Continued from yesterday... At around 1400 (2:00 pm) we lifted anchor and headed south. Since we’d mentioned that the cliffs were geologically interesting, we wanted to put in a shot of the cliff that separates the middle cove from the southern cove.
Our destination was Caleta Partida, which was the space between Isla Partida and Isla Espiritu Santo. It was a quick 45-minute ride south.
Continue readingSunrise on Thursday, December 1. Sometimes the clouds made the sunrises and sunsets extra dramatic; sometimes the clouds just blocked the light.
Check out the fish around our boat.
Eric had done some online searching, and found the family that we’d missed in La Paz. They happened to to be nearby, so they came to our anchorage to meet us. Eric and Keith went to shore to meet the family. Since Christi was still not feeling good and didn’t want to pass on her germs, she stayed aboard and rested.
Continue readingSunrise on Wednesday, November 30, 2022
We were sad to leave Playa de Bonanza before we’d done any exploring, but it was uncomfortable and we needed to move on. We pulled up anchor at 0815 and headed north to Isla Partida.
In good news, Eric and Keith were both feeling better. In bad news, Christi now felt like she was fighting a cold.
For two-and-a-half hours, the ride was a bit bumpy due to head seas. But it smoothed out pretty quickly once we rounded the northern tip of the island and turned southwest, with the wind and waves.
Half of a mile north of Isla Partida’s tip was a tiny island called Los Islotes, which was a world-famous sea lion rookery. Sea Lions can sometimes be aggressive creatures, but we’re told that at this spot, the sea lions were friendly and would allow people to swim with them. Only licensed tour operators were allowed to go to Los Islotes. We didn’t see too many sea lions, but we could hear them barking as we passed by.
Ferry heading into the terminal at sunrise on Monday, November 28
This morning, we got Kosmos ready for sea and lifted anchor at 1000. It was a two hour ride to Playa La Bonanza, located on the east side of Isla Espiritu Santo.
The anchorage was a stunning perfect crescent with sparkling white sand against a backdrop of hills. Looking towards the north end of the anchorage.
Continue readingOn Sunday morning (November 27), we made one more run to the grocery store in La Paz. The tide was not as high as it had been yesterday, but it was still high.
After we were done shopping, we had a little time to kill before the car was due back, so we went to Playa Tecolote, a popular beach at the northern tip of the peninsula. Like the rest of the peninsula, the scenery from the dive was mostly vacant land, mostly hilly desert with glimpses of the shoreline, including several estuaries.
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