Running away from winter

Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Suddenly winter has arrived in Mazatlan, or at least some form of it.

The last two days have been cool and overcast.  Actually it has not been real cold, maybe falling to the mid-teens at night, but with a bit of a breeze if the evenings it has forced us to consider wearing long pants after dark.  It is still shorts and T-shirts during the day, but how long will this last?

This turn in the weather has lit a fire under us to get moving further south, so tomorrow we will start the journey to Banderas Bay, specifically to the town of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle (commonly know as La Cruz), just 6 miles NW of Nuevo Vallarta.  This is a distance of about 175 miles, mostly south.  Since this is too far for us to go in one day, we will make it into a leisurely two-day voyage, leaving around noon tomorrow.  I imagine we will stay in the marina there rather than anchor out, and will hang around until the new year - sounds like a great place to be for Christmas and New Years.

The boat is all ship-shape and ready to go and, as I write this, the clouds have cleared off and it is blue sky and sunshine again - go figure!

Regardless, we are prepared and are leaving tomorrow.  Yesterday we walked the 5-1/2 kms to the Mega grocery store and did most of our re-provisioning - we took a Taxi back with our load.  Today we walked the much shorter distance to Henderson's Meat shop where we stocked up on some Canadian "Maple Leaf" brand products - the best beef in town!  The freezer is full.