November 2015
Our fall was marked with weeklong periods of being held up in different anchorages hiding from the brunt of intense northers (25-35kt of wind from the north) followed by two days of calm to go out and play. The fall through the spring is supposed to be the “cruising season” in the Sea of Cortez, but the summer is way better. The water is too cold to go in without a wetsuit (a 7mm wetsuit at that!) and visibility drops dramatically. It’s not uncommon to be quarantined to the boat for a few days at a time while waiting out the wind. We still managed to have a ton of fun in some beautiful places with great friends. We found that when the wind is blowing it’s a great time to explore on land.
The neighborhood at San Juanico… a very special place
We had Balandra (Isla Carmen) all to ourselves after all the other boats left for more protected places
Balandra is a great place to hike through the hills
The cruiser shine at San Juanico
Thanksgiving feast with friends from Astraea and Azul. Yes, Nia is wearing clothes :)
The crew, hiking in Steinbeck Canyon near Puerto Escondido
Yay! Sully was all, “I don’t like to jump.”
Magestic Steinbeck canyon
Stone scorpionfish lurking on a wreck
Clamfest 2015!
Clamfest 2015
First time seeing milkfish
Wall-o-fish
This guy
Shipwreck near Puerto Escondido
Panamic cushion star
Gafftopsail pompano showed up in the fall
