Santa Rosalia and Magical San Ignacio

It is not down in any map,

True places never are.

Herman Melville

Cueva de la Cuesta del Palmarito - Cave Paintings

Punta Chivato, Bahia El Burro, Ghost Town

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

The important thing is not to stop questioning.

Albert Einstein 

Mia watching her new baby brother Liam, our grandson
We are late in letting everyone know

More fair weather anchorages with no one nearby.  We are lucky in one way that the winds are so light, allowing us to anchor in places we couldn’t dream of having seen last year with the stronger winds more prevalent.  We are unlucky in another way – we can only sail when there is wind so our trek to the north is very slow this season.   BUT… as someone said to us the other day, “If you were in a rush you wouldn’t be in a sailboat”.  How true!

Caleta San Juanico and San Nicolas (Punta Pulpito)

A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.

Kenyan Proverb

Colorful rocks near reefs of San Juanico

Returning to these two bays is bringing warm memories of the great people we met here last year who have since crossed the Pacific.  We find ourselves with far fewer friends in the Sea this season.  It has been much quieter this time around, everyone we know stayed further south, crossed the Panama Canal or headed to the South Pacific. 

Marquer and the 'James Bond' Speed Boat

Being old is not dictated by your bedtime.

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Futuristic looking 'tender' of Kogo

Loreto, from Corn to Fish and 5 Amps Worth of Poop

Do what you feel in your heart to be right,

For you'll be criticized anyway.

Eleanor Roosevelt 

View of Loreto from the boat

From ‘V’ Cove we stopped over at the south anchorage of Islas Coronados even though very light winds were coming from that direction making it a lee shore.  We did not have enough wind to get all the way into the beautiful crescent shaped bay but knew we were nearby should winds pick up and we needed more protection.  Already we had ghosted there taking nearly all afternoon to sail the twelve mile distance that felt like a hundred, and were more than happy to anchor.

Isla Carmen, the Other Side

Tourists don't know where they've been,

Travelers don't know where they're going.

Paul Theroux

Delicate 5 petal yellow and red flower

Going north on the Baja side, we decide to visit the East and North sides of Isla Carmen this time around.  Last year we were on the West side a couple of times, one of them when hurricane Paul came through on October 16^th, and were safe in Puerto Balandra.  The East and North sides offer: Bahia Cobre (Copper Bay), Painted Cliffs, V Cove, and La Lancha.