve and Foster (and Scupper the dog) are wonderful. We ended up spending a week with them in Mazatlan. I had my best shopping day ever with Tracey trying to find the bowls you need to make molcajetes.

Turns out that we decided to buddy boat across the Sea back to Bahia de los Muertos. We had a great trip across. We could not have had better conditions. There was a group of four sailboats all going the same way – us, Black Dragon, RockStar and Sapphire. We made it from Mazatlan to Muertos in 32 hours. We anchored in Muertos and spent a great couple of days on the beach there exploring one man’s resort (a former San Diego real estate developer – complete with giant model train collection) and the shoreline. The kids also had a lot of fun learning to sail in Foster’s sailing dinghy. Next stop back to La Paz to reprovision for the trip north into the Sea.

The Dolling family sailing to shore in Muertos on their dinghy

Kelly and me ashore in Muertos

Ryan just above the dinghy dock in Muertos

The walk into Muertos

Everyone, including Scupper is glad to be ashore

Lets hug a cactus but not too close

Climbing the awesome sand dunes in Muertos

(our camera makes everything look blue in bright sunlight)

We have conquered the hill

This picture does not do justice to layout of trains at this small resort on the south shore of Muertos

Kelly, Ryan and Foster playing with the slot cars in the resort at Muertos

I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this one for my mom

A picture taken from the second floor of the resort looking back down to the beach

Kelly coming down the slide

Kelly in the infiinty pool

The gang resting back at the beach before making the big push back to the dinghy dock

Steve Dolling and Phil walking back up the beach past the pangas

The colorful pangas

One of the locals in Muertos we found trying to hide under the rock.