10 days and the typical baja bash later we tied up to the customs dock. We took the fast passage idea to heart and departed from Mazatlan for an overnight'er to Cabo where we took on fuel and stayed tied to the dock long enough to change the engine oil. Our next stop was Asuncion, 387 miles up the coast. Not too bad if you don't mind 18 knots on the nose. After Cabo Falso we lost the point effect and the wind dropped off to about 10 to 12. That gave us 18 knots apparent with wind waves and lumpy seas that didn't go away until we reached Asuncion on June 25th at 1630 where we spent a day and a night. We departed Asuncion 0100 on June 28th for Turtle Bay and arrived at 1000 hours where we took on 83 gallons from the fuel barge Annabell. We didn't even drop an anchor but picked up one of her moorings. She came along side and we were filled up in under an hour. I keep careful records of our consumption and after taking the fuel his meter was only two liters off. That two liters was in our favor too! Two years ago the bandito Enrique, who is the other fuel source in the bay, tried to get me for twenty gallons. I don't mind a small "gringo" tax but 20 gallons at 2.80 per was just way over the top. I told him to bring his panga back and I would pump the fuel back to him. When he found out I had the capability to pump from Brendon back to his tank through my own 20 foot hose he backed off and took the right amount. I'll use Annabell from now on. We departed Turtle Bay after two hours and headed for San Quentin. We passed Isla Cedros at 1800 hours after a mostly flat ride in the lee of the island but as soon as we rounded the end we took the wind on the nose at 25 knots. The seas were up and doing the washing machine routine. We took in a second reef just prior to sun down and bashed into the seas all night long. We passed Isla Geronimo at 1230 after passing the Sacramento Reef on the out side. I had my old way points for the inside of the reef but this time it made more sense to take it on the outside. We passed San Quintin at 1730 and Isla San Martin just after dark. As the wind and seas were down a bit we pushed on for Punta Colonet making 6 knots SOG. We passed Colonet in the dark and continued for Punta Banda which we passed just about sun up. We tied up at Cruse Port Marina in Ensanada about 1000 hours for a two day R and R stop. We took off at on July 2nd at 1930 for San Diego and had some of the worst seas of the trip. They didn't lay down until we passed Point Loma. We crossed back into the US at 0430 on July 3 and was tied up to the police dock at 0630. All and all, not that bad of a bash. Not as good as the last one but Brendon took it all well and only had one leak which we fixed in Asuncion. The plan is to hang out in Southern Calif. for the summer and get a new dinghy and maybe a new main sail. November should see us heading back down south. This year the plan is to break free of the "Mexican Vortex" and continue on towards Panama. I know, I said that last year too.