We dodged a bullet!

It is now Sunday morning - a calm, beautiful morning with a clear sky full of twinkling stars. Hurricane Norbert decided at the last minute not to come visit us and I must admit not being sorry to be stood up this time.

It was almost like the Twilight Zone around here - the forecast called for 100% rain probability and we were expecting torrential rain with upwards of 10 inches with flash flooding and surge waves. (La Paz got 8 inches in less than 2 hours). We, however, didn't have a sprinkle of rain. There was not even a whisper of wind - it remained a steady 86% with 87% humidity well into the night. The only effect that we had at all, was some surging - however, Peter had us secured so well that we barely felt any motion.

So Hurricane Norbert was one big non-event for us here. It took us 2 days to strip and prepare the boat and probably will take a us a day to put it back together. Very good practice though and certainly better safe than sorry.

Tropical Storm Odile is also winding down as we speak, so looks like we'll have clear weather ahead for the foreseeable future. We will most likely cast off tomorrow and start slowly making our way over to La Paz, where we will spend a week and pick up friends for our final crossing of the Sea to Mazatlan, where we will be leaving the boat for the winter. We fly home (via Toronto for a week) on November 7th.

Thanks to everyone for your concern and emails. We are truly grateful to have all of you in our lives on this Thanksgiving weekend!

I'll update the blog in another week. Until next time...."I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it" Rosalia de Castro