Getting warmer, much warmer...

Summer is really getting started in the Sea of Cortez. The days are up in the mid to high 90's, and drops to the 80's at night. We are starting to get used to it. It does not seem to bad as long as there is some breeze (or fans) and you are out of direct sunlight. We are trying to keep cool with shades, fans and swimming. We still need to complete our sunshades for the boat, every boat has covers built to provide shade during the day. We are using some temporary measures till we get that sewing task
completed. We want something big enough to cover the boat, but small enough to store easily. Strong enough to handle the afternoon winds, but simple enough to take down quickly when storm winds come up suddenly.

We are now anchored in Agua Verde, a nice protected anchorage that is quite popular so there are about a dozen boats here. We have been working our way north with stops at Evaristo, and Nopolo. Nopolo was interesting as it was just a collection of a few houses for fisherman along a few beaches at the base of an arroyo. Another stop off the beaten track, and the people we talked to seemed nice. We had some good sailing in strong southerlies for a few days. However our last day was a long trip as we
got some confused seas with 6ft wind waves and variable wind, it made for an uncomfortable motion. Some of the roughest seas since Alaska/Canada! We bypassed El Gato because the conditions would have made it a poor anchorage. We will spend a few days here in Agua Verde enjoying the bay and doing some jobs. Our intentions are to get to Conception Bay for the 4th of July. There is supposed to be a large get together of cruisers and other ex-pats, so we need to get another 120 miles further north.

We no longer have plans. We only have intentions. We intend to travel somewhere, or intend to be at a specific place at a specific time. We never seem to be where we thought we would. This is part of what we enjoy about cruising, we can be flexible enough to stay longer somewhere, or to skip a place all together.