Keith’s Perspective on Pescador and The Village/Le point de vue de Keith sur Pescador et The Village

I liked Pescador. The boating families Double Deuce and Basik were there. We went to a bonfire almost every night.

J’ai aimé Pescador. Les familles des bateaux Double Deuce et Basik étaient là. Nous sommes allés à des feux de camps presque tous les soirs. 

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Bahia de Los Angeles Village to Puerto Refugio on Isla Angel de la Guarda

Blog Q: It’s kind of like a never ending party—with some boat repairs and a hurricane thrown in! How you figure out which boats have cool people to visit and which have the solitary pirate to avoid?  

A: We think this year has been more social than most. Because of the hurricane, the cruisers were forced to congregate together in Bahia de Los Angeles when we’d normally be spread out. Everyone was eager to talk to one another in order to get feedback and advice on how to prepare, and more importantly, so that there was a friendship established with people who could help you if you needed it. 

It also helped that a woman on one of the boats is a social coordinator by nature. She coordinated the majority of the cruiser social events, made fantastic food to share, etc. She is truly amazing and it wouldn’t be a non-stop party without her. 

Finally, the lack of bugs in the Bahia de Los Angeles area lent itself to the socializing. It’s a lot harder to get together when you are being eaten alive by bugs that bite/sting.

That said, when people are not feeling social, they simply ignore the announcements on the radio that a party has been planned. We actually did that on Sunday (the 18th), when we went to The Village. The rest of the fleet had gone to La Mona for another party, but at that moment in time, we were craving civilization. 

Here is the sunrise on Tuesday, September 20

Not long after we woke up, we left for Puerto Refugio, which is an anchorage on the northern part of Isla Angel de la Guarda. It will be the northernmost point of our Baja adventure. 

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Ensenada el Pescador to La Village de Bahia de Los Angeles

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.

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Ensenada el Quemado to Ensenada el Pescador

Sunrise with the moon on Wednesday, September 14 

When we woke up, it was rolly in the anchorage. The rolling made us so lethargic, so we had a hard time getting moving in the morning. Chris let us know that he’d decided to continue north today, so we said our goodbyes… or more accurately, our “see ya laters,” since we will see him again sooner or later.  

In another fortuitous coincidence, four boats that we were friendly with, including one of the families, happened to be two anchorages south of us, in a bay called Ensenada El Pescador. We headed over to join them. It was a quick half-hour ride. 

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