Catching up

Catching up can mean many things when you are cruising down here in Mexico. It could mean catching up with new friends that have been traveling to different anchorages, it could mean catching up on emails home to old friends we left behind, it could mean catching up on boat projects like washing the salt off the boat but this morning it means catching up the blog. So here it goes.

After leaving Loretto with a full refrig we headed up to San Juanico which is an uninhibited bay that gives you great protection from the north winds. When we arrived on Monday there we just a few boats in the anchorage but by late Tuesday there were over 25 boats hoping their anchors were well set! We had north winds kick up that kept everyone staying close to their boats. It became a great time to read a book. By Thursday the wind died down and we tried to do all our exploring in just one day which included walking the beach, snorkeling and a great pot luck to finish the day. We learned that most of the boats in the anchorage were headed to Guymas for their summer haul out. We still wanted to further north so we had everyone give us a bit of advice.

We experienced our first boarding by the Mexican Navy while we were in San Juanico and it went very smoothly. We gave them all our documents including our passports and boat import papers, they inspected everything from our flares to our GPS. All was in order to they progress to the next boat .

Early Friday we left for Bahia Conception unsure of what we would find after getting very negative reports from a cruising couple who had just come down from there. They reported messy birds, too many flies, a red tide and noisy trucks on the nearby Highway 1. We found little of this to be true and loved our two day stay. Satispac was a wonderful spot with some lovely homes built into the side of the hill, a natural hot spring right at the waters edge and a great restaurant. I was ready for a night off from cooking duties and Rog wanted a real margarita.

We have been listening to Gary on the Sonrisa Net for our weather reports for years now. He is always reports on his home weather in El Boro Cove so since we were in the area we wanted to stop by and thank him for all the effort he puts into his forecasts. We were surprised to see most of the homes in El Boro boarded up and residents gone for the season. Gary remains year round and looked very happy sitting on his porch overlooking a beautiful bay.

While enjoying our dingy ride we did encounter a whale shark, a rather big fellow that was just cruising along the surface of the water. He made me a little uncomfortable but Rog just loved getting close to the gentle giant.