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.

On Sunday, October 16, Christi was feeling back to normal. Eric and Keith were not. Christi stayed onboard and cooked for most of the day. After lunch, Eric and Keith went to shore for the playdate with the family. They played Risk and swam. The water was still very green, so snorkeling was still off the table for us.

Eric and Keith went back to Kosmos for dinner. After dinner, the three of us went to shore for another quick visit with the family. Here is a sunset photo

We keep forgetting to mention that there is a bug here that floats on the water. The cove is full of them at night, and the fish go crazy gobbling them up.

On Monday, Eric and Keith still weren’t feeling good. We didn’t venture out until dinner time, and it was only to go to Ana’s to eat. Does anyone know what kind of bird these are? We are not sure if they are buzzards or vultures or another scavenger, and we’ve seen them frequently in Baja.

On Thursday, October 13, the birds were chatty during the sunrise

We left for Bahia Concepcion at 0815 on Wednesday, October 12 . The trip took 8.5 hours. The seas were mostly calm and it was a smooth ride.

We are pleased to report that we rolled up 40,0000 miles on this passage! Eric has been onboard for every mile. Christi has been onboard the vast majority of the miles. There were only two major trips that Christi has missed: in 2006, when Eric took Kosmos to Ensenada while Christi drove down in the car and in 2017, when we took Kosmos up to San Francisco Bay for the second time (life was busy for us then and we didn’t have time to blog).

Bahia Concepcion was a large bay with several anchorages, and each anchorage was better in some weather conditions than others. Eric was having a hard time choosing which anchorage to go to because the weather forecast indicated that the wind direction would change often and drastically. No matter where we went, there would be periods of discomfort (unless we constantly moved, which wasn’t going to happen). In the end, he settled on Playa Santispac for a couple of reasons: 1. It offered good protection for the majority of the time and 2. There were a couple of restaurants.