Economics With A Face

The water was perfect. The only glitch of the day was when an aguamala (a jellyfish type creature) stung Regina with its long blue tail as she was just getting back on the boat after a swim. We had another great meal on the boat, fresh fish grilled to perfection. As I said earlier, it’s going to be tough to go back to backpacking after the life we are living here.

In the late afternoon, another boat pulled up carrying another son of Nalo’s and his son-in-law Carlos. They were coming from La Paz and earlier that morning, had caught two huge sail fish which they had aboard. Once they anchored, we called Em’s parents from Carlos’ cell phone to say hi. Technology is certainly amazing when you can call home to Northern California from the middle of the Sea of Cortez.

As the day wound down we headed back to port catching two small tuna on the way. I talked with one of the workers on the boat, Gerard, who had been working for Nalo for five months. He was a great guy: we talked about the Topolobampo economy, and places he recommended visiting in Mexico.

Once back, we thanked everyone for the extraordinary day and headed back to Los Mochis. That night we went out for tacos at a restaurant called El Bachomo, so we could compare the best tacos Los Mochis had to offer against those from Navajoa. Both were excellent, so I’ll call it a draw.

Carmen Sophia and Miguel were going to be leaving early in the morning so we said our goodbyes tonight. They are such a wonderful and fun family and were so kind to put up with us and help us out so much during the last few days. Hopefully they’ll make it to California again once we are back in the States.