Banderas Bay!

Arrived in Banderas Bay where Puerto Vallarta is located. This has been a major destination from the beginning for me. I will stop here to do some small jobs on the boat and ponder the upcoming spring crossing of the Pacific. Many other sailboats who are considering this trip into the South Pacific congregate here before stepping off in March or April.
I have been travelling with another boat, Girl on the Moon, since Cabo. And since my last update from Mazatlan we stopped in San Blas for a week, and a quick overnight at Chacala before arriving here.

SAN BLAS

San Blas was a Spanish port for re-provisioning their galleons from early on. The ruins of the fort and the church are still on the hilltop. It was also where Fr. Junipero Serra departed from to sail north where he established the California missions. Otherwise a very typical Mexican fishing town of about 25,000. The town is on a river estuary where you will find many birds, iguanas, AND.......

SAN BLAS

Crocodiles! We took a boat ride one day and it was well worth the trip. Chacala is a very small fishing village where we anchored only one night. There were a lot of boats there already and the swell made it a rolly night. And, yes, we wanted to be sure to be in a place where we could watch the Forty-Niners game on the TV on Sunday. There I admitted it.

I am now at  La Cuz de Huanacaxtle (wan-a-CASH-le), on the northern shore of Banderas Bay.

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