Best Western Hacienda Tetakawi San Carlos

... storage, stores, cabin rentals, RV sites, gas stations, liquor, repair shops, pump-out services, slip and buoy rentals, etc. The damn and reservoir was a joint Mexican / US project because the border runs down the centre of the lake. We drove to a recreational area to spend a day at the lake and were promptly warned of the dangerous animals in the area: Rattlesnakes, copperheads, diamondbacks, scorpions, black widow spiders, brown recluse spiders, tarantulas, wasps, wild pigs ...

... these hard working people! The business, charities, churches, medical professionals and people of Acuna work with us as partners to help the working poor. We feed over 3000 children free meals at school - every school day. We help with medical care, sponsor shelters for chlddren and have a wonderful time on every visit.

... group. We were all split up into different locations throughout the city. All four of us got sent to the same place though. This was one of the coolest things I have ever done. The people were so grateful and desperately needed the care we provided. I can't wait to go again. Ryan

... the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos. As we came closer, Christopher called, "it looks like Powell River!". We could see what he meant as the town is built right up above the water, with rows of houses facing the sea. We pulled into a slip at the tiny, but brand new Singlar Marina and shortly after headed into town with a group of other cruisers in search of the famous "Esquisitos Hot Dog Stand". We were not disappointed, the hot dogs were almost gourmet ...

... boat names). Cuervo-Paul had a 3-year old bottle of rum rolling around one of the lockers that was happily offered up while Blue Pteron-Paul was pressed into fish filleting duties, with no regard to his attempts to nap. And so for the next 3 days we ate raw tuna, tuna ceviche, and three full meals of grilled tuna for 4 one evening and 6 the two following evenings. That one tuna fed 16 people plus 2 ceviche lunches for 4, plus 2 dishes of sushi for 4 ...

November 29 - We checked the weather back home in Yellowknife; -34 C., and back home in Kelowna; -18 C, Yikes! It's impossible to imagine those temperatures when I'm sitting under the boat bimini (canopy) trying to stay out of the sun and watching the marina goings-on. Little fish are leaping up to catch the waterbugs while the pelicans dive into the water after the little fish. Egrets stand one-legged and still as statues till some misfortunate swims too close. And overhead falcons ...

... stop is Mazatlan which is around 375 miles (that's nautical miles by sea by the way, or 695 kilometres, or 432 statute miles). It's a four-day and night journey and we'll leave on midnight one evening nearing the coming full moon. That way our night travel will be well-lit and our arrival in the Mazatlan anchorage will be during the day. I can hardly wait for the adventure to begin!!

... a couple of steps on the way down to make it interesting. I was pleasantly surprised to make it to the turn without problem. Coming back down was a little difficult. Once I got my body in the right position for the descent, I was able to negotiate that pretty well. The clouds had cleared out by now and it was good and humid. Most of us were wearing Camelbacks and drinking lots of water. Our gear was totally soaked with sweat! There is more to come! Check back soon!

OK so we went to a place called The Alamo today which is an hostirical building where the Texas Revolution became famous. The Americans make me laugh because San Antonio was completely Mexican i.e. part of Mexico and after they had defeated the Americans, the Americans got a little ...