well, here i am again. we ordered or dive gear, tanks, regulators, bcd´s, etc. and they should be arriving soon. we have a cruisers net here and it has a really good video of rescuing a humpback baby whale. if you are interested, go to www.club cruceros. org and scroll down the left hand side, yellow, and click on humpback whale rescue. it shows just how large the sea of cortez is and the amazing rescue these people did. we are just about ready to head up that direction. soon as the dive gear gets here and our boat buddies next door-mel and sandy on big wonderful, are ready. they had to recommision their auto pilot yesterday, so they are just about done with their projects. mike and dianna on defiant will be joining us as soon as they get their fm3 cards. (mexican residency). we are getting so excited. we have wanted dive gear for years and finally decided that since mel is a master diver and has the equipment to fill our tanks, that now is the time to do some serious diving. further up the sea, we will be able to dive with manta rays, whale sharks, sea lions and of course, dolphins. mel will give us a quick refresher course on the equipment and then off we go into the deep. wish you all were here and could join us. it is such an awesome adventure to swim with the fishes. there are so many different kinds of fish, so many different kinds and colors of coral, it is truly amazing. can you tell i am really looking forward to this. plus we have been sitting at the dock for way too long again. anchoring out will be good. love the rock and roll of the boat at night when we are anchored. soothing and puts me to sleep. also when it gets too hot we can just take a swim to cool off. the water temp right how is in the high 70´s and will get even warmer as the summer comes on. we bought a couple of floating chairs with cup holders, so we can even have a beer while in the water!!! i am anxious to let the dogs off the boat and let them swim and run on the beach. if we let them off while docked, they seem to think it´s ok to get off any time they want, so we have to leave them on the boat. they haven´t had a good run for a long time and they will really enjoy that freedom again. i will try to update this as often as i can and hopefully post some good pictures while we are sailing. hope this finds everyone well and healthy. take care of yourselves and remember, we are only a plane ride away or a long drive for a great vacation. hugs