Life in Turtle Bay, Baja California

We have been hanging on the hook off this small dusty, yet fairly prosperous town....fish, and more fish. We came into the dinghy dock and there was a giant sport fisher type yacht waiting for fuel...$3 a gallon. Cheaper than Calif.
Cannot load my photos here...will do so in Cabo..and we will show the good, bad and the difficult.
One night on my watch, with the sail full up (this never happens in the Bay Area - that is three reef country)....and the full jib, we were smoking to tens. It was downwind and a bit frightening. Then Peter decided to reef, after furling the jib, and we had to go into the wind, themain creating a racket that would wake up the deaf, and we all had specific jobs. The reefing did thejob and we still did 6s and more. WE were among the first 30 of over 150 boats to arrive at this small bay. And we were able to get laundry done, get the dogs to shore, and eat somen good food and wander around sort of stunned around the eyes. We sleep a lot.
The weather is in the 70s, good sleeping at night, and shorts day time. And by the time we are in Cabo it will be int he 80s. Yes. As is we wear our foulies on night watch and just watch the GPS get us to where we are going....Bahia Santa Maria is the next stop. There for a few days and then almost one day to Cabo.
The trip down was real ocean sailing - long, big swells and even larger waves...but not so great wind except for a small bit of sailing. Frank does the radio, and in port, drives the dink. Robert continues projects, I cook, Peter works the navigation and skippers us so we know what to do, and Craig handles what is left over. The boat is a bit of a pit as we don't have any fresh water to clean the decks - we will be making water on this leg and I definitely plan to get rid of some of the salt. The dogs think that leaping into the dink from the boat is a hoot - but getting gack on the boat is a bit of a hassle - Robert has to get their paws on the boat and then boost them.
I miss my sons. That is strange - but I really miss being able to talk to them. We are signed up for Skype and plan to use that soon. I really miss being able to talk to my friends, also - big time.
I have spoken to other women and got the same feeling about dealing with men, all the time. Laters.