"Cats and dogs living together... Mass hysteria!" Was that Caddyshack or Ghostbusters? Definately Bill Murray... It has been an odd week here for all of us, especially Dover, which I will get to shortly. First and foremost though, Craig had been long battling a bout of Montezuma's, or so we thought, and was very dehydrated and weak upon arrival to Mazatlan. He has been for weeks, but we just kept chaulking it up to the demands of the trip. As soon as we got into Mazatlan and got the boat settled, we took him to Sharp's Hospital. Long story short, he had contracted amoebic dysentery, we think in Ensenada during all the storms. The doctor, who we liked very much, put him on IV fluids, took blood tests, etc and had us out the door in a little under three hours with three presciptions for a little over $100. Craig just finished his prescribed treatments today and is feeling much better. He is also happy that he can now start to resume eating his favorite local dishes and cervesas again, as part of his prescription was a bland, no alchohol, no spices, no fried food diet. Not very fun to have to do on vacation in Mexico. Thank goodness it is over! Hopefully, we will never have to repeat that fun again.
We are currently in a slip on Isla Mazatlan which is part of a small marina harbor resort area just north of the main municipal harbor in Mazatlan. Our friend and colleague, Neill Randle is berthed here as well. We delivered his new solar panels into Mexico for him, which he was thrilled to finally, after months, have in his possesion! He met us at the harbor entrance, which is teeny tiny, via his dinghy and led us to our slip for the next two weeks on the Isla. First thing we noticed upon pulling in was our neighbors with whom we share a common finger had two cats on board and did not look happy to see our barking, overly excited Dover. As soon as I disembarked South Trail with Dover on leash to get him a walk/run after our 32 hour transit across the Sea of Cortez, I noticed everyone staring at us like we were from a different planet... and we ran into more cats on the docks. I take him up the ramp to the island and we give it a walk about. There are some new developments and construction also going on. Everybody though is staring at us and I'm beginning to feel a bit self-conscieous. Do I really smell THAT bad from the trip? Does Dover have blood coming from his mouth? We stopped in an open, undeveloped area of the island and I let him off leash to run some of that energy off. Workers from some of the high rise construction stopped and watched him. It was like they had never seen a dog before. After a good run, I called him back and on our walk back to the boat, we saw more cats. Cats were everywhere. There were no other dogs...Welcome to Kitty Island! After two days of being here, that is six dog walks in dog owner speak, we got a letter from the marina saying that "even though we don't allow animals on the island, you can walk your dog off the island per instructions from the security staff". Nobody mentioned that they didn't allow animals when they took our money for two weeks of moorage?! After two more days walking Dover directly from the boat to the shortest distance off the island, the security staff stopped us. Apparently, they didn't like us walking him by the pool area (the shortest distance) Now, we walk him pretty much over half the island to get him off the island. It is crazy- making logic, but hey, as long as the powers that be are happy.
We are slowly getting out of the Island area and exploring as Craig starts feeling better. We found the local beach access here for Dover and it is a nice little hike to get there for all of us. The beach is taken-up by hotels and condos. We took some pics of some of the cooler looking condos. What is so great is that they have these huge yards in the back of the condo, as well as the beach access. I love the use of color too! For Valentine's Day Craig really rallied and we went to a local restaurant, Gus Gus for very nice Arachera Platillos. We are still trying to find out what cut of beef Arachera is. All we know, is that we really enjoy it. We also have been staying aboard and playing Master and Commander which is a board game based on the movie and actually quite fun. You can only move your boats based on wind direction. Craig has been kicking my ass at it, but Admiral Swack may lose the battle, but not the war! Thanks to our neighbors Bill and Kathy for putting this one at the recycle area... We love it!
We made very good time on our crossing from Puerto Los Cabos to Mazatlan. It took us 32 hours door to door thanks to a consistent 15-20 knot breeze for the bulk of the crossing. We double reefed the main, rolled out about 70% of our working jib, kept Goldie, our diesel cranking to help push us comfortably through the trough and had a pretty good ride. Neill Randle, dinghied out to the breakwall to lead us into our new slip and home for two weeks, Isla Marina, Mazatlan on Wednesday morning. We will be in this slip on the Isla until Feb. 25th and then we are hoping to head south to Isla Isabella, San Blas, Chacala, Punta Mita, La Cruz, Puerto Vallarta... Here are some pics from our crossing to Mazatlan and life on Isla Gato...
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