Most of the time, Windy sets the anchor and snubber on Del Viento while I'm at the helm. Here in Roche Harbor, late afternoon, I noticed the girls up front, watching her like two lion cubs watching their momma take down prey.

Eleanor resting at the top of a bluff she reached after climbing up a 250-foot dune. See that coat next to her? Yep, she left it right there and had to climb that dune a second time to get it.

This is the Parliament Building from our boat--it never gets really dark at night, and forget about stars.

This is Del Viento's new covered wagon look, at least while at anchor or at the dock. It keeps the cockpit dry in the rain and will keep the boat cool in the Mexican sun. It is a Shadetree awning passed down to us from our friends aboard Dreamweaver, who got it from our friends aboard Principia. It gusted 40 knots in the marina a couple days after we set it up and it did remarkably well.