DAY FOUR: A CHANGE IN PLANS - Nor was this a boring day, either, for the word of the day was “flexibility”. The original plan was for the ship to anchor off Cabo San Lucas, about a quarter of a mile from the pier, and then the ship’s tenders (a.k.a. lifeboats) were to ferry folks back and forth to land. The problem (or one of the problems) is that the seas are a bit too choppy to make a safe movement between ship and tender, so plans for going ashore were immediately scrapped.

Plan B was to up anchor and have an improvised leisurely cruise for a half an hour
or so along the tip of Baja California, past some truly beautiful rock formations and several new resort communities, and then heading southeast across the mouth of the Gulf of California toward our next stop, Puerto Vallarta. It was pleasant and relaxing to sit on deck and watch the passing scene, at least it was after we dealt with another problem.

In the meantime, we had some problems ourselves. Ann has had, from time to time over the past several months, recurring incidents of pretty severe pain in her upper arm, between shoulder and elbow, and no one seems to get a handle on it to treat it. When she awoke this morning that pain was back with a vengeance, so our first stop of the day was to the ship’s doctor. He poked and prodded, gave her some medications and advice, but the bottom line for us is that it was a good day to just meander across the waves.

That’s just what we’ve done!