Thursday, we left Isla Coronado in flat seas and motored to Loreto for some shopping, before returning to Puerto Escondido for a day or two to drop off books and buy diesel. Little did we know that Singlar adds 20% for tax to the price of fuel.
An hour after we left Loreto, the wind picked up. It was glorious, as you can see from the above picture. We enjoy anchorages–the work we can accomplish, the snorkeling, the views, but there’s something magical about moving through the water when the wind whips your hair but doesn’t make for too wild a ride. I couldn’t stop grinning.
Feeding dolphins leapt in a frenzy along the way. I wish we’d been closer.
Here’s the rock that stands guard before you cut around to starboard and into Puerto Escondido.
On Saturday, we picked up 80 liters of fuel and left the boaters and land dwellers who make up the Puerto Escondido full or part-time community. We’ve time to spare before we’re due in San Carlos, and no place we have to be in the interim. So we headed back to Coronado, with a stop for a few veggies and lunch in Loreto.
Here are a few of the Loreto Harbor natives who greet dinghies. And below, panga parking.
In the next post, I’ll upload some Loreto pictures.
Love the pictures. Know what you’re doing, you’re baiting us to come down, and I must say it’s working. . .
Wait until you see the pictures I put up tomorrow. The rays. Oh, Saundra, these few days have been so full of sea life, I can’t believe it.
Wish you were here with us, too. (Except for the couple of nights when we’ve needed the air conditioning…and we don’t have one that works off the batteries except in the aft cabin.)
Still, when you finally do get here, there will be something else that’s beautiful and fun.