Crossing the Sea of Cortez

We left La Paz finally, we can see why people get there and decide to stay, and headed across the Sea of Cortez to Mazatlan and tropical environments. Along the way we had some good sailing weather and clam seas. Although a little weird seas, from the southwesterly as opposed to northwesterly. But again, wildlife was everywhere, humpbacks, sea turtles, and dolphins. Becky got this great shot while 2 dolphins were jumping around and splashing water on the bow.













We arrived at Mazatlan early in the morning in some tropical fog and waited offshore for it to burn off a little. We had decided to anchor just southeast of the main harbor but couldn't due to the southerly swell, so anchored just inside the harbor at Club Nautico. We're glad we did, it's closer to old Mazatlan so grocery runs are only a 3 mile or so walk.

Old historic Mazatlan has a coastal European feel to it with its small shops and art district.

We met a 74 year old aussy named John, he gave us the Intel on the area and walked into town with us, we had coffee and breakfast, he pointed us towards the best local market we have been to yet. This was not a "super mercado" but an open air market type with butchers, fresh fish, produce, trinkets, clothes, etc. Becky loved it and picked out some veggies, a cut of beef, and some chicken while we explored the market.

We also took a few minutes to check out the cathedral. We've seen pictures and read about its history, so we had to see it and get some pictures.



















Next we are going to try to anchor off Isla Isabela, a wildlife preserve that Jacques Cousteau once went to, and the best part...it has boobies! Ok, the birds, blue footed boobies, brown boobies, and tons of others. Then on to San Blas.