Warm warm water!
09 June 2011 | Carmen Island
Ellen
Finally the water temperature is up! It's hovering around 26 and 27 degrees celsius and you can stay in forever. This morning at 9:30 am we were out snorkeling on a wreck. It's a 120 foot tuna boat that sunk in 30 feet of water. There is a tiny part that actually is sticking out of the water and the rest is just under the surface so perfect for snorkeling. I don't know how long it's been there, but it must be more than 10 or 15 years as there is a lot of coral growth and a lot of rusting. The amount and variety of fish is astonishing. From fish that are a few inches to fish that are over 3 feet. I've seen so many new fish that I've never seen before the most interesting being the coral hawkfish and the great hawkfish. We were in the water for an hour and a half today and yesterday just on this wreck. Oh in case anybody reading this wonders where they can find this site, it's in a bay on Carmen Island called Bahia Salinas which is the site of an abandoned salt mine which was a fairly large operation. There are remains of buildings and an old church from when there was a community living here. Now it is used for hunters who apparantly come here to hunt big horn sheep that are here in the mountains. We have spent the last few days here in company with Kashmira and Bravo having a wonderful time. It's looking like we are going to stay put today as well. There is winds blowing from the north for the next few days so I don't know where our next destination will be but since that is the direction we are heading, we will wait until they turn before we go on. Not to frighten anyone but there is the first named hurricane blowing south of us off of Acapulco. It's predicted path is well south of us and is expected to head off shore and turn into a tropical storm. The only effects we might see of this hurricane is increased swell coming from the south. But it is a reminder to us not to be too complacent with the excellent weather we have been having. We need to always be monitoring the radio weather schedules as well as downloading grib files and weather forcasts. We will hopefully be on our way north again soon. We want to be in Bahia Conception by the 4th of July for the cruisers party there. And then I am flying home for a month so I will be leaving from Santa Rosalia so we need to be there by the 9th. I'll be taking a 16 hour bus ride to San Diego, spending a day there, then flying to Toronto for a few days to visit my sister. From there I'll go to Winnipeg for about 10 days and then on to Vancouver for another 10 days and then back to San Diego and the bus back to the boat. Ian will be staying with the boat incase there are any serious storms that come up this way. He may even try to get in a Spanish course while he is on his own. So that's what we have been up to this past week. Oh and enjoying the local fare such as clams, scallops and fish.