Back Aboard

We made it into Mazatlan at about 10 am after the 15 hour ferry ride.  All the things I worried about (mainly logistics as to how to haul our ton of luggage all over the place) did not come to pass.  They had a really organized system, so all we had to do was to put the stuff on a tram, which was then driven on to the ferry along with all the trucks.  Really, the boat was like a floating truck stop, like one of those Flying J places.  We had our own little cabin with two beds, a desk, and a  bathroom with a shower.
Here are pictures of the cabin and the luggage - with Mike.

They also served dinner and breakfast - we didn't eat dinner because we weren't hungry, but it looked good.  We did (Mike did - I will not eat eggs that have been gang scrambled in a big chafing dish) eat  breakfast, and Mike said Navy food was better.  I didn't really care. It was fun to take a long  boat ride with no responsibilities.  We went to sleep after it got too dark to see anything.  Here is the sunset we got leaving La Paz.

The boat was in great shape when we got back. It has been two days and we are still getting it back together.  I haven't felt too well - it might just be getting used to the heat and the humidity.  Yesterday we went shopping, got our banda ancha internet access going again, and also visited with some friends from our marina in San Diego, whose boat is also here.  It was great to see them.  I have more of a social life now than I ever did in San Diego, despite how many years I lived there. 

Mike is currently tearing apart the engine room and removing stuff we don't use to make room for the new watermaker.  We have found homes for some of the old equipment.  We removed this heater I know we will never use, as well as the old watermaker that is too small.  I spent the whole day just lying around doing nothing but occasionally getting up to find tools and stuff like that to help.  Mike is doing a wonderful job - we should have a new watermaker in about three days if nothing goes wrong.  That, of course, is always a real possibility.  Anyway, it is great to be back here and I am already looking forward to heading out to sea again.