Whenever anybody asks me how the 1200-mile sail north from Zihuatenejo to San Carlos was, it is often hard for me to even remember it, so emeshed was I in grief over Bryce's death. Somewhat like the, "And, Mrs. Lincholn, other than that, how was the play" my first memory of the voyage seems to be one of sadness and grief.

But, we did have a voyage and lots of pictures to mark the beauty of these special waters. Continually outsmarted by the Wind God, it seemed that so much of the time we had winds on our nose and lots of chop. Even with a much-wished-for southerly, it was directly on our beam!

Despite lots of chop and some pretty high nose winds, we still had a good safe voyage. Our most memorable "adventure" was getting caught in fishing lines in the middle of the night in rough seas. Caught by strong polypropolene lines, I was sure the nearby (unlighted) panga would come to our aid. I called"Hola" repeatedly, to no avail. They lurked nearby as we cut their lines, but, to my surprise, gave no aid.

We were able to cut the first line with our hacksaw, but that did no good. The second line emprisioning us broke the boat hook as we tried to get it out of the water to cut ourselves fress. Finally, Howard launched the dinghy in rough waters, suited-up in his life jacket, and went after the line. After struggling to get it and finally catching it with the dinghy anchor, he was able to hacksaw it and get us loose. Though our speed to Mazatlan was not good, (lots of net still caught on the propellor) we were able to avoid two more unmarked nets and make it to Mazatlan - Yes!

In addition to the adventures, we had wonderful lazy days at our favorite spots on Baja - Aqua Verde and San Juanico, especially - saw lots of turtles, dophins, amazing falling stars, and some great whale sightings. So, despite the sadness, it was a good journey. If you want to see pictures of our travels, check out our newest Gallery pictures.

Now home, back in Salt Spring, our next big adventure is building our home. There should be plenty of picture opportunities there, don't you think?? Soon. . . .

Cheers. . . Gayle