Bahia Concepcion 5
14 April 2010
Margaret and Julius of Zeeba stopped by this morning to exchange books with us. We were glad they did because they said that Marina Seca in Guaymas still had spots in storage as of a few days ago. It's the cheapest storage around so we're really glad to hear that.
A couple on another dinghy stopped by and asked about the hot springs. We told them we hadn't found them yet. They are camping over in Santispac. We'll stop by to see them when we go over to the restaurant.
We went ashore to find the hot springs! We could really use a soak. Well we did find them (with the help of a local paddling by). They said the hurricanes really wiped out there pools and they have to redo them. So unfortunately the soak is just for our feet! A local yelled down from her house that it was 172 degrees at the source so be careful! And do the shuffle because they have sting rays, though we did not see one ray. The fish are close by watching you from under the grass and if you're still enough they come pretty darn close. I wonder where they hide once all the grass dies out? The warm water from the hot springs makes it very tropical for them.
Outboard is not working great. Took over a dozen starts to get us across to the other side. Good thing it's the end of the season. We walk over and discover that Anna's is closed on Wednesdays! Of course it is! And the campers (Steve and Barbara from California) aren't at their site. So we walk along the beach and talk to a few of the other campers. Jim found someone to sell him a pack of smokes (lucky guy) and then we bought a Tshirt for Jim from one of the vendors who works from vehicles.
After strolling the beaches we saw Steve and Barbara were back so we stopped and had a few drinks with them and chatted. Steve gave Jim an idea about the outboard so hopefully that will be the problem (need a new part). And we told them where to find the hot springs though they aren't much right now.
We made it back after a few pulls on the outboard (thank god the wind was with us on the way back).