Going Barefoot

2-22-13 – Punta Mita, Mexico

B hard at work on the dinghy wheel instal

I am proud to say that after almost three months of carrying my dinghy wheels around, they are finally installed!  It really wasn’t that difficult of a task and it makes me wonder why it didn’t happen sooner?   Now we have an amphibious vehicle that can function on both land and water.  While it’s really slow with the wheels down in the water and it is still a little bit of work to drag it up the beach, it’s a compromise like all things boat oriented.  It should be super nice for all of those beach landings up in the Sea of Cortez, from what I hear, although we are still down south in Banderas Bay.  Someday I will know if it was worth it.  Anyway, they are installed and our dinghy is that much more tricked out.  If nothing else they look cool and have that smell of fresh rubber, like when you get new tires on your car.

Little PK looking stylin' with her new wheels

Sue, John (Wizard) and Nancy (Shindig).  I guess you can
 count on this type of thing happening at a tequila tasting

The other day our friends on s/v Shindig, who incidental do have a super fast dinghy, came by to pick us up and give us a ride into the beach.  Half way there it occurred to me that I had not brought my flip flops, or any footwear for that matter.  It also occurred to me how that really wasn’t a big deal.  When’s the last time you could say you left the house and forgot your shoes!  Later that night we had a potluck / tequila tasting on Shindig, and no one brought shoes.  So it seems that we have reached a point in our Mexico cruising where footwear is completely optional, and I like it that way.  Or maybe everyone figured they might lose them after the tequila tasting.   I’m sure we will be back to real life soon enough with all the “no shirt, no shoes, no service” signs posted anywhere near a beach.  You never know when those unruly dirty bare feet could cause the next epidemic.

E on our way back to Punta Mita

We are back in Punta Mita, again.  I know it seems like we just go back and forth between La Cruz and Punta Mita.  Probably because that’s what we have been doing lately.  This time we have promised ourselves that we will carry on Northward from this point, in a couple of days, maybe, or next week, maybe, we’ll see how the surfing, paddling and socializing goes; it may be a little longer.  Right now we are trying to get excited about our Northbound, into the wind and waves upcoming trip to Mazatlan.  Hard to get excited about that when you compare it to margaritas on the beach, tequila tasting and surfing.  But like all good things, it’s time to move on, new things to see and do.

Autumn Wind in anchor mode.  L to R : Dinghy, paddle board,
water and gas, kayak, diesel, flopper stoppers off the boom

B Sailing to Punta Mita again