Saturday, April 13

North 29° 49.78'
West 114° 23.96'
Distance: 0 miles

We woke today at Alfonsinas in a real bed. That was quite a bit of luxury for us. We each took another shower, then started working on the boats. The woman who runs the bar has agreed to do our laundry, but it will take a while. The Boys from the mud house came over for breakfast. Mike has sworn off beer until we get to Bahia de Los Angeles, but I had one for breakfast. After breakfast, we went back to getting the boats ready. The boys took us to the store and we will go over to their house for dinner, water, and to spend the night. One more party, but I hope it will be a mellow one. No more than a couple drinks today. Later, the trailer girls showed up. They hung out with us for a while, then Kristen left. Nicole stayed with us to ride back with Mike on his kayak. Kristen took his bags back to the mud house to compensate for the weight. Finally, around 3:00 pm our clothes were mostly dry enough to take. We left for the mud house and got there before 4:00. Mike and I each tried Jay's fast kayak. Jay bet me $5.00 that I couldn't paddle out 20 strokes into the bay, turn around, and paddle back without falling off. He won. I made it two strokes and fell right in. I practiced for a while, then Mike tried it. He did better than I did, but not much. After an hour of practice each of us could go pretty well. Mike had to track down his fishing pole because the girls had gotten drunk and forgot to drop it off. We had a nice dinner with the guys and then went to sleep a little early.