07/14/2012, El Burro Cove
Us boys got up and climbed to the top of the mountain above El Burro cove, on July 4th. we go some fun pictures and got to see some really cool old indian petroglyphs.
We even made a small rock carin at the very top of the hill
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07/14/2012
Here are the pictures from the fishing tournament that I did not get to post last time
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07/14/2012, Santa Rosalia
We got an early start this morning on our way to Santa Rosalia. This is a historic Mexican mining town, with a rich past of copper mining. We will post more about that later
There is a small man made harbor, with two small marinas, each holding about 10-12 boats.
This will be a short stop, just a day or two, before heading back out to the islands. We will get the laundry done, buy some food, and of course get caught up on the blog. We have a bunch of pictures to post so stand by!!
As you can see by the photo posted, doing laundry at anchor is a bit more of a chre than doing it at home, but we do have a convienient place to hang cloths to dry
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07/12/2012, Sweet Pea Cove, Isla San Marcos
After breakfast this morning, we moved around to the north part of the bay, where we will have a little bit more protection from the SE winds that are blowing, and are predicted to continue for several days. We had bit of a down day, with some reading, computer work, a couple of minor boat projects, a swim, a walk on the beach...oh, and the ever important nap!
Tomorrow, we are going to explore some of the sea caves that are near here. Some are really large, you can drive your dinghy right into them, but we will take the kayaks so we can really get a good chance to look around.
Any of you friends or family that have our Mexico phone number and want to give us a call, we have great reception here in this bay, but wont be able to make any calls out as our phone minutes ran out. we will buy more on Saturday, when we go into Rosalia to provision, and do laundry
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07/11/2012, Sweet Pea Cove, Isla San Marcos
Hello to our fans, when we left you last night we were in Punta Chivato, it was getting windy, rolly and we had a lot of lightening off to the east. Well, the lightening never made it, but the winds did. We have found that when we have a rolly anchorage, it never seems to go away over night, and last night was no exception. In fact, got a whole hell of a lot worse! By 1:00 Am the winds had built to 26, with gusts over 30, and we had wind waves crashing into the anchorage that were over four feet high.
So, right after the net this morning, we pulled anchor and headed father north, to Isla San Marcos, and the anchorage called Sweet Pea. We mostly motored thru the 3-6 foot seas, with little or no wind, but the last 7-8 miles we were able to set the sails, and have a screaming fast sail, at 6.5 to 7.2 knots.
Jeanne is just pulling a pizza out of the oven, and we might just pull the anchor again, and go around the corner to a northern anchorage that will protect us from the southerlies that are now building.
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07/10/2012, Punta Chivato
We decided to make a run towards the north this morning, with the idea that we "might" get some wind to sail. WE DID!! we went 27.2 miles today, and sailed 25 miles of, with great winds, in the 15-18 knots the whole way.
We are anchored in south side cove of Punta Chivato. It is dark, a bit rolly, and we are watching the lightening out in the middle of the Sea. If you read my weather blog, you will know that is where we watch for Chubascos to come from. Looks like we are OK tonight, as they all seem to be passing towards the north of us.
We might move on tomorrow, as this just seems open and rolly.
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