We arrived in La Paz after a short sail with successful fishing, to find our friends Doug and Marcie, getting their boat ready to put on Dockwise to take it back to Seattle where they plan to sell it and stay in condos in Mazatlan, like a lot of other cruisers who swallow the anchor. We had a nice last dinner with them at one of the many restaurants in beutiul Costa Baja marina, one of the nicest on the coast, as the photos from 2010 attest. I swam in the lap pool until the hotel manager decided that cruisers would have to pay a day fee for the use of the facilities (even though the marina and hotel have the same owner, and advertise the use of the pool, spa and weight room for both). We probably won't stay here again until they come to their senses. We were thrilled a couple of days later when Jim and Chris of La Ballona arrived, and spent the night in Costa Baja to be with us, before moving the boat to marina Palmira. We arranged for the van from the hotel to take us up to the beautiul new club house which overlooks all of La Paz Bay. There is a Gary Player designed golf course, but we were the only patrons of the club which closes at 7 pm. Jim and Chris came by the next morning on their way to Palmira to say good bye. We spent a relaxing couple of weeks buttoning the boat up for the summer.
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