We made it to La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico!!!!  We left on Tuesday the 16th of January from Coos Bay, OR.  We rented a car to drive to Portland airport and dropped off the car there, then stayed the night at a Best Western near by.  In the morning the hotel shuttle drove us to the airport at around 7:30 a.m. We checked in our luggage and made our way through the TSA with no problems.  The flight actually left 3 minutes early (10:37 a.m.) and landed in Los Cabos 30 minutes early (3:00 p.m.).  We zipped through immigration, pickup up all 4 bags at luggage claim (yes they all made it), then headed to customs.  At customs there is a button to push, if it turns a light green you go right through, if the light turns red they search through all your luggage, check all your papers and make you nervous.  Susan pushed the button and the light turned green!!!!  Our reservations for the bus to La Paz wasn't for 2 hours, so we sat outside and enjoyed dos coke light.  The weather was very pleasant with the temp in the mid 70's with a light breeze.  The bus ride was approximately 2.5 hours long and half of it was in the dark.  A short taxi ride (5 miles) to Hyatt Place and we made (8:30 p.m.).  No problems.  No complaints.  No fuss, no muss.  Just tired.

As you can see from the previous post the boat was a total mess.  It has taken us 5 days to get it in shape to live in, so during that time we spent nights at the Hyatt Place hotel.  The picture above shows how close the marina is to the hotel, but to get to it you have to drive almost 2 miles.  Needless to say we rented a car for the first 5 days.  We also made two trips into town to get a SIM card for the phone and groceries.  The pictures below show our grocery trip, almost 6,000 pesos ($333.33 USD).  Should be good for 4 to 5 weeks.

I have been pleasantly surprised so far that everything on the boat is working after being still for 1 year.  We still have not left the dock but the main engine and generator started right up, all the halyards went back up and the sails followed.  We still need to get gas for the dinghy outboard, but then we should be ready to leave the marina.