Thursday, February 10, 2005

Journal Entry –Thursday, February 10, 2005 – Goodbye Puerto Vallarta – It’s about time!

Author: Scott and Pam

No matter how hard we try on the day we plan to leave there are always tons of last minute things to do. Today we accomplished all of our errands and finally pulled away from our slip for the past seven weeks and headed out of the marina at 5:00 pm (thank goodness sunset is getting later every day). Barry from Minerva came by in the morning and finished the solar panel installation (we are very excited about this addition to the boat). He also hopefully fixed a small leak in the head and wired a 12 volt plug. We went grocery shopping at the Gigante with the hopes of having fresh food on board for the first couple of days of our voyage. We had planned on buying a steak to BBQ and some fresh veggies, but it was one of those days where the meat selection was not the parts we are used to and the veggies were all quite pathetic looking. We did buy a rotisserie chicken, excellent for tacos. Our last chore was to get fuel on the way out, the fuel dock is located conveniently as you leave the marina. It was not one of our best parking jobs, no damage but we did decorate the hull with a tad of orange paint. Once we were fueled we headed west for the long ride out of Banderas Bay. It feels great to be back on the move and heading to places unknown. We are planning on stopping once maybe twice as we make our way the 385 miles to Zihuatanejo. Tonight has been uneventful, including not much wind.

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