"Dad I hope you know there are giant squid here in Baja...and they only come out at night and they will swallow you whole," Kimberly reports. Normally, she can be a little gullible. She is actually, partially correct. There are in fact giant squid that do come out at night. However, they usually just bite..not swallow people whole. I don't care what they do...I'm not jumping in there to find out. So, the rest of the crew(surprisingly Savona too) decided they needed a closer look. So, there they are. Sitting on the stern step,in the dark, like ...Curly,Moe and Larry, with snorkel masks. Elias is first in, then Boo then Kimberly. Boo lasted for one quick peek at the bio luminescence, then she asked me to help her out because "jellyfish are stingin me evweywhere"
"Really hunny? oh well come on out" I say.
As I'm looking for remnants of the vicious jellyfish attack,I hear a yell and what I would describe as.... a man squeal.
Then Elias jumps out of the water ,shouting "THEY ARE STINGING ME!!"
I shine the head lamp on him...expecting of course to find perhaps,a squid bite,or a lump of hideous jellyfish stings.................
Nothing. "Sarah,they were biting me all over the place...really."
Kimberly is now out and they are all just standing there in the glare of the headlamp. Finally, the stinging,ghost beast is identified.
Water fleas.
Yes,water fleas.
I'm just glad they survived.

We are happily sitting in Bahia Los Muertos, which is about 60 miles south of La Paz. It is incredible here. There is a 4 star resort,that has no guests right now and for this reason,they invited us to hang out. There are free hot showers, fabulous beach chairs and hammocks,3 pools,a game room for kids, and a playground. Good fun. We also have the best snorkeling. We caught a Blue Marlin on the way into the anchorage,that was about 6 ft. long, but had to let him go. Fish like that are illegal here and pretty much to amazing to kill for me...but awesome to see none the less. A few boats we have made friends with along the way, have been here with us. It has been just too much fun. Today, we found an awesome hermit crab, who is now called Mr. Harold. I told Boo it could be part of a biology lesson for her, but that she would have to learn about the proper care on line. So now, Harold has his very own "crabitat" and its a pretty sweet pad..for a bachelor crab. I think we could stay here forever..__/)_