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You have no idea how cool it is!

Tried all day yesterday on and off to get on to the internet to no avail.  Had a great day yesterday touring the little town of Port San Bartoloome............years ago there were a lot of turtles here hence the name turtle bay. As first walked off the fuel dock onto the beach and up to the town we certainly noticed the aftermath of the 2009 Baha Haha, the 16th annual trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas by about 200 sailing vessels.  This week is another fleet coming through only they are motor boats  and it is called the  Foubar!  The little villages that get picked as stop off points make good money for a day that is for sure.  We were surprised that there was any fresh food to buy yesterday.  We did well being very excited about a head of lettuce, a cabbage, cream cheese and a few pieces of fruit. You have no idea how exciting it was to get cleaned up, put earring on and yes even a little lipstick!!!  We were like teenagers going out on a F...

Where does the time go?

It is already Friday tomorrow! We have managed to get to Cape San Quentin and are anchored here after spending the night at anchor at Punta Colnette. It was a good day with many porpoise shows and one whale! We also discovered a sun fish! Very strange creature……….I must research it a little and give you details next time as we could not get too close to it but it just kind of lays there on top of the water with all of its legs up in the air seeking the son! (Sound like something that you would like to do???) I got a few pictures and will send them on if they turned out. We did manage to get in a few hours of sailing as we had some favorable winds today!!! The Captain is pleased. The day also brought us our second fish. Claes put out a tuna fishing line, which is basically a line attached to the side of the boat with a huge big wooden plug/hook. You just pull along as you go on and it lies on top of the water; the tuna fish feed at the top and jump up and voila you have ...