We spent last night at Isla San Francisco and took off this morning. We had about 23 boats in the bay with us and about half took off before we did at that was about 0900 so it was a fast leaving group. We headed north along the shoreline of the island till we hit Isla San Jose where we dropped the anchor on the north side of Punta Salinas, an old salt processing plant. They filled huge expenses with the salt water of the Sea of Cortez, let it evaporate and then harvested the remaining salt crystals, bagged them and shipped them all over the world. It's been closed for decades with just the remains of the machinery left on site along with some buildings. We stayed on the north side of the point as the forecasts we had said that there would be a slight breeze from the south today along with the same for the swells but they were only forecasted to be 0 to 1 foot every 16 seconds so no big deal. In the end, they were correct for a change and being on the north side of the point gave us a nice quiet play to stay. Many of us rely on a cruising book called "Sea of Cortez" by Shawn Breeding and Heather Bansmer. It's the Rolls Royce of cruising boats here in the Sea of Cortez. The one bad thing about that is that few cruisers will take the initiative to venture to different places that just might be better for anchoring in the different weather conditions we have here. It's just what we did today, drop the hook in a "non" approved anchorage and not only did we have it to ourselves, but it was much calmer and with less swells to make Zephyr rock and roll. Before we left, I started up our Yamaha generator and partially charged up the batteries as we only had to go about 10 miles and it wouldn't have charged them enough to top them off plus I wanted to make sure it was still putting out a good charge which it was(yea!). Once we'd let her rip for about an hour, we shut it off and started the engine and headed out with the alternators doing their jobs. It took less than 2 hours to get here but we took the last bit slowly to make sure we kept plenty of water under the keel(sort of important to us). In the end, we found that the charts we are running on our B & G chart plotter are far enough off that we are several hundred yards on shore if they were to be believed and we are anchored in less than one foot deep water if the other(Navionics) program is to be believed. Instead, we are a good 50 yards from shore and in 25 feet deep water. Ah, the joys of modern day charts though the most recent charts for where we are in Mexico date back to the 1870s! Not the best but hey, that's why we have eyes. After another wonderful lunch, we launched Puff and with just two pulls on the start cord, our Tohatsu outboard started right up after not being run for several months. I was thrilled when she powered up and we took Puff to shore where we searched for "Paper Nautilus" shells. We'd read that there were lots of them to be had and all you had to do was walk the shoreline. In the end, we found just one(I'll put up a picture once we have quality internet) but one beats none..Being a shell with a VERY thin shell(hence the "paper" in the name. It's now packed away surrounded with tissue in a nice plastic box(as many of our shells are). We want to make sure they get home once we actually head back. One thing we did was put on sun tanning lotion. I personally hate the stuff but Tracy insisted I put it on. Never liked the feel of it on my skin but the suns rays are intense here in the Sea. Hats and sunglasses are a MUST! We came back after a couple of hours and watched other boats make their way both north and south in the sea. One thing we have seen is a new industry here in the sea and that is kayak tours. They are all up and down the coast lines of many of the islands with big complexes of tents and shelters for the kayakers with guide to take them places. We've seen at least a dozen complexes on our way north and had several groups in different anchorages with us. Tomorrow(April 1st) we will be heading to Los Gatos, another anchorage along the coast of Baja. We were there back in 2010 and always loved the look of the rocks in the anchorage. All take lots of pictures for you to see later.