This morning dawned sunny, clear, and virtually windless for the first time in many days.  I was vascillating between leaving today and tomorrow for the last couple days and had settled on tomorrow.  But this morning looked so nice, with a reasonable forecast, I couldn't bring myself to burn another day at anchor. Hopefully that impatience does not come to beat me over the head with the stupid stick. 

I got underway at 11:00 for about a 48 hour run up to Bahia Asuncion before some more forecast wind arrives on Sunday/Monday maybe.  I also reached out to a guy to get my fuel topped off while I'm there.  I believe I could make it to Ensenada without any problem, but since there is an option for some extra fuel there I am going to exercise the option unless something drastic changes before I get there.  

I met a lovely couple from Canada with their dog on their boat sv/Passages while anchored here at Mag Bay. We traded some baking ingredients for some baked goods.  Truth be told I am pretty sure I made out on the better end of the deal there! The brownies and upside down pineapple cake were great treats. I also met a guy named Akira from Japan who had singlehanded his 30' sailboat from Japan. He was in Catalina last month and was headed off to La Paz as his goal. My Japanese was not up to the task, but his english was pretty good.  He and another guy, John, were buddy boating south and left the day before yesterday.  I was hoping to get some more conversation practice with Akira, but the wind was more than I wanted to battle on my paddle board to go visiting. 

Although tempted by a beachfront restaurant, I did not set foot ashore here at Mag Bay in spite of being here about a week.  I didn't want to anchor my dinghy off the shore, or inflate my beachable dingy, or fight the wind on my paddle board to go exploring. Essentially I am lazy. No shock to anyone who has met me I'm sure. 

The wildlife cooperated this morning to give me a postive send off.  There was a whale slowly swimming just past my boat as I was wiping off the dew/washing the boat. Then a little while later, some dolphins swam lazily around about 70 yards off. There were also some sea lions sunning and frolicking as I was headed for the mouth of the bay to exit back into the pacific. 

Note to self.  Never zoom out too far on the chart plotter or you'll see that you're only about 75 miles away from where you were a month ago.  That doesn't feel like a lot of progress when viewed that way.... Oh well.