On Saturday (September 17), when we awoke, we were relieved to see that most of the bugs were gone. Instead of a sunrise picture, here is a video of a bird catching a fish.
The rest had vacated by the time we left for the cruiser’s breakfast, which we held onshore in the recently damaged casita.
Thursday, September 15: Here is a sunrise photo of the island that protects this bay.
And a photo of the other boats in the anchorage as the sun was rising.
Here is a shot of the almost full moon still shining brightly well after sunrise on Tuesday, September 13.
Christi thinks that on Tuesday, our friend, Chris, had an angel watching over him and protecting him. Eric thinks that Chris got lucky with a chain of fortuitous coincidences.
Continue readingSunrise on Monday, September 12
We spent most of the day doing chores. Christi was cleaning the waterline when she got an especially painful jellyfish sting on her ankle. It hurt so much that she had to get out of the water. Somehow, a jellyfish managed to get inside her flipper and stung her multiple times around the ankle! Fortunately, she had managed to do most of the boat before the sting. As the day went on, her ankle swelled up.
During the morning, two more cruising boats came into the anchorage. Both were couples that we had first met in Santa Rosalia, and both had weathered Hurricane Kay with us in Don Juan. We made arrangements to do the float together. This time, we planned to be there at the peak of high tide so we could get more rides in.
Continue readingOn Friday morning (September 9), we were surprised to wake up to no wind and no rain. The storm had cleared much earlier than expected. What a relief! It did start to drizzle not long after we woke up, but the drizzle didn’t last long.
The rivers had dried up. We couldn’t believe how clear the water in the bay was! Between all the mud that had come down and the churned up water, we’d expected the water to be too dirty to run the generator or watermaker. Another happy surprise!
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