Leaving Cabo san Lucas behind and arriving in Bahia Las Frailes was a real treat. We arrived, after an amazing upwind beat in 15 to 20 kts of wind, just as the sun was setting. The anchor was down in the twilight that follows sunset and we enjoyed the remarkably different landscape and QUIET of this new location. We agreed that an early start the next day would be essential to ensure that we arrived in Ensenada Los Muertos before dark given that it was just over 45 miles away, so planned to be up at 5 AM, the time during our trip down Baja that the sky was bright enough that we could easily find our way out of the anchorage. However, 5 AM on 21 November was particularly dark. Further, though we had grib files from the previous night we thought, given the strong winds of the previous day, that it would be prudent to tune in to Sonrisa net for a weather forecast. Strangely, from 6:30 until nearly 7 AM all we could hear was some old boys in Texas or somewhere chatting about their bad health. By this time it was quite light out and the scenery so striking that we decided to take a “lay” day and stay in the anchorage. After a second cup of coffee it became apparent that we had forgotten that the time changed in Cabo san Lucas and that in fact light should not arrive until about 6 AM and Sonrisa net would not be on until 7:45. It was a great day at anchor.

This morning we were up at 6 and on the water just before 7. We motor sailed for 9 of the 10 hours that it took to get to Ensenada Los Muertos, sailing on the last hour into yet another quiet, pleasant and visually spectacular anchorage.