It has been about a week and a half
since we left and already so much has happened!
Just yesterday morning, I was jolted awake from a whale hitting our
boat. All’s well though, whale swam away
un-harmed and the boat doesn’t have any new leaks - so I’ll take that as a good
sign. Let’s slow down and start off with
the first week at sea. March 19-20 were
clear crystal calm waters, a perfect time to climb on top of the newly
installed (thanks to the Winter Boys) dinghy davit and put in the
windmills. The next 4-5 days were
beautiful, down wind, spinnaker days with lots of attempts of fishing. Finally
seeing land on March 23rd, we first headed to Bahia Santa Maria, Seeing how the
waves were too big to get past, the next morning we headed for Magdalena Bay. We spent the next 2-3 days there exploring
the mangrove mazes on the paddle boards and kayaks. The water there, although a little chilly,
was amazing! It was so shallow I could almost walk to the boat. It was also so clear that we could see all
the stingrays, halibut, and lots of other creatures at the bottom. One day there was even an adolescent whale
that was playing right behind the boat.
We left for Cabo on Tuesday the 26th. And arrived yesterday morning(28th). During our one day of being out at sea we
spotted several turtles & whales (running into one of them), installed the
solar panels, and on the night of the 27th we even caught a humbolt
squid about the length of my arm with the tentacles stretched. I pulled it in on Uncle Loyal’s cork lure
after noticing a glowing figure trailing behind us in the water.
We have been anchored right in
front of about half a dozen bars that blast their music through the day and
into the night. Being Easter weekend
there is a lot of activity going on shore.
This morning we have encountered a lot of little sea creatures. I was woken up to the children screaming
about catching a sea horse. Apparently
it was clinging to the kayak rope and as soon as we let him go again he went
right back to where they found him.
Courage somehow captured a puffer fish on his way back from the shore
and brought it back to show the rest of the family. There were many stinging jellyfish in the
water this morning, so sadly we couldn’t go swimming.
I have officially been titled as
skipper and navigator. Yay me! On the
down side, I have many bruises and cuts that I have no idea where or when I got
them, but that’s just one of the perks of living the boat life. I haven’t showered for weeks and can slowly
feel myself deteriorating. It is also my
little sisters 5th birthday tomorrow, and I won’t get to be there
for her hello kitty viesta. So happy
birthday Keena! Missing you land folk
like crazy! Lots of love
-Cassidy ~(^-^)~
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