We had used much more water than we had estimated largely, no doubt, because we have been washing our dishes with fresh water while at this anchorage. I must have made 5 or 6 trips to the dinghy dock for water. On my last trip for water I saw that the little business that among other things sells permits was open and after discussing with the lady our plans to visit various marine parks she advised that it would be cheaper just purchase annual passes. So I paid 720 pesos for year long passes to all reserves in Mexico. The alternative would have been to anchor at a marine park and wait for the ranger to come around where we would pay 40 pesos each for the night.
But the catch was that I would have to return in two hours to pick up the passes, which meant 2 PM. By the time I returned to the boat it was 2.45 PM and we then spent the next hour lifting the outboard motor onto its bracket at the stern, shipping the Zodiac to the foredeck and lashing it down with the boarding ladder on top.
I could not see much to be gained in motoring out this late in the day and dropping anchor 5 or 10 miles away when we could enjoy the rest of afternoon on the boat here at La Paz and motor out early in the morning. Arnold agreed to go along with this.
It was a hot day today - the hottest day for me since that heat wave in Port Townsend last year. A day ago the weather changed abruptly and we now have clear blue sunny skies and some real heat in the middle of the day. Arnold and I are looking forward to swimming and snorkeling during the next few weeks.
Incidentally, this blog update was made through Sailmail using the internet rather than the HF radio. That wireless dongle that I purchased from Telcel works pretty well - as long as I am within range of a cell phone tower.
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