Sunrise on Sunday, January 15

We are sad to report that it was no calmer on the north end of the anchorage than it had been on the south end. The rolling wasn’t terrible, but it certainly wasn’t calm. 

At 1000, we met Moin and Erin Skye on the beach and went on a hike inland with them. There were several hikes at Bonanza, and we chose the one closest to where we landed the dinghies. Looking south from the trail head.

View of the boats from the trail head

The trail started off clear and easy to follow.

A short distance from shore, we found several of these rectangles. We think they were once foundations to buildings.

Near the base of the hill in the background of the photo below, the trail became indiscernible. Given the giant thorns and burrs on the plants, the people in the lead determined that trail blazing was a bad plan and turned around.

Christi was standing next to Deanna (woman in the foreground in pic above) when she took this selfie looking back at the beach.

View of Kosmos as we walked back.

There was a giant hawk flying around while we hiked. We also saw some dragonflies and lizards.

While on the hike, we all decided to go to Playa Pichilingue together that afternoon. Once we returned to the shore, we all went straight back to our boats to get them ready to go to sea. It was a windy day, and the wind was creating fairly large wind waves. We had a difficult time launching the dinghy in the waves, and it was a very wet ride to back Kosmos. We also had a hard to get the dinghy up and secured.

We pulled up anchor at noon. It was a two-hour ride to Playa Pichilingue. We had head seas, with small, rapid wind chop waves, but it really wasn’t too bad of a ride. We were pleased to find that Playa Pichilingue was much calmer than Playa Bonanza had been.

A bright spot about going back to Playa Pichilingue was that we finally got to try the restaurant at the Cantamar hotel, called El Molinito. We headed for the restaurant as soon as we had Kosmos situated. We were pleased to report that El Molinito had lower prices, bigger portions, and better tasting food than both of the restaurants on the beach. Below is one of the combo plates, which had bacon wrapped shrimp, tuna, a conch gratin, rice, salad and a piece of bread. And as an added bonus for us, it was easier for us to land our dinghy here.

The Mob joined us in Playa Pichilingue. In the evening, all eight kids from the four boats came over to play D&D. It was a tight fit, but they managed. Here was the sunset.