Passage La Paz to San Diego July 2007
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In July 2007, we made passage from La Paz with John Paul Watts as crew to Cabo San Lucas, where we picked up
another crew member, Ken Kuras, for the trip north. On July 14 we pulled the anchor at Cabo and began making our way
north, stopping after two nights passage in Puerto Magdalena, where we spent several days getting to know the people
in the village there and awaiting a weather window. July 19 found us on the way to Turtle Bay, where we stopped only
long enough for fuel and a quick visit into the town and the internet cafe. We arrived safely in San Diego on July 24.
SUSIE WAS ON WATCH TO CATCH THIS BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE ENROUTE
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SUSIE TOOK HER
BEAD BOX ASHORE
IN PUERTO
MAGDALENA AND
MADE NEW
FRIENDS WHILE
THE GIRLS AND
WOMEN MADE
EARRINGS,
BRACELETS AND
NECKLACES
GLORIA AND
ANOTHER LITTLE
GIRL IN PUERTO
MAGDALENA POSE
WITH SUSIE ON THE
BEACH, WEARING
THEIR NEW
NECKLACES - GLORIA
WOULD STAND ON
THE BEACH AND
HOLLER "SOOOSEEE"
EVERY MORNING
WHILE WE WERE
ANCHORED IN FRONT
OF THE VILLAGE
SAM AND SUSIE
WITH JOSE, THE
PROPRIETOR OF
THE PUERTO
MAGDALENA
RESTAURANT,
LOCAL
FISHERMAN AND
CARPENTER - A
WONDERFUL MAN
ALWAYS SMILING
JOHN PAUL AT THE HELM
KEN TAKES A 'BIT OF A LIE DOWN' IN THE
QUARTER BERTH, AKA "THE BLACK HOLE"
SAM ALLEGEDLY NAVIGATING UNDERWAY
BOYS SWIM IN THE COOL WATER OFF
THE PIER AT TURTLE BAY NEAR EL
GORDO'S FUEL DOCK AT THE END