19 March 2022 – A bit of a windy night. The wind got up enough that both Jimena and I woke up separately and went to check that we were not dragging our anchor. I watched a large power boat close to us which must have been dragging because they upped anchor and re-set it a bit farther from us, which was nice to see. Either they were dragging, or they didn’t like how we were swinging. But we were not dragging so we both went back to a sound sleep.

When we did get up, we had breakfast then began readying the boat to depart. The Michin took his cue and was immediately devoured by the shark. We weighed our anchor at about 0945 and motored the two hours down to Bahia Falsa with nary a breath of wind but clouds of other boats, large and small, power and sail passing us northbound.

By 1145 we were anchored in Bahia Falsa among 8 or 10 other boats. The anchorage was full of boats while we were there, never fewer than 8, as many as 12, but it was never crowded. The anchorage is a lot less windy, hotter, and bit noisier due to the Pichilingue highway that runs between La Paz and the commercial port at Pichilingue, and around the head of this bay. But the anchorage was superb and afforded us sleep without concern of dragging.

Before we departed Puerto Balandra we spotted what was probably the same intrepid sea turtle we saw on our arrival. I thought he would be run down by a large power boat which drove through the anchorage but he saw it in plenty of time and dove out of the way.

Once in Bahia Falsa we had cell signal again, which was amazing again. I placed an order for parts to have them shipped down to us in care of the marina.

We had dinner in the cockpit, rigged the bug screen we made over the companionway so we could leave it open all night, and we worked on the leg of our odyssey after Puerto Escondido. Jimena requested slip space in Puerto Escondido.

We racked out around 2200.

In the U.S. Navy SEALS they have a saying: “The only easy day was yesterday.” Tomorrow that will be true for us, today was an easy day for us. But now we will wait here for a week before we go into the marina in La Paz.