Last Day in Mag Bay

Yesterday was a very social day for us. We were running low on fruits and veggies, the Sea Lion was going to be in the area so we called in a few favors and got some items added to their order. The problem was that we were a good 15 miles from the Sea Lion's location and it would take us a good 6 hours to get there and back to our anchorage via Cheers. The Sea Lion's bos'n Nikki Chatelain offered to deliver the goods and she brought Singyn Hunter (executive chef) and Ryan Foley (sous chef) along for the ride. It was great to see them all and we had a great visit in the cockpit aboard Cheers. I have to admit it was a bit surreal to have fresh produce delivered to us in the middle of nowhere by good friends. After our rendezvous with the Sea Lion crowd we made contact with the sailboat Pangaea with Ben and Shawn aboard. We met them in Turtle Bay and they arrived just a day behind us into Magdalena Bay. The produce order was split in two, bagged and then delivered in that they were right next door in the anchorage. We agreed on dinner together aboard Cheers and Michelle prepared a great meal with what was left of our fresh bonito. It was great to get to visit with Ben and Shawn again.

With all this socializing we did not have time to go ashore so today we took full advantage of our last day in Magdalena Bay. First on our list was an exploration via dinghy of Howland's lagoon. This small mangrove lined estuary was right off our bow but we had to get moving early before the tide dropped too far and the lagoon cut off until tomorrow's high tide. We saw loads of good shore birds and the channel went on much further than we had expected. Eventually we ran out of water and had to get "out of dodge" before the tide dropped much lower. After exiting the lagoon we made our way back to the beach and spent some time exploring the dunes and the shoreline before we head out for Cabo tomorrow. It will be an early call to get moving bay 0430. We hope to make good time and arrive into Cabo San Lucas sometime on Tuesday, fill up our fuel tank and then get a slip for the night. If all goes well we should make it up the islands near La Paz sometime on the 21st. Mark