Lori got to see lots of our part of Mexico in her short time here… In addition to hanging out in Punta Mita and getting to know the locals, she walked to Sayulita (about 10 miles), did a 30k bike ride in the mountains near San Pancho, went all over PV with us to provision and got to see two marinas (La Cruz and Paradise Marina) and saw a baby humpback whale in the bay! Not bad for two weeks. Here is Lori’s biking crew… they called her “chica fuerte” (strong chick)!
Lori and I did the provisioning in record time. Rented a car on Tuesday and raced around Puerto Vallarta hitting the specialty grocery store (where I even found Matzohs! so we will have Passover onboard… was starting to think I would have to make matzoh from the matzoh meal I have onboard!), then the Costco and Walmart. Here’s a photo of the cheese Lori wanted to buy, but I wouldn’t let her (nothing else would have fit in our fridge!!).
Filled up the boat with goodies and non-perishables. Then on Thursday we hit the *Mega* local Mexican supermercardo and got lots of produce. We skipped the corn, but no one else seemed to mind the guy standing on top of the pile. Hopefully all the good tips on how to store veggies and fruit work out and things will last for a while. Tim’s freaked out at how heavy the boat is, but I feel good knowing we’ll have lots of yummy stuff to eat over the next month, and hopefully we’ll catch some tuna or mahi to supplement.
Lori was onshore one of our last days in Punta Mita and got a couple of surf photos. We got some fun waves yesterday and the week before. Finally, after a slow surf season, the waves are filling in just as we leave!
Well, that's it from Punta Mita. Our next post will be from somewhere underway. Here is a link to a map that you can use to track us on when we post our position (latitude and longitude) on future blog posts.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/EPAC_Track_chart.pdf
