Originally we weren't even going to go to Punto Pulpito, but now, I'm glad we did. We'd just left San Juanico, on the Baja side of the Sea of Cortez. We were motoring up to Bahia Concepcion, into the increasingly stronger winds and chop. Then, our friend Phil, on the boat Salty, called us on the radio. He said that we could turn in to this other place called Punto Pulpito. Blue Eyes, another boat coming from San Juanico, also stopped here. They were waiting for the winds to calm down, and left later that night. I wish we'd stayed longer.

Punto Pulpito, along with being a great place to shelter from the hard northerly winds, was supposedly a fantastic fishing spot. We trolled all around the anchorage, but all that Cavan and I caught was a skinny lizardfish, and we let that one go. It was only later that we realized we should have cut him up for bait.

Once we realized (admitted) that trolling was pointless, we anchored the dinghy on a rock. Cavan immediately jumped in the water and started spearfishing, while I started casting. We were there for about two hours, and it wasn't long before I caught a juvenile Mexican Hogfish, and Cavan had speared two Graybar Grunts, only one big enough to eat. The smaller of the two we dragged the next day in hope a Dorado or some other fish would bite.

Earlier that day we went ashore to stretch our legs. There were lots of waves breaking on shore, so we had to make our first surf landing. It went flawlessly. From there we hiked along the rocky shoreline until we reached our destination: a spot just under a huge bluff, showcasing a huge vein of dragon glass, or obsidian. We held a brief competition to see who could find the largest fallen chunk. In the end, I won with a rock probably the size of three soccer balls. It was massive. It was embedded in the ground a ways. We also brought a mango sized chunk back to Phil.

In conclusion, Punto Pulpito was definitely my favorite stop in the Sea of Cortez. We only stayed one night, with an action packed day, but I wished we stayed longer. Really the only thing we didn’t do was go swimming!