Further up in the Sea
21 May 2011 | 26 22.05'N:111 25.89'W, San Juanico
On Tuesday we left Puerto Escondido with Sirocco and Pacifico for Honeymoon Cove but it was full up (it only has room for a few boats). Sirocco decided to start heading south to get ready for the bash while So Inclined and Pacifico are still headed north. We went on to Salinas, a bay on the back side of Isla Carmen. Salinas is a beautiful bay that was once home to a large salt mining operation. It also has a sunken tuna boat in about 30�' of water that we snorkeled�--lots of fish. The water was still not that warm.
We went into town and with permission of the caretaker we were able to explore the ghost town. It was once quite an operation with bunk houses, church, police station, medical center, tienda, operations center,�..... We had fun taking pictures of ourselves where we might have worked had we been there. The operation/town was abandoned in the early 1980�'s and some of the buildings converted into a hunting and fishing lodge. We also hiked out to the salt flats, collected some salt crystals and saw some of the abandoned equipment. That night Karen made pizza from scratch and we had Pacifico, Dave and Marisa, over for a nice dinner. It was quite a treat. Salinas was a fun stop and nice anchorage.
After one night there we left Salinas and headed to an overnight anchorage on the south end of Isla Coranodos. While it did protect us from some northerly swell and wind we fought against earlier in the day, that night the winds came up from Loreto (the west) and created some swell that made for a bit of a rough night. We left early the next morning for San Juanico�--where we have been for the last two nights.
San Juanico is another beautiful bay. It�'s been calm, and there�'s lots to do here. Yesterday we placed our boat mementos at the cruisers�' shrine ashore, hiked over to the other bay, collected obsidian �"Apache tears�", and learned how to snorkel dive for clams�--yum.
Still no internet or cell phone (but the water is warmer here). I�'ll try and post pictures from all of the above as soon as I get some good internet.
We�'ll probably hang out here for another day (we�'re having fun) and then head up to Bahia Conception.