La Paz to Cabo to San Diego, bashing back north
What goes down must come back up. The trip north is called the 'baja bash': straight into the wind, waves, and current for more than 750nm. With few stopping points along the way, traversing this beautiful desert involves putting our nose to the grindstone and sailing hard and fast.
After punishing trips into Puerto Vallarta and crossing the Sea of Cortez, we're ready for more. Bring it on!
Sara's friend Angela and cousin Jeff will be joining us from La Paz to Cabo, and Will's friend Duane unwittingly volunteered to join us all the way up the Baja. Sucker.
- Recovering from crossing Cortez in La Paz, meeting Sara's friend Angela and cousin Jeff, passage to the Espiritu Santo islands and relaxing in paradise
- Espiritu Santo islands to Ensenada de Los Muertos to Los Frailes to Cabo San Lucas, lots of relaxing sailing, a pack of crazy manta rays, and a ton of whale sightings along the way
- Duane joins us, Angela and Jeff depart, acting really stupid in Cabo San Lucas, thank goodness no one died
- Cabo San Lucas to Magdalena Bay to Punta Abreojos to Turtle Bay, pushing north with three consecutive overnight trips, twice relying on panga-delivered diesel, decompressing with a nice hike
- Turtle Bay to Isla Cedros to San Quitin to Ensenada, getting hammered crossing Vizcaino Bay, again relying on panga-delivered fuel, taking a breather in Ensenada
- Ensenada to San Diego, shaving the baja beard, dropping the Mexican courtesy flag, and finally arriving back in the United States!