Viva La Paz!

Well, T Henchy and I headed down to La Paz to meet up with the Idaho Dellamater clan. The weather while we were down there was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. About 90-95 degrees during the day, a dry heat with a cool 80 degree breeze coming off the ocean. At night, about 65, cool enough that you didn't need airco. The BEST part? NO BUGS!

And here's Kat, Harry and Daniel having a drink up top of the Gilly Too!

Sarah has a laugh while Cap'n Henchy puts Daniel at the helm.

In the foreground is Leif's sailboat, in the background, some of the many boats at Marina de La Paz.

And here's a particularly nice one, the "Patriot." About 85 feet of real ocean going hardware here.

The moon is up.....

...and the...

...Sun....

...is...

....down.

Down on the beach at La Concha, where the Dellamaters stayed while in La Paz.

Harry and T Henchy enjoy some tequila and cerveza at the palapas bar courtesy of Gonzalo and Arturo, while Kat and Daniel collect shells.

As you can see, it's a beautiful place to just sit around and relax.

Here we are at Costa Baja marina, having a drink, a meal, and a couple more drinks at "Gula" (pronounced: 'Hula') which means gluttony!

Now here it is, our story for the trip. We don't know the history of this tub, so we're going to make it up. This dilapidated, rusted, rat-infested, moldy, dry-rot, oil-leaking scow would have been thrown out of the posh Costa Baja marina years ago - before she sinks - except for one small problem. She's actually already sunk, and is resting on a nice piece of exposed sandstone that is, conveniently, plugging most of the hole in her leaking fuel tank. When the Greenpeace environazis showed up, they went remained nuts and immediately greased the local bureaucrats to declare it a superfund toxic waste site. Which means nothing has happened, and the water slowly gets worse rather than better. Since then, Costa Baja has placed that green buoy to mark the area where the water is so slimy, even the lawyers won't go in to get this mega-million Peso lawsuit.

Isla Espirito Santo. Our day-cruise destination where we set anchor, and went ashore for some drinks. Then we sat in the bay and bbq'd some burgers and hot dogs, while we had a few more drinks, and generally had a dream day. There were big squid washed up on shore, there were Pelicans and Frigate Birds to watch, and Sarah and Daniel found a bunch of Mako shark teeth on the beach! Look how glassy that water is!

This is an abandoned oyster farm that has turned into a roosting-fishing spot for the birds.

Beautiful white sand beach with the desert backdrop. Nice and dry, even right at the waters edge.

Another great view from the Gilly Too.

Hmmm. Looks like Harry had a little too much Sun, and/or too much of the Captain's grog!

Meanwhile, Kat snorkels in the bay, knowing that the Mako shark teeth they found were there because, well, Mako sharks are there. If you see a Mako shark Kat, the best thing to do is not panic or try to swim fast. That won't actually save you from the fast, aggressive and deadly Mako, but at least you'll be relaxed when you become lunch.

Don't look now Kat, but....."We're gonna need a bigger boat!"

Here's Harry kickin' it in the casa at La Concha. They had a fabulous place, with tons of space on TWO floors six stories above the beach, and even had a private chef cook us the fresh Snapper and Grouper Harry and Daniel caught that day. They also had ice cold Cerveza Barrilito in the fridge! (The BEST beer in Mexico, hard to find, Hench rating 9 of 10.) ARRIBA!

Another view of Casa Dellamater.

....and the Sunset view from the balcony!

"Well now it's time to say goodbye to Jeb and all his kin. The Henchy folks would like to say we're glad that we stopped in. We'll make sure to c'mon back to your locality, to have a heapin' helping of your hospitality....Pesce'...Cerveza....Margaritas...Ole'!"