11/26/2010 - La Paz, Mexico

Just a quick post to update everyone. We’ve been back in La Paz for the last few weeks catching up with our boat maintenance. When we got to La Paz we had a huge list of things to do on the boat. The entire summer we did almost no maintenance, major cleaning or boat projects; it was way too hot!! We've been working hard now though and have almost everything off the list. We've changed all the fluids and filters, replaced the transmission cooler, inspected all the critical systems, re-caulked a major portion of the teak decking, re-varnished the cap rails, made cockpit cushion covers, made dingy wheel covers, made a compressor box and did a thorough cleaning inside and out! Whew, I'm getting tired just reciting the list :-) Tom is also studying for his ham license test so any down time he's on the computer. We’ll be leaving La Paz, probably tomorrow, then we go over to Mazatlan and get the bottom of the boat painted, she'll be like a new boat!

Yesterday there was a big Thanksgiving feast here sponsored by the local cruisers club. They supplied all the roast turkey and gravy while everyone brings a side dish, it was wonderful. (Ahhh... traditional Gringo food)

A few weeks ago La Paz made the Guinness world record for the world’s largest burrito, 2.5 kilometers long! They started setting up at midnight and when we got there late morning they were working on extruding out the tortilla using an elaborate oven pulled in a trailer, then a team inspected the tortilla and laid waxed paper over it:

It stretched down the street for as far as we could see:

Later that afternoon teams from the local restaurants were cooking the filling:

By that evening they still hadn’t started the rolling of the burrito so we gave up and went back to the boat. We heard that they finished sometime in the wee hours of the night and by morning the street was being cleaned up. They supposedly gave out free meals, but with it taking 24 hours to make, I bet they didn't have too many takers.

One of the local pelicans here has a bad leg and almost every evening a fisherman sits on the quay, catching small fish and hand feeding his “pet pelican”.

One afternoon we took the small shuttle boat across the bay to a local golf course and spent a few hours on the driving range. It's been more than a year since we've seriously swung a club and our shots showed it, but the scenery was worth it:

That’s about all we’ve been doing, we’ll be in Mazatlan for December then back to La Cruz in Banderas bay for January.

Cheers,
Carolynn & Tom