March 14-16, 2013
Bahia Los Frailes is 28 nmi from Cabo, heading North East. Cabo Pulmo National Park is just around a couple points to the North and the boys hooka’d there while I drifted around in the dinghy. We had our first encounter with other cruisers and enjoyed the long, white sand beach. Overall, I think our first anchorage in new territory was a huge success.
Logbook – March 15, 2013 (Bahia Los Frailes)
Daily Notes
- Cocktails w/ Dave & Booker @ Tortuguita
(Edit: They were a nice couple on another catamaran and we were the only two boats in the bay. They had already cleared out of Mexico and were waiting for their weather window to jump to The Marquesas. They had already left once, but winds were nonexistent so they turned around and waited. We went over to their boat, and I brought over a nice bottle of red wine. I didn’t really know the protocol or expectations, I just figured I should bring something. The following evening they came over to Exodus and they brought some yummy bread, I seem to recall it was coconut bread.)
Email sent to family and friends dated March 15, 2013
Subject: Hi, we are at Bahia Los Frailes
A few of you have messaged that inReach is showing us on the land! I assure you we are safely tucked away in a small anchorage on the other side of the tip of Baja anchored a safe distance from shore. I’m guessing the accuracy of the map they use is not as good as the accuracy of the GPS locations reported. Oh well. If you noticed us veer in towards land en route yesterday, it’s because whales were traveling close to shore. We got close enough to take some amazing pictures of them breaching. It was breathtaking. And made for a difficult school day, since who wants to work on Math when you are close enough to actually HEAR the whales! I can’t wait to upload photos for you all to see.
Cabo was OK, but it was busy and noisy since we happened to show up during spring break season. Lots of drunk and stupid college kids. The boys really liked it because there was a hotel pool we could easily crash and the pool water was warmer than the ocean. We didn’t stay in the Marina in Cabo, instead, we chose to anchor out in the bay. So, we did our laundry and grocery shopping by hauling stuff back and forth in the dinghy to shore. And I’m pretty sure I’m never going to have to learn to drive the dinghy… Alex loves to drive and he will always be my chauffeur. He also takes the responsibility to haul it up every night, and one evening I asked him to show me how too… he loves that!
The boys have used the hooka, in fact, they are out right now with it. We are flexible with school… on days they want to dive in the morning we do school in the afternoon/evening. It is still very strange to me to be in this total vacation environment while simultaneously taking care of day to day living things like laundry, groceries, house cleaning, and school. The boys are having a lot of trouble concentrating, they just want to play (me too!)
We are going to head up to La Paz in the next day or so. Feel free to email us on this address, I try to check it once every day or so, because this is also how we get weather info. I also got a small data plan on my phone, so every once in a while I cheat and turn it on when we don’t have wifi, that’s why I some times respond to emails from my phone. Hopefully we will be able to get wifi from the boat in La Paz. I am dying to upload photos!
Love and miss you all,
-Deanne
Gresham Family Exodus 