Ensenada Blanca- Luxury Resort Wahoo!

Jay and I left Bahia Maquer yesterday morning and almost IMMEDIATELY ran into a big pod of jumping dolphins who swam over and rode in front of the boat and along the bow---moms with babies, tandem leaps and diving (how do they do it?!?) and I still didn’t have enough nerve to jump in and swim with them…..but I swear I will one day do it and take photos with my little underwater camera! We arrived at Hotel Palmar, anchoring in the bay and a guy in a kayak came out and delivered (free!) croissants, pastries and really great coffee right to our boat. They have a pool and free movies 2x a week and on a dinghy ride over to the other side of the Bay there is a little tienda (store) with ice, veggies alcohol, clothing food and hardware in the “village” of Ensenada Blanca. They also have a little church and school and houses and people living in little door-less houses………everyone is very nice and it is free to anchor here. Sure beats Puerto Escondido where they have DOUBLED their prices to just anchor, with no store and no free movies and no pool--- except a tiny 3 ft lap pool…..and we hear they even deliver gas here, so this might be a place to stay for a month or so.

The Hotel Anchorage



Delivering Free Pastries & Coffee

Jay Had A Bite

The Tienda

Two Of The Pools

One For Sale

Had a huge, lengthy lightning storm somewhere east last night and lots of wind. Jay thought he would stay up to make sure we didn’t drag anchor by sleeping in the cockpit. We didn’t drag and today our friend Richard on The trimaran “Trinity” said there is great holding here on anchoring and he has never drug anchor.

Jay’s arm with the tendonitis is still painful despite the cortisone shot Dr. Ferdinand gave him, but my salmonella, eye infection, and tooth extraction area are way better today. We plan on taking the dinghy over to the beach by the resort and walking to see the hotel and stores they have. Jay thinks they better get some golf, or other activities to make people want to come here. They have a “sister” Palmar in Cabo San Lucas, it has more to offer in the way of activities…….

I agree-all you can eat/drink, and activities at the resort are $35 US per person……since we don’t drink, WE won’t be eating there…their rooms are really expensive…they have to get realistic or this resort won’t make it….we ARE enjoying the free coffee and croissants delivered daily by the friendly Mexican delivery guys!

I got my temp bridge “flipper” for my tooth that broke but plan on going to Oregon next summer to get an implant-it takes 3 months to get an implant so I figure I can work part time (Darcie says I can help her with her real estate business) and drive down to Ashland for my appts. Which for an implant takes about 3 months to complete…..so good idea---get my tooth done, make a little extras $ and come back here when it’s cooler…..works for me! I am so vain about my teeth and my “smile”-------I want to keep my teeth as long as possible as I age even if everything else is going to HELL in a bucket

! ha ha….I’m off to sand the cockpit----Judyanne