Life in La Paz, Mexico

Life in La Paz is easy, days full of swimming with whale sharks and eating street tacos, nights filled with eating street tacos and good beer, and finally ending with melodic music drifting down to your bed through the open hatch boards. After the open roadstead anchorages of Western Baja and the wild and crazy lifestyle of Cabo San Lucas, La Paz is a welcome change of pace and a fantastic place to get settled into life in Baja for the cruising sailor.

We spent almost three weeks exploring the sights of La Paz. And to think when we arrived we told people we would be gone in one. In cruising, changing plans is a way of life, plans are formed and reformed as fluidly and as often as the waves strike our hulls. We met some of our closest cruising friends in La Paz. Some of whom we would spend the majority of our summer in the Sea of Cortez anchored next to in the same harbors.

Swimming with whale sharks a dinghy ride away

Swimming with whale sharks a dinghy ride away

Sculptures on the malecon

Sculptures on the malecon

Sculptures on the malecon

Sculptures on the malecon

Sculptures on the malecon

Sculptures on the malecon

Flute lessons put on by our friends on s/v Orion

Flute lessons put on by our friends on s/v Orion

Roadside shrine

Roadside shrine

Roadside shrine

Roadside shrine

Exploring the mountains in sierra la laguna

Exploring the mountains in sierra la laguna

Typical street menu, changes often

Typical street menu, changes often

Fish taco meal

Fish taco meal

La Paz malecon at night from Resolute

La Paz malecon at night from Resolute

Enjoying the benefits of a few nights at a marina

Enjoying the benefits of a few nights at a marina

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Beautiful street art around the city

Cabo San Lucas to La Paz: A Photo Essay

Since we’ve been a little preoccupied with the hurdle of creating our first sailing vlog (video log) episode 1 Resolute Sets Sail, the blog has been a touch neglected.  So please if you haven’t already watched our first episode check it out and if you like what you see Subscribe (there is a link at the end of the video or you can select the red button beneath the video if you’re watching in YouTube).

We sailed from Cabo San Lucas to La Paz stopping in Los Frailes for some incredible sunsets and balmy hikes with expansive views.  We used our pole spear for the first time and were rewarded with several nights of tasty reef fish appetizers.  Continuing north we bashed into 20 knot winds with the aid of the Sea of Cortez special, steep, short period waves.  Add to the conditions a strong current counter to the winds and it made for a rough and tedious day.  Poor planning, but chalk it up to another little adventure!

As for the rest, I will still my ceaseless ramblings for a change and let the photos do the talking…

Erik… you’re up:

S/V Resolute at anchor

Nikka enjoying the hike up from Los Frailes anchorage

 

S/V resolute Erik and Nikka

Nikka and Erik enjoying a cooling dip after a HOT hike

 

Baja, Mexico, cactus

Plenty of these guys around, careful what you touch

 

Small mackerel

Small mackerel we caught with the hand line

 

Black skipjack mackarel

A very large Black Skipjack, excellent dark meat like a steak

 

Baja Fish tacos

Our meal staple. Fish tacos straight out of the Sea of Cortez

 

Shade tree

The ONLY shade around

 

Beach life with a dog

Nikka enjoying a little beach life, sporting a nice lifejacket too

 

what lies beyond

Meagan wondering what lies beyond

 

beach walking

Meagan and Nikka enjoying a sunset stroll on the beach at Bahia de Los Muertos

 

 

open air bar

Meagan enjoying the wifi at the open air bar