Update

After spending two glorious days in Bahia Santa Maria, we hauled up the anchor this morning at 5:30 with our next landfall being Cabo San Lucas. We should get there tomorrow afternoon sometime. We're sailing in about 80 degree weather with beautiful sunny skies, following the coast to the cape.

Santa Maria was a really nice stop. We got in around 11:00pm this past Sunday. There is no town, just beaches. The surf can be pretty bad for dinghy landings, and it was really breaking while we where there. Out of 170 boats, probably only a dozen took their dinghy's in, everyone else took a panga. Monday was just a casual day. They were selling beer on shore and a band was playing. Kyle & Ryan hooked up with another set of siblings their ages. They found a little natural pool to play in while the tide was low. When the tide started to come in, it became a great surf ride for them.... Yesterday was the official beach party. It was scheduled to start at 1pm. The surf was so high that even the panga drivers wouldn't go out, so the party was postponed an hour. We finally got a ride around 3:15. We got in line to go back to the boat around 4:45, since it was suggested that everyone be off the beach before dark. We got back, put the dinghy up, etc and had dinner around 6:30.

Just out of habit we turned on the radio during dinner. Apparently not everyone had gotten off the beach before dark. Richard (the Grand Poo Bah) was telling everyone that they should plan on sleeping on the beach, since he thought it was too dangerous to come out thru the surf in the dark. The issue became mute once the Panga drivers said - No Mas!!! Richard took a roll call of those on the beach, and everyone was accounted for... When we left this morning, the pangas where just getting ready to get the 70 or so people back out thru the surf. It was a situation that could have been bad, but thanks to the Grand Poo Bah and the panga drivers, everything worked out great!!!!

We're currently about 600 miles south of San Diego with only 140 miles to go.... this is GREAT!
FYI - We're at: 24 deg 21' N; 111 deg 52' W