Sunrise on Wednesday November 2. As the sun rose, a massive number of birds flew over to the rocks islets.
Christi was pleased to report that she was feeling better. The day of rest did the trick! After we finished our morning chores/school, we went snorkeling along the rocks directly behind the boat. It’s always nice when we are close enough to good snorkeling/diving that we can go straight off of Kosmos. The water had cooled down; Christi wound up putting on a shortie wetsuit.
On Monday (October 31), at about 1030, we left for an anchorage called Bahia Agua Verde. It was a four-hour ride, heading south. Before leaving, Christi and Keith gave Kosmos a quick wash down. Keith was really happy about it.
We’ve mentioned that the charts for the Loreto area are inaccurate more than once. Here is the chart of us in the channel as we were leaving Puerto Escondido. Eric had set the offset a different zoom so things are quite shifted at the zoom level on the picture. Good thing we did that upgrade to amphibious vehicle before we left San Diego! 😉
Sandy had offered to take us to Loreto with her on Tuesday (October 25) to run errands. Christi took her up on the offer and spent most of Tuesday shopping. Christi and Sandy had lunch at a Birrieria stand that was packed with people.
Birria is a type of stew that is traditionally made with goat meat, though any type of meat can be used. Someone nearby told us that this stand used beef. It sounds like chili paste makes up the base of the stew, and any vegetables added, such as onions or garlic, are pureed into the base. We’re told that birria is usually served in a as a bowl as a stew, but at this stand, they used the meat to make tacos. Christi found the meat to be bland. The tacos were served with all the usual accoutrements to doll them up.
Meanwhile, Eric did chores. Eric repaired the smokestack and lubricated the snaps on the window covers. He dropped off our empty propane tank at the marina office. The place that fills propane tanks is a few miles away on Highway 1, and the marina will take the tanks over to have them filled for a $5.00 service fee.
Continue readingSunrise on Friday, October 21. The crescent moon shone brightly even as the sun rose underneath it.
This morning, one of the neighbors in the anchorage filled our scuba tanks. What a relief that we can do the bottom again!
It was wavier on Friday than it had been on Thursday, and the anchorage was a little less comfortable. In the afternoon, we went snorkeling. We decided it was too wavy to be safe to snorkel in the best spot that we’d scoped out, the north-eastern rock, as it was exposed to the open waves. We opted to go to the northwestern rock. Look at the birds hanging out on the cactus on the rock.
Continue readingSunrise on Thursday, October 20
In the morning, we did our usual school/chores routine. In the afternoon, we took a dinghy ride to scope out the area.
