Cold Spell!

Mazatlan Area - Marina to the north, Isla de la Piedra anchorage south

Ruben with the Finished Product

We left the bird sanctuary of Isla Isabela on Sunday, February 17^th at 2pm and arrived in Mazatlan the following morning at 2am.  Having arrived in the dark, we motored to Stone Island anchorage (Isla de la Piedra), dropped the hook and got some sleep.  After a leisurely breakfast we headed for our assigned boat slip at Marina El Cid and new home for the next week or two.  The temperatures in Mazatlan were perfect - high 70’s to low 80’s.  Recently, however, temperatures have dropped to 69 degrees Fahrenheit in the morning with a high of only 75 degrees in the afternoon, burr!!  We felt so cold, the long-sleeved shirts, fleece jackets, and long pants came out of the closet.  Yes, we are in big trouble and may find it difficult to adjust to the “extreme cold temperatures” of the north country.  We no longer question why children are wearing sweaters to school and can now relate to comments from locals about the freezing temperatures of the North.  Speaking of locals, while in Mazatlan we engaged the services of an upholsterer to re-cover the cushions in our salon.  Upholsterer Ruben came to the boat and showed us several fabric samples; after making our choice, he went off to place the order after taking our down payment.  When the fabric arrived he came back to pick up our cushions - yes, he now had our money and our cushions!  Not to worry, he returned in four days with the cushions beautifully upholstered; we were pleasantly surprised and glad to have had the work done in Mexico at a much more reasonable price than in the States.  Ruben seemed to know what he was doing from the start, we asked him how he had come to learn the business.  He said his father had been an upholsterer and his two brothers are also in the upholstery business.