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.
Driscoll’s Boat Works
Sure the hammering started daily at 7:30am and there was fiberglass dust everywhere, but we could use the docks and some of their tools for our own projects, had a stable place to do work up the mast and to clean and patch the holes in our dinghy… and most importantly they did a great job fixing our boat!
Changes in Attitude
YES! IT WORKS! It works better than ever! Time to CELEBRATE and, more importantly, time to head to Mexico! We made the call to head out two days later.
But what we mostly did in San Diego
Many of our friends and family have asked us just what we were doing in San Diego that delayed our exit for a whole two whole months. Well we chose a lovely location to ensue the full time jobs of overhauling our engine as well as a myriad of other boat projects.