laid back and lazy,LaPaz

At  LaPaz at last
Muertos was lovely, that hotel, 5 star, fully staffed and only 10 clients, they let us use all the facilities, so they would have someone to practise on (brand new), beer was $3 and burgers$5 at the pool bar. used their showers, Noah played with a half dozen kids in the various pools, the architecture was stunning, along with the furnature, the reastarunt was in a train museum,the place was like a sultans lounge.
We left for Ballandra bay on tuesday morning, after a hesatent morning, gusty.Well in thirty years of sailing I have never had such bad seas. The wind 20 -25 kts gusts to 30, the seas 8- 10 ft, square on the nose (right where you need to go. our boat would ride the waves up and drop 12ft only to be lifted by the next, after 6 hrs, I was done, I mean done. Kiya and I were green, even Noah and Nikita complaned. we tried sailing, motoring, at 30  deg. . what was supposed to take 6 hrs took 10 hrs as we rounded the point the seas and wind fell off. at 5:30 pm, we set anchor in a little protected cove, 12 miles out of La paz, I had never been so happy in my life, for the boat not moving, we had a peacefull night.This place was so unique, complete with jagged mountains.
First night in La Paz we spent on the hook, in the Harbour, which by the way, has a 3 kt current that reveses with the tide, usually opposite the direction of the wind, it's called the "LaPaz waltz"
It,s a lovely town, city. cheap with a lot of services for cruisers. We enjoyed a 4 hr parade on the malicon, it's revolution day, very big here, the fireworks were lovely last night as well. We are now tied up at dock with shore power and unlimited water supply, ah civilization again where you don't need to start the motor on the dingy to go ashore. At least 20 of our cuisers, many now our friends, with kids are all here, we plan to stay about a week before heading out to explore the many island of the sea of Cortez.
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