First off, thanks to Kathe for emailing me that I'd used the wrong word in the last post, no Tortuga does not hit 98k miles per hour on her speedometer but has those miles on her odometer. I've changed it on the post, all I can say is I was tired and not very happy.

Nancy, I really hope we are not just getting to Mazatlan on the 21st but I'll send you an email if we are.

I'm feeling better about all this today. One thing I try to do is not swim upstream and trying to force us across the border and heading south was starting to feel that way. So, we'll fix what needs fixing and wait as long as we have to without worrying about it. I have to remind myself that I'm retired, I have no real deadline and it is a great joy that all of these problems are easily fixed.

We hardly left the rig today, it seems a lot hotter here than it was in Cat City but it really isn't. I'm not sure why. Mimi saw the news and they said the high today was only 106°, it was over 115° every day last week when we were out running around getting everything done. Perhaps it is because there is no shade here and lots of gravel and asphalt or perhaps it is just more humid with the remains of Henriette coming over. We slept and watched TV all day, ate watermelon and bologna sandwiches because it was too hot to cook anything. We've got the sat dish up so I cruised around the net reading blogs and forums and things like the gardening section of the London Times. It felt like a real weekend, like a weekend back when I was working but without all the chores and errands. Pretty nice.