Welcome to this winters cruise blog

Before we start our new seasons blog I want to test a neat feature I just learned. I can now attach a link to satellite pictures from Google Maps to the postings. You can see where we are and zoom in and out. Cool!

Use your browsers back arrow to return to the blog.

These are some examples from recent posts.

Santa Rosalia

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San Juanico. Cove Ramada Cove is above

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San Carlos Area. We use the marina on the left.

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Puerto Escondido. Loreto is just North of here. Drag the photo down and you can see it and its airport (or zoom out two clicks).

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Thanks for looking at our Blog. The next season starts in October.

We found some time to rest on the last leg between the Dorado and the Sperm Whales. 

The Seasons Last Crossing: Santa Rosalia to San Carlos

A couple of hours after sunrise on the trip from Santa Rosalia to San Carlos we put the fishing line in the water. After the third Dorado in just 20 minutes the Admiral proclaimed that the fishing season had ended.

Just 15 miles from San Carlos we came across a pod of Sperm Whales. I’m sorry we don’t have any pictures. We were busy keeping clear of these monsters and I was to fascinated to leave the front of the boat as we passed between them.

Dorado #1

Dorado #2

Dorado #3 All small but it was very early in the Dorado season for the Sea

Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico

This charming town of just over 10,000 people that is only 74 n.mi. West of our homeport. It has a fascinating history. Since it was our last stop and we could “smell the barn” we didn’t stay long enough. Perhaps next year.

It’s a former mining town with a large museum and lots of the old (very) mining equipment and an abandon smelter just waiting to be explored.

This church was designed by Gustave Eiffel and built right next to a tower, which was also designed by Eiffel. They were both constructed in Paris well over 100 years ago. The rest of the story is very interesting.

El Boleo French Bakery

This bakery was built in 1901 out of wood imported from France. It has the best bread we have had on the Baja. A dollar will buy a lot of bread but don’t expect to hear any English. Your pointing and head shaking skills will improve greatly after the first or second visit.

Street vendor selling hotdogs wrapped in bacon. Cooked while you wait and served on a hot steamed bun. Order “total” and you get all the fixings including a white “crema” sauce that is worth the 90-cent price by itself. I know 90% of you would never eat food from a street cart in no place Mexico but you would be missing a real treat. Cruisers get together almost every night to walk together for a hotdog dinner.

Worst case, if you die, Eiffel’s church is just 30 feet away across the street and it’s a beautiful place for a funeral.