Last night we had a quiet Thanksgiving dinner at the Marina El Cid restaurant. We have been enjoying the pools and resting ourselves. Pat McLeish flew out of Mazatlan on Tuesday afternoon and as we have a car, we took him to the airport doing some sightseeing on the way. Tuesday was a holiday and unfortunately, the whole of the Marine promenade was closed off for the festival. We finished up driving through many small back streets before driving up one of the hills to get a nice view over the city.

The marina we are in is very comfortable with lots of facilities and we are enjoying our stay here; it is quite luxurious. The marina is the first one in the estuary complex and sits in the narrow main channel into the estuary. Because of this, the marina does suffer from a lot of tidal surge at varying states of the tide. Sometimes, the boats move around quite a bit and some even use cargo straps to hold themselves in place. Even so, we do like the location and are taking every opportunity of using the wonderful facilities.

Next week, we will move to another marina, further into the estuary which will be quieter with no surge; I am sure we will miss the pools and other facilities.