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Puerto Escondido (The Final Time) Photo Log

November 16-25, 2013

We were mainly in Puerto Escondido because of its proximity to the Loreto airport and it was a safe place for the boys and I to stay while Tim made a trip back up to The States. We had a great hike up into Tabor Canyon (aka Steinbeck Canyon) and did some serious provisioning in Loreto. We were here for a week, and we were more than ready to head out the afternoon Tim flew back in.

Depart Nopolo Nov 16 1430 – Arrive Puerto Escondido Nov 16 1618
Puerto Escondido is a large hurricane hole on the central region of the Baja Peninsula. There is a very small marina and a very large mooring field, but we typically chose to anchor just off the marina. At this point we tended to trust our anchor more than a mooring.

Logbook – November 16, 2013 (Nopolo to Puerto Escondido)

Passage Log Highlights

  • 1243 SB engine on. Watermaker 3 hours.
  • 1422 Start P engien
  • 1430 Depart Nopolo
  • 1618 Arrive Puerto Escondido

Daily Notes

  • Lazy internet morning & early PM at Nopolo
  • Gusty passage to PE
  • Dropped anchor, dinghied ashore, and LC (Lady Carolina) arrived
  • Unloaded the car – eaten alive by mosquitos
  • Dinner at Portobello – TOO EXPENSIVE!!
Getting ready to leave Nopolo
Raising the anchor – the fuses haven’t blown yet!

Logbook – November 17, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • D – run up to the hwy, trip to Pedro’s
  • Boys dinghy fishing w/ LC at sunset
  • LC over for spaghetti dinner
Dishwashing buddies, together again (we had been away from Lady Carolina for over a month!)

Logbook – November 18, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • D – after school internet day – uploaded a ton of photos
  • T – hooked AIS to GPS – success! Still can’t see AIS on chartplotter
  • A/B – dinghy fishing at sunset w/ LC boys – movie on LC after dinner
Working on wiring up our new VHF radio with AIS to the nav system
New compass Tim installed at the nav station

Logbook – November 19, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • Hike to Tabor Canyon w/ LC. Amazing. Boys all jumped in the water.
  • D/Boys – laundry and hanging out at The Portobello
  • T – worked on 12V panel @ nav station
Ready for a hike!
How did Alex get up there? And more importantly, how did he get down?
Serious rock climbing — Brenden and Kyle
Um, why is Tim undressing?
High fiving after the manly double canon ball into the dangerously deep natural pool
OK, now it’s on
Cutting away at the nav station to install a 12 V panel for charging our handheld VHF radios, the wifi routers, the inReach, and a few other misc items.

Logbook – November 20, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • Tim left for LA – ride to the airport w/ Precious Metal
  • Boys over to LC to help clean bird poop
  • Drawing games on Exodus. Alex made top ramen for dinner.

Logbook – November 21, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • Excellent school day – done before noon
  • Boys to the restaurant
  • Mom- chores on the boat
  • Pizza for dinner. Started reading 20k Leagues Under the Sea

Logbook – November 22, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • Gusty winds @ night. Noisy rigging. Not much sleep.

Logbook – November 23, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • Loreto day! AM – D provisioning
  • Afternoon – lunch w/ A&B
While Tim was away we rented a car for 24 hours and did some provisioning in Loreto
This is a vista along the highway between Puerto Escondido and Loreto
Of course, we stopped for a nice lunch (no that’s not a margarita Brenden is drinking)
We will miss Loreto
Donut is getting his Big Nate fix on

Logbook – November 24, 2013 (Puerto Escondido)

Daily Notes

  • Dinghy tried to escape (painter chafed through) Brenden jumped in to get it
We had a dinghy catastrophe the last day in PE. The painter chafed and the dinghy started wandering and Brenden was Johnny on the spot stripping down and jumping into retrieve it. Luckily the key was in the dinghy…
You never know what you are going to get with homemade bread. The boys called this one “the wave”

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