Category Archives: Activities

Things we have done during our travels.

Chores and Errands While at Marina Costa Baja

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Sunrise on Thursday, January 5, 2023

We took the 0900 shuttle into town. Our plan was to rent a car and go grocery shopping. We’d noticed that there was an organic market called Nomada Fresh and Organics near the church, so we decided to walk over there and check it out before heading to Chedraui. It turned out to be a restaurant, not a market. So we had breakfast there.

A street vendor came by selling sweets, and we bought one. It was shredded coconut covered in caramel. It tasted just like the Samoa Girl Scout Cookies.

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Marina Costa Baja, Day 2

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The simultaneous sunrise and moonset on Saturday December 10, 2022

Since we didn’t have to make water this morning, Eric only ran the generator for an hour and a half to charge the batteries and make enough hot water for showers and dishes. Eric did some chores: changed generator oil and filter, changed water maker filter, and took the oil to the recycling area.

We also defrosted the freezer/refrigerator combo unit in the companionway (hall). All three of our Vitrifigo units tend to ice up quickly and need to be defrosted every two or three months. It is probably worth noting that we have the freezer unit in the salon (living room) turned off since we are low on frozen food and the refrigerator in the galley (kitchen) is still broken.

Yesterday, we’d been pleasantly surprised to find out that the boat tied up in front of us was a family with a child onboard about Keith’s age. In the afternoon, we went to the resort’s beach with them.

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Second Trip to Ensenada del Candelero on Isla Espiritu Santo, Day 2

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The sunrise on Tuesday December 6, 2022. The sky looked like it was engulfed in flames.

In the mid-morning, Oceananigans let us know they were going to do the hike. Eric and Christi weren’t quite ready to go, but Keith went went with them. When Eric and Christi were ready, they went to shore and waited for the group near the beach. A few minutes later, the group emerged. Christi and the kids went up the ridge between the the two beaches and walked inland along the jagged and rocky top of the ridge for quite a ways. 

This was their highest point before they headed back down.

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Ensenada Grande on Isla Partida, Days 2 and 3

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Sunrise 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.

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Playa Pichilingue, Day 5

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Sunrise on Saturday, November 26. Very demur compared to some of the dramatic sunrises we’ve seen here in Baja.

We were shocked to find that today the tide was significantly higher than it had been yesterday. Yesterday, we’d tied up in front of the big restaurant. That wasn’t an option today since the big restaurant was flooded.

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