Sunrise on Sunday December 4
In the morning, a couple stopped by in their dinghy and invited us to a cruiser party at 1600 (4:00 pm) on the Partida sandbar. By the time we finished our chores, it was low tide again, so we just stayed aboard until it was time for the party. The moon was up again, and getting fuller.
Sunrise on Saturday December 3
Our new friends left first thing in the morning to go back to La Paz. We were sad to see them go. Not long after they left, a park ranger boat came into the anchorage and inspected each of the boat’s park passes. The park ranger asked if we had a dog.
We went to shore after we finished our chores. It was around 1300 (1:00 pm) and the tide was at its lowest point. As we got closer to shore, we could see that that there were indeed two sandbars, separated by a channel. The closer sandbar was quite narrow, was actually more rocks than sand, and was attached to Espiritu Santo. It had one house on it. The farther sandbar looked to be much wider and mostly sand. It was attached to Isla Partida and had quite a few structures on it.
We got as close to the channel as we could until the dinghy was nearly grounded. We dropped the anchor. The Espiritu Santo sandbar was behind Eric.
Continue readingContinued from yesterday... At around 1400 (2:00 pm) we lifted anchor and headed south. Since we’d mentioned that the cliffs were geologically interesting, we wanted to put in a shot of the cliff that separates the middle cove from the southern cove.
Our destination was Caleta Partida, which was the space between Isla Partida and Isla Espiritu Santo. It was a quick 45-minute ride south.
Continue readingSunrise 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.
Continue readingSunrise on Wednesday, November 30, 2022
We were sad to leave Playa de Bonanza before we’d done any exploring, but it was uncomfortable and we needed to move on. We pulled up anchor at 0815 and headed north to Isla Partida.
In good news, Eric and Keith were both feeling better. In bad news, Christi now felt like she was fighting a cold.
For two-and-a-half hours, the ride was a bit bumpy due to head seas. But it smoothed out pretty quickly once we rounded the northern tip of the island and turned southwest, with the wind and waves.
Half of a mile north of Isla Partida’s tip was a tiny island called Los Islotes, which was a world-famous sea lion rookery. Sea Lions can sometimes be aggressive creatures, but we’re told that at this spot, the sea lions were friendly and would allow people to swim with them. Only licensed tour operators were allowed to go to Los Islotes. We didn’t see too many sea lions, but we could hear them barking as we passed by.
