GREY WOLF RETURNS TO SAN DIEGO!

On  Sunday, March 27, 2011 Grey Wolf left her anchorage near Marina de la Paz and ventured out through the San Lorenzo Channel and south to the anchorages of Los Suenos and Los Frailles in preparation for the journey around Cabo San Lucas and north to San Diego.  Just an hour out of La Paz we spotted this large humbpack putting on a show for a whale-watching boat!

Our first stop after rounding Cabo and getting the stuffin's knocked out of us was in calm Bahia Santa Maria, where we anchored for eight hours.  We had no more than dropped our anchor when two fishermen approached with lobsters for sale!  50 pesos ($4 and four AA batteries is what we paid for these four beauties.  Bill did emergency repairs on a water leak, Alice fixed a good HOT lunch (we were freezing) and then Bill rested before traveling on.

The reason Santa Maria was so calm is this headland pictured above that protects the bay from the ocean currents.  As the morning turned into afternoon the fog began to creep up and over the mountain and towards us, much like the fog that invades San Francisco 'on little cat feet'- this, however, was rolling and soon covered the entire headland.  Thankfully, it had dissipated by the time we left.

As the sun set over the Pacific Ocean this night, we were digging in for yet another overnighter. Five of the seven days  from Los Frailles to San Diego involved all night travel.  Alice got plenty of sleep and Bill very little, as the water was rough most of the way and the captain did not want the first mate to get hurt!  We were very happy to find Judy, a friend of brother Barry's, waiting for us at the Customs Dock in San Diego. She helped us tie down and got information regarding the Police Dock which has courtesy slips for just such folks as us, arriving from the great beyond~  At $10.50 a day it was a great place to begin our month of repairs and provisioning for the big ride north to Seattle...