We have been back at the boat for nearly a week now, in La Paz, Baja, Mexico. We are happy to report that the people of La Paz are doing well and the only COVID mandates that appear to be in place are; masking indoors and at restaurants/bars before seating. The staff in all service industries are still required to wear masks, as well. The malecon and all beaches have reopened and charter boats and tours are all running again. We were also thankful to see that the boat and it’s canvases were in good condition after the strong winds of the previous week. We thought we were taking a stroll down easy street for about 24 hours and then Larry noticed that our raw water intake strainer had sprung a leak…not so easy. We spent the day chasing down a replacement part and then Larry thankfully got the part installed that same day. This normally would not be such a big deal but we can not run our air conditioning without this strainer and it is currently 95 degrees in La Paz. Larry earned his cerveza that day! With that project completed we decide to take the boat out and get our sea-legs back and make sure all systems are functioning properly. We take a short run (7 NM) over to a pretty harbor called Puerto Balandra and anchor for the night. We did a little snorkel and took the tender out to the local palapa bar and came back and had a nice dinner on the boat. It was wonderful to get back out on the water even for a short trip. Tomorrow we take the boat to a local boatyard to get the bottom painted. We will be on site for the next five long, hot days…I think there will be a Captain’s Post coming soon…