Yesterday we rose early so that we could leave Puerto Americano with the high tide as the entry/exit is shallow. No drama on leaving. We decided that since it was a beautiful day we would attempt to go to Isla Kent, anchorage. This anchorage looked challenging to enter as it is uncharted and unsurveyed with lots of submerged rocks reported, and current. The guidebook suggests going in or out at slack water, but when that occurs is unclear and unreliable. The guidebook also did include a diagram and Arturo said that it was worth the trip. We arrived at what our calculations said was slack water low tide. After a few "heart attack" near misses and confusion about which islands to go between, we breathed a sigh of relief and were in the lagoon. Another hour of threading our way up to the end and the anchor is down. What an amazing spot. Shear rock faces on one side and dense hillside on the other.

After a good night we did the walk out to the beach and saw a calm Pacific Ocean and a long white sand beach. There are so few people in this southern part of the world that the usual amount of trash is much less than on a comparable beach in the PNW. We did our usual trash pickup looking at all of the plastic debris that floats up on a windward beach. Ned built a beach fire and very surprisingly 2 other cruising boats came around the corner. For the first time in weeks we are not alone at the anchorage and it feels great.

This was a fun tradition at Isla Kent. Whenever a cruising boat has anchored here, they leave a bottle hanging at the beginning of the hiking path to the ocean. They put the name of their boat, passengers aboard, where they are from and sometimes an interesting comment. We left a bottle with the rest of them. Maybe we will come back someday and see it again.