Thursday, May 2, 2013

Last stretch

As planned we spent a few more days at Isla Coronados, celebrated Patty's birthday -- I made Rum Cake, my best ever -- Meridien and Gia joined in the festivities!  Eventually we headed south and met up with Jay and Barb from Jupiter's Smile, who we hung out with over in the Western Caribbean.  We spent an evening together at Punta Colorada, Isla Carmen.

As we were sailing toward the end of Isla Carmen before heading up to Punta Colorado, we saw a remarkable sight: hundreds, maybe even a thousand or more, dolphins swimming in a line across the width of the channel between Isla Carmen and Isla Danzante,  The line was perhaps 4-6 deep with dolphins with not much room to spare in-between them.  They stayed in that formation, heading north until we couldn't see them anymore.

The next day we continued heading south and stopped in our favorite: Agua Verde.  As luck would have it we had a chance to enjoy two evenings with friends from Interlude and Oya.  Both evenings we were treated to goats on the move.  The first night we saw about 50 or so spread across and along boulders right in our anchorage -- we got some spectacular photos.  The next night we watched as their herders, 2 dogs and a puppy that lagged behind, herded them single file over the boulders, onto the beach and then disappear through more boulders at the entrance to the anchorage.  What an unusual sight!

From there we continued on to Puerto Los Gatos for an evening, and yesterday we continued on our southward journey to Isla San Francisco, where we are today.  We'll head into La Paz tomorrow and send this off once we have internet contact.

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

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