It’s hard to summarize La Paz. There is a huge cruising community based there including a club called Club Cruceros, which we joined. There are large Mega Stores (including Wal Mart) to provision and you can find most things you need, but it’s pretty spread out and hard to do on foot. The anchorage is difficult, but we seem to have figured it out. We went on the hard for a few days to have new bottom paint done, so there’s a separate photo album dedicated to that.
It was a 5 1/2 hour day motor sail from Puerto Balandra down to La Paz
Logbook – March 21, 2013 (Puerto Balandra to La Paz)
Passage Log Highlights
1030 Departed – only P engine on
1553 Arrived. Both engines on. Making sure we are set.
(Edit: La Paz was the first time we encountered anchoring in the presence of a strong current. It took us a while to figure out why all the boats weren’t facing the same way.)
Approaching the La Paz channelWe settled into an anchor spot on the east side of the channel. This was the most difficult anchoring we had done to date due to the strong current in the channel.Looking North up towards the channelSunset reflectionSunset on our first night back in civilizationSunset over all the masts at anchorThe boys just love “boatmeal”
(Edit: VHF cruiser nets were a novelty at first but it wore off. In areas with high cruiser traffic, there is usually a channel designated for hailing so we aren’t all on the official channel 16 clogging it up. In La Paz it was channel 22.)
Relaxing on a lounge chair at the beachBrenden would much rather dig in the sand than relax in a lounge chairA view up the beachA small marinaBrenden in his own worldA restaurant on the beach called “Stella” had this just outside. Boys loved it.Heading to the grocery store. it’s easily a mile away, so I’m taking my two pack mules with me.Wyland wallThis is a, well, interesting, replica of mushroom rockAt the PlazaThe Catedral de Nuestra Senora de La PazAlex loves being at the museum. We spent an hour or so at the Museo Regional de Antropologia e Historia (Regional Museum of Anthropology and History), and you would think it was torture.Brenden keeps losing the staring contestI really liked this mural at the museum.Brothers walking along the malecon.
Logbook – March 27, 2013 (La Paz)
Passage Log Highlights
1100 Back in the water. Out in the bay dumping heads.
This dog kept us entertained. He actually got in the water and chased fish most of the timeDolphins were everywhere in the anchorage. This pod actually swam under our boat.It was nice to be back at anchor after the hauloutMagnetic knife blockMore dolphins in the channel
Gresham Family Exodus 