We had an enjoyable time journeying south from Santa Rosilia exploring Islands and anchorages along the way. Spending time with "Liberty" and then "Qualchan" was a treat.


We had explored the ghost town and salt ponds a little at Salinas Bay - Isla Carmen but were barred from seeing more the next day so I was thrilled to find another similiar salt extraction operation that had also been shut down, a little further South on our journey. It was smaller and only had a few crumbling buildings and vehicles, but there was no "caretaker" on Isla San Jose' at Salinas Pt. to impede my goal of a 'soak'.


Even though the evaporation pond was only about 8 inches deep, I was floating in about 4 inches of supersaturated salt water. That was a fun experience. Lisa even braved the sting and got in.
A dinghy trip around the point brought us to a shore reported to occaisionaly have paper nautilous shells. These are actually egg sacs of pellagic octopi that fit on their heads like a hood. Lisa was really hoping to find one of these very fragile treasures. She did. I will add a few more photos to the photo album.