POSITION 37:44.57N 00:43.34W
Mango de Mar Menor, 107 miles south. It is an inland sea just north of
Cartagena. We had a smooth trip south overnight and
arrived into Mar Menor around 1603 the next day. I know it was that time because the
bridge goes up every second hour to let boats in and out of Mar Menor and we
missed it by 3 minutes.
AGGHHHH So we sat outside
for two hours and waited. We
eventually made it in and tied up in the waiting area of the first marina which
is where we stayed for the night.
On route we had run out of camping gas, always a disaster when trying to
poach eggs! However should you ever
find yourself in this situation just stick the lid on them and EVENTUALLY they
will get hard enough to eat. The
really sloppy ones you give to Saint Michael!
In the morning Michael went on an excursion in a taxi and located camping
gas and we had a short tour of Mar Menor before heading for the bridge on the
even hour! We weren’t going to wait
again. Mar menor (minor sea) is an
extremely large inland sea complete with a few islands, and many resorts. Really interesting place and would have
been great to cruise here for a few days.
