La Paz, BCS, Mexico
Yesterday, Monday, was a national holiday for Revolution Day. Today apparently is Navy Day. The entire route along the Malecon has been closed all day for a major parade. Needless to say, getting paperwork done is not a high priority with the local authorities right now - we should have our exit papers by the end of the day.
The parade was a hoot. We watched it for about 3-1/2 hours, as representatives from what must be every school in Baja Sur marched by, followed by demonstrations of every conceivable sport by the various clubs and organizations in the area. The athletic heroes from the Olympic and Para-Olympic games were on hand, as well as the municipal and state police and, of course, the Navy.
Lots of crowds, loud music and marching bands (just drums and trumpets for the most part). All in all, quite a nice send-off for us.
The weatherman is calling for a less windy morning for our departure tomorrow. Lets hope we can get to the fuel dock without incident this year.
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