Last month we had our very first brave visitors along our journey, my mom and stepdad Gary. We were so excited to share a bit of our new life with our family AND to have some new faces onboard… after all, Jonah and I spend A LOT of one on one time together.
Turning Point
The sun coyly winked on the horizon, daring us to come closer, as our compass needle crept towards east. After a month and a half along the long, thin Baja peninsula we had reached the tip and it was time to turn the corner.
Mexican Jumping Dolphins
We have seen a lot of dolphins on this trip, and we hope to for the rest of our days. We love them. But this one day, when we were a day out from Cabo, we were surrounded and entertained by the most playful display of dolphin shenanigans we’ve ever seen.
Paradise is exciting!
We are about to experience our first hurricane… or tropical storm (fingers crossed)! Yikes! We were not expecting this.
Scorpion Bay
We came into Scorpion Bay and the town San Juanico at two in the morning under the light of a full moon. It was our first time entering an unknown anchorage at night. A bit nerve racking but it worked out.
Eyes Wide Open
The amazing wildlife that Baja is famous for includes the large Eastern population of the North Pacific Grey Whales. They travel down to Mexico to spend the winter months mating, giving birth, and rearing their newborns.
Out in the Blue
For the last month and half we’ve nestled in beautiful bays and in the lee of rugged points along the pacific coast of Baja California and Baja California Sur. And while these destinations were worth the price of admission the journeys themselves merit mention.
Exhale…. Turtle Bay
There are no real harbors, literally no docks to tie up to, in the 800 nm between Ensenada at the northern end of the Baja peninsula and Cabo San Lucas at the southern tip. For that matter there are only two protected bays that provide refuge from heavy conditions and from all directions of wind and swell. Turtle Bay (or San Bartolome as the locals call it) is one of these refuges.
Islas San Benitos
Off on the horizon, a soft white light ignited and extinguished, slowly revolving, whispering the presence of small islands ahead. The stars began their disappearing act with the lightening blues and pinks of the sky, and a cluster of sunburnt rounded hills took shape ahead. After over four days at sea we reached our destination.
Made it to Mexico!
Fact of the day: Ensenada flies the biggest flag in the world.