Two days ago, we arrived in La Cruz, Mexico, not far from Puerto Vallarta.  At first we anchored, but the next day, we rented a slip to make Internet easier.  We have a lot of work to do that requires emailing and Internet research.  Turning around Cabo San Lucas, we definitively hit a more tropical clime, T-shirts and shorts on watch.  Since Ensenada, we’ve had two 2-night passages and one 4-night passage, stopping at three cove/bays.  Some issues were shaken out of Kandu and we’re addressing them as timely and cost-effectively as we can.  The hottest issue for us now is a leaking hydraulic ram used by the autopilot to steer the boat.  Although it was recently rebuilt by the manufacturer, we need to replace it, an expensive and arduous task.   My uncle, Bill, is really helping tremendously in this effort, postponing his joining us until he has a replacement in hand.  It’s proving difficult to find an appropriate replacement, the right size for the available space.  Consequently we think we’ll be “stuck” in Mexico for a couple of weeks, before we can head off to the Galapagos.