Finally off!

I hired an agent to help me with the closing formalities, allowing us out of Mexico. I was so thankful I did. She wound her way through the bureaucracy deftly and saved us a lot of time and effort. Even so the effort was not without its uncertainties. Customs, Immigration, and Health are three different departments requiring paperwork. Immigration was the only department that actually came to the boat to see us off, but we were told to look out for customs. They never showed up. Our appointment with the immigration officer was rescheduled a couple of times waiting for his arrival while we were unable to leave the boat. Eventually he did arrive and the process was relatively painless. He was friendly and efficient, thanks to the paperwork all being filled out properly by the agent.

Propane tanks were filled, external water tanks were lashed to the deck and filled, last minute insurance snafus we're sorted out, and finally we were allowed to be be on our way.

Trip down the eastern Baja coastline was blissfully anti-climactic. Without much wind to speak of, we motored through the night and have arrived at Cabo to fill our fuel tanks and get a final weather forecast before pushing off into the ocean.