here we go again. we are leaving our beautiful marina in about a week, if everything goes well. we were suppose to leave on the 15th but we decided to put in a new alternator, as the one that was in was old and not too powerful. (men, more power). shouldn´t take too long. ha ha. after a couple of days of struggling we got the old one off. another couple of days to put the new one on. what a pain. then we had to wait for ralph, on naner moon, to get back from texas to wire it on. got that done, but had a short some where and darn near burned the boat up. started just a small electrical fire. lots of smoke, no damage. luckily. now we have that all fixed and running smoothly but need to go to san diego and get a new raw water pump as the old one is leaking.....does it ever end? it´s like peeling and onion, just layer after layer. lol so now our departure date is around the 28th or so (mom´s 92nd birthday, happy birthday, mom). keep your fingers crossed, we actually may get to la paz after all.
we are off to our favorite restaurant tonight for prime rib and lobster. jerry tries to keep us happy and fat. he likes to put on private parties for us so he comes up with favorite foods, and everybody comes. it´s cool, he makes money, we eat good. win, win. also he has made a craps table in the back room and is teaching some of his local friends how to play, so before long jerry´s casino will be up and running, under cover of night of course. no money exchange, just for fun.
we will really miss it here, but are planning on coming back up in may to spend the summer and ride out the hurricane season. it gets really hot in la paz and further south in the summer so we figured we´d come back this year. in november or so we will head south again and bypass la paz and the sea of cortez and go down to mazatlan and puerto vallarta and get to zewantenero(however its spelled). then to panama for a few months before going thru the canal. so that´s the agenda for now, of course it is subject to change daily. ha. hope this finds all of you healthy and happy. stay warm. hugs and kisses, rain and dan