Early this morning, well, at about 7:30, we were up and getting Eagle ready to move. We had planned on a short hop, just about a mile or so, to the next large bay south of us, Bahia San Gabriel.

Before I get to far ahead of myself, I better give you all a quick update of what we have been doing these last few days. Humm...well....ummm...where did all that time go? OK first of all we have done quite a bit of exploring by dinghy. We have been using it to get to some of the smaller bays that we can't risk taking Eagle into. Just too shallow, rocky or nasty coral reefs that don’t mix well with fiberglass boat bottoms. We try to be off the boat by 7:00ish so that we can get some good early morning light for photography. I am always looking for birds and they seem to truly follow that old “Early bird....” adage. Jeanne has been able to get some really nice desert scenes, along with the different beach, desert, and miscellaneous textures, lights and colors.

Then we usually make it back to the boat for some lunch, and a few light boat chores. The late afternoon/evening then brings some fishing, a few more pictures encompassing the late afternoon light. If there are any other boats in the area, we might try to organize a little gathering for sun downers or a pot luck. It is a blast to meet new cruisers, and be able to swap tales with them.

The next thing you know, it is late, 9:00, and time for bed. That is pretty much how we have spent the last week and a half....and the time just flies past! I mean, look at the calender...it is a new month already!!

Now, back to the current time. We actually did some sailing this morning, at least for a little while until the wind died. We have moved the boat to the very northern most part of Bahia San Gabriel. This bay features a world class white sand beach, that is nearly a mile long. It has a beautiful coral reef right thru the middle of it, and the southern most end, has a grove of mangroves that serve as a Magnificent Frigatebird rookery. There are nearly a thousand Frigates there all doing there best to look appealing to the opposite sex. Lots of noise, and puffing out their bright red breasts.

We are still on a questionable wi-fi signal, so I am going to hold off on the pictures. I promise I will post some ASAP!! The picture above is last nights sunset in Ensenada De La Raza.