We are back on the mainland in the land of ocean swells, jet skis and tuba and accordion music. Ahhh....... All my favorites. NOT.

It does feel good to be on the mainland though. 4 months on the Baja side of Mexico was enough for us.

We had a wonderful crossing today. I chose to leave from the north anchorage of San Marcos Island to head for San Carlos because the sea is only 70 miles wide at that point. We had a steady 15 knots of breeze the entire way and sailed on a reach for much of it.

The north anchorage at San Marcos was lovely. I was up at 12:30 this morning enjoying the phosphorescence, whales in the bay and a clear sky full of shooting stars. I saw so many of them that I ran out of wishes and started wishing things for others. If you get some surprises soon, it may have come from one of those wishes!

Ken REALLY liked San Marcos. He caught 3 Rooster Fish and one Dorado from the dinghy all in about an hour and a half. He was so excited about the Rooster Fish. We understand that they are a bit rare now and are really fun to catch so Ken released them all.

Something new happened today. Right as we were approaching San Carlos, a pod of dolphins greeted us. That's not new of course but what is new is that two of them jumped completely out of the water right next to our cockpit. It looked like show at Sea World and I swear that they were both smiling! I had my camera in my hand but was too awestruck to take a picture (it's not the first time that THAT has happened to me)