Beautiful weather.
05 February 2010 | Playa Santa Barbara
Bill Hudson
We took Puff to shore at Playa Santispac to get rid of trash and had a nice conversation with the folks that had motored down from the US to spend the Winter here. People from all over the US in many big motor homes. Many had brought small structures to erect beside their vehicles to provide a place to sit in the shade and while away the hours and talk with others. A nice setup.
On the way in to shore, we stopped and had a short chat with Jackie and Tony on Windstrutter from New Zealand. A nice ketch rigged boat about the same size as ours. They have been here for a while.
Once back at Zephyr, we upped the anchor an set off for Playa Santa Barbara, about 4 mile South of Playa Concepcion. With Puff tied to the stern, we slowly motored done the bay till we reached our next home. As I have said in the past you can't trust the electronic chart plotters as our Garmin 172 C put us going right over Isla Coyote on our trip South. As we made our way South, we noticed a beautiful deserted beach on Isla Coyote and decided to head over there later in the afternoon. Once the anchor was down(26 42 .103N 111 52.831W), we stopped and took time for a nice lunch. My last loaf of French bread along with more Summer Sausage and Boursin and Cheddar cheese.
We put Dragon back on Puff and headed out for the deserted cove on Isla Coyote just as another sailboat entered the small cove. They dropped their anchor about 100 yards from us. Out we went for the mile trek to the Isla. As we rounded the point off the beach, a girl, walking along the beach took off running(as fast as she could) for her kayak. Apparently, she had taken advantage of the deserted cove to work on an all over suntan. OOPS!! Caught. She made to back to her kayak long before we got to the beach. She was there with a friend in another kayak. As we came ashore, another dingy showed up with two guys onboard that were going to look for clams. We watched from shore as they dug out in the water and came up with lots of them. Once done, they took off and shortly after that, the other young girl took off too with her friend. We had the cove to ourselves(other than the occasional passing fishing boat). We headed back to Zephyr about an hour later to start dinner. We took time for a nice Margarita(our first) as the Sun went down and gave a round of applause for it's days work.
We had a lovely dinner and watched a bit of DVD's till bed time. There was some bioluminescence but not like the night before. Today has dawned sunny and bright and we are off in a few minutes to see if w can find a wreck of a sailboat that is reported to be in the cove. I expect we will spend the afternoon at the deserted beach again for some fun.