Barra de Navidad - February 5, 2009

Lat 19 11 738N, Long 104 40 930W. We are 133 miles south of La Cruz. We are at Marina Pto. de La Navidad. It is one of the plushest marinas in Mexico. The marina is in front of the Grand Bay Hotel and Resort. The marina has full access to all of the amenities of the resort. The grounds are beautiful with palm trees and flowers. There are 3 pools to use, tennis courts, and golfing.

We left Monday from La Cruz. We had 18 to 22 knots of wind for about 18 hours of our 24 hour trip. The seas were quite rolly. While we do not like overnights we are finding what works best for us. Once it gets dark we take 1 hour shifts until light. The only sea life we saw were sea turtles.

Bahia Navidad contains Melaque village, the town of Barra de Navidad and Lagoon Navidad. We have just begun to do some exploring of the town of Barra. The town is on the opposite side of the bay from the marina. We take pangas to cross the channel. While there are many places to anchor in the bay we will stay in the marina and continue to let Wally recover from his surgery.

We have caught up with many of our friends. We are currently on the same dock with our friends, Scott and Sue from Suebee and John and Rosie from EagerDreamer, whom we met at the beginning of our cruising adventure in Catalina Island. We did the Baja Ha-Ha together and then followed each other to Mazatlan where they went south. We have been looking forward to catching up with them for the past 2 months. We are all having a great time together.

There are also many other friends here in the bay whom we look forward to spending time with. Also, we have friends, Scott and Linda from Samantha who are following shortly from La Cruz. There will be much to explore in the area. We plan to stay in this area for about a month.