Dolphin Season and More Small World

We've been heading south, stopping along the way for a few nights at a time at some of our favorite anchorages.  When we pulled into San Juanico there were so many boats there that it looked sort of like a parking lot!  Nonetheless we spent two nights there before continuing on to Isla Coronados, which seems to be our base this year in the Central Sea of Cortez.  While there we were visited several times by large pods of dolphins.  I (Marlene) tried capturing some short video with our small digital camera.  I was so disappointed in the wide angle (can't zoom when in video mode) that Roy finally decided to get into cameraman mode and charged his video camera batteries.  Today he captured some footage -- but then before we even reviewed it it was time to weigh anchor and get over to Loreto in the morning calm to pick up some groceries.

As we left the dinghy dock and were walking along the malecon a young couple approached us and asked us how long we have been in Mexico.  They had seen our boat at Isla Coronados yesterday while they were on a tour and saw us anchor at the Loreto roadstead.  Turns out they have a 32' Valiant in Seattle and are thinking about sailing it down to Mexico and wanted to know our opinion.  We encouraged them and told them about our experiences.  Musing over the fact that they have a 32 Valiant I asked if they know Betsy and Richard who owned Qayaq, also a 32 Valiant and also from Seattle, sailed it to Australia and sold it there -- and are now back in Seattle.  YES!  We spent some good quality time with Betsy and Richard before we went in different directions: us to Florida to get Damiana and they to the South Pacific.  This young couple advised us that Richard and Betsy have moved over to the "dark side."  For non boating friends and family, that means they've bought a motor vessel.

More later.....

~~~ Marlene and Roy ~~_/) ~~

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