Turtle Bay to Cabo San Lucas

We spent the first night at Turtle Bay aboard the boat. The next day we bought fuel which was delivered by local men in pangas. The following morning we
took the dingy (our transportation) into the town and enjoyed a long walk and a great lunch at an outside cafe. No menus- a husband and wife made fish tacos,
salsa and lots of guacamole. We walked by a school and gave some children bubbles (they seemed to love and appreciate them). When we returned to the
boat we saw many dolphins swimming in the anchorage. Getting our laundry done was quite an adventure-a local woman took on the task-this turned out to be
quite a fiasco-much longer then originally planned. Terry and Patrick went to retrieve the laundry at dark to find out that it would be 15 minutes-and then 15
and then 15 on and on for 1.5 hours. Terry thoroughly enjoyed a long discussion with a nice local guy-good practice of spanish. As the guys headed back to
the boat with a sigh of relief that they actually retrieved the laundry-, but wait- the dingy engine quit and they had to row home. Just another day in Paradise-Tuesday 11/12 we left Turtle bay -escorted out by the dolphins and into the big ocean. The sun game out-great wind all three sails up!! We arrived in our next
anchorage (Bahia Ascencion) just before dark-we decided not to leave the boat. Tim and Julie dinghied over to our boat-we enjoyed a glass of wine. after our
showers-lucky us the water maker is working flawlessly and any the hot water is heated by the enjine or the generator. The next morning we left early as our
next distination was one day and night ahead. We had great sailing-however, the waves made for a rocky-rolling ride. We were able to video the many
dolphins. At one point we saw about 200 dolphins swimming behind the boat. The night of sailing seemed to go on forever with the wind and huge swells.
We were more than ready for a good nights sleep. We were able to get just that at the achorage at Santa Maria. The next morning we were ready to face the
wind and waves and another day and night for our next distination Cabo San Lucas. We left Santa Maria at 6:00 AM (we think-the time change along with the
daylight savings has been a challange in knowing the time). We enjoyed a wonderful FAST sail (wing on wing) wind about 20 knots-our speed 6-7
knots-beautiful warm and sunny day. BUT, once again after dark-the winds increased and the waves grew. We were in for another VERY LONG NIGHT of a
ROLLY, ROUGH ocean. We were in constant motion and surfed sideways thru the waves. Needless to say, not much sleep on this overnight leg of the trip.