Lower Sea of Cortez

Back from 10 wonderful days in the Sea of Cortez. Just outside of La Paz, Balandra Cove, is famous for "mushroom rock"and it's beautiful turquise shoal which we explored in the dinghy, watching for shallows and rocks.  The boys had the most fun running & playing football in a huge sand dune, the sand was white and fine & like skiing in fresh powder!
Next on the list were Isla Espiritu Santos (Holy Spirit) and Isla Partida (parted). These islands are only separated by a small cut that allows passage for dinghies only at high tide, but as always watch for hidden rocks. There are 28 coves to explore so we picked a couple of the top 5.  Partida Cove is where the cut goes thru to Partida Back Door. Exploring with the dinghy meant timing the tide, wind & current so we wouldn't have to sleep at the fish camp overnight!  Teagan did a bit of fishing but Puffers are a tough catch.
Then we went on to Ensenada Grande which became my favorite anchorage.  Here we hiked up a steep dry waterfall & the view from the top was spectacular! Lots of beach/snorkeling too.

Then Isla San Franciso "the hook" named for the shape of the cove. An early morning hike up from the beach to the top of the cliff reminded me that I should always have my coffee first! The views were great but the footing was a little suspect so we headed the boys back along "the trail" only for billy goats I think, but didn't see any!
A south west wind picked up & we decided another Corumuel (wind that makes the boat a bucking bronco) was not on our list of things to do so we headed across to Bahia San Everisto a small fishing, salt mining, goat herding village. They were having a manudo feast & what ever was in it (anyones guess much like haggis !) made the evening singer about 6 notes of key.

So that's the update on the lower islands of the sea of cortez. After a restock in La Paz we'll go to some anchorages further north in the Sea as the first trip barely scratched the surface of all beautiful spots and islands.