This will cover our stay in Chacala and the trip to La Cruz.
When we were in Chacala we frequented the "Chac MoolRestaurant" as the food and service were excellent. Every person that we dealt with was pleasant and helpful. One night I had the tequila mahi mahi with a garlic ginger sauce. They served it with a side of eggplant that also had a ginger flavour. My mouth is still watering. Bob had coconut shrimp and that too was excellent. I am not a lover of coconut shrimp but there I would order the dish. Oh yes and their margaritas are to my taste. They have a 2 for 1 happy hour from 5 pm to 6:30 pm which is a definite incentive to go there.
On Friday morning we did not have any telephone or banda ancha service. The village itself was without electricity for more than 24 hr. Apparently someone or someones had stolen a length of cable!!
On Saturday morning, we were up at 5 am and got under way by about 7:30 am. Putting up the dinghy is a time consuming process. I was freaking out as we seemed to be floating rather near another boat as Bob was bringing up the stern anchor. Bob had put out a lot of chain and when it was coming up the chain got tangled in the anchor locker. During this time I was in charge of steering and it is so uncomfortable for me as I always over steer. I am sure we did a zig zag out of the bay.
The trip to La Cruz was uneventful as we saw no nets and experienced neither big seas or high winds. We did motor sail but the wind was negligible for most of the way. Of course in Banderas Bay just as Bob was taking down the sail, there was enough wind to make that a bit of a job.
We took a shorter route in Banderas Bay this time. In previous years we have taken a route closer to the islands but decided to take another route and it did save us about 1.5 hr. This shorter route also has some unmarked hazards below the surface of the water but we made it through. I have to admit I did fret about this all day. Bob of course was unconcerned and rightly so!!
One of these days he may keel haul when I am going on about every possible thing that can go wrong!!
When we arrived we went to Enrique's Restaurant for dinner...another culinary delight. I had avocado stuffed with shrimp which had the nicest dressing made with fresh thyme, basil and other stuff...not hot but wonderfully flavoured. Bob had ma hi ma hi which came with a garlic butter sauce. I was too busy stuffing myself to try his ma hi ma hi. After that meal we came back to the boat for wine and chocolate.
It was an early night for me.
Sunday December 9
After going to bed so early we were awake and ready for breakfast. Ya Ya has become a breakfast place for us. The lady who runs it greets you with a smile and the coffee arrives in a minute. The food is good and service excellent.
Oh yes we had a minor diesel spill in the marina. Not nice. Bob had looked for fuel containers in Mazatlan and finally resorted to buying some cheapies at Soriana as there were no others to be found. One cracked on the sail from Chacala and we lost a bit of diesel. Even a small quantity of diesel smells and looks pretty yucky.
Apparently Mike and Julie have set up a safety meeting on their dock so we plan to join them this afternoon. What a life!
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