Sunrise on Friday, November 4

We woke up to ominously grey skies and strong, cool wind. It looked like it was going to rain, though it never did. The anchorage was rolly and uncomfortable. Eric put out the other paravane first thing in the morning. The paravane helped, but it was still uncomfortable.

Anxious to get a reprieve from the rocking, we got ready to go to shore as soon as we were done with our morning chores/school. It was the coolest day we’ve had in Baja so far, with temperatures in the low 70s. It was the perfect day for a hike!

We were shocked when we were about to get into the dinghy and saw that there were several inches of water inside. Ugh. We quickly bailed out the water and took it to the big sand bar to inspect the bottom for cracks. In good news, nothing was wrong. The drain plug had gotten loose. Eric tightened the drain plug and all was fixed!

In the Agua Verde Day 3 post, the 8th photo was of the Sea of Cortez side of the sand bar. It was flat as a pancake that day. Today, there were waves crashing on the shore.

We hiked along the big islet. The trail was narrow, full of small, loose rocks that were easy to slip on, and hard to follow in some places.

There were lots of flowers in bloom… and a lot of creatures that are attracted to flowers. Fortunately, we were protected from the wind for most of the hike. The views were beautiful. Here is the sandbar that creates the northwest corner of Bahia Agua Verde.

Northeast corner of the bay. From the bird’s eye view, we could see that everyone in anchorage was rolling, even the boats in the most protected spots.

Center of the bay. The small islet is in the foreground, the east anchorage is behind the rock in the middle-left, the village is the small dots (buildings) middle right, the anchorage where we were is to the right.

Entrance to Agua Verde (north end of the bay). To the right is the east anchorage, the left center background is a view of the next bay over.

Views of the Sea of Cortez side

We didn’t reach pinnacle. Near the top, it became very steep, and it was too dangerous with the loose shale.

On the way back down, we noticed that the waves had picked up substantially. That is Keith down there, he ran ahead of Christi and Eric.

In the evening, we went back to shore a second time to get another reprieve from the rolling. Christi was sitting on the beach when the dog that belonged to the people who lived in the house, Lola, walked up to her and sat in her lap. Here is a shot of Kosmos from the shore.

Here is the sunset, with the 3/4 full moon glowing brightly well before it was dark out.

The serious winds and rolling continued all night. It was an uncomfortable evening/night.