June 27 – 29, 2013 Monserrate

We left Candeleros Thursday about 10:30 to head over to Monserrate. On the way, we saw ‘Manta’ and stopped to visit with them. 

We left Terry and Dawn and arrived at Yellowstone Beach on Monserrate about 3:00.  John from ‘Coral Rose’ was already there along with some campers on the beach. The wind picked up that night and by morning the campers were gone. We spent the next day on the beach and swimming in the warm water.

Monserrate

The Hills at Yellowstone Beach

Rick and Pam

Sunset from Monserrate

Fish Camp with a Whale's Tail out of Shells

Rick Climbing in the Hills

June 25 – 27, 2013 Candeleros

I can’t believe it! We were in Candeleros and didn’t go into the resort. Terry and Dawn on “Manta” showed up and we visited with them for awhile. They asked us to go diving with them, but the water was pretty rough, so we passed. Hopefully, we will get another chance.

Villa del Palmar from the boat

Manta in the calm water.

June 25, 2013 Danzante

We left Escondido at 8:30 in the morning at pulled into Honeymoon Cove on Danzante about 10. There were a few boats and not much room so we went to the southern end and tried to find some protection from the south wind. We anchored for the day and watched the dolphins swim around the boat. By 1:30 the south wind picked up, so we went into Candeleros.

Rocky Shore

Clear Water off Danzante

Dolphins Swimming around the Boat

Dolphin Tails in Front of Coral Rose

Dolphin off the Bow

Dolphin Close to Shore

June 23 – 25, 2013 Escondido

Ten miles south and we were in Escondido. No more swells. We anchored in the Elisp rather than the main anchorage. It is nice and cozy in there. We went ashore to get internet and had a nice dinner at Padro’s restaurant. After buying some provisions, we headed out to Danzante.

Hotel California

June 23, 2013 Nopolo

After a week in Coronados, the bees seemed to know where our boat was. By Sunday, we were visited by too many, so it was time to leave. We motored south to Nopolo and arrived as the wind was picking up. We anchored and swells started to come into the bay. It looks like a nice place to go ashore. There is a resort and many houses, maybe restaurants and a wine bar that we’ve heard about. We’ll have to check this out another time because we don’t like the rolling so we are heading to Escondido.

Divers in front of Nopolo

Coming into Nopolo

June 16 – 23, 2013 Coronados

Sunday morning is the farmers market in Loreto, so we left Juncalito about 8:30 for the 10 mile trip north to the Loreto city front. It was flat calm on the water and Gizmo was pretty comfortable  laying on the side of the boat. We left her there and went ashore for shopping at the bread store, grocery store, liquor store, gas station, bank and of course lunch at Orlando’s. By 2:00, after hauling all our supplies back to the boats, we left for Coronados Island.

Gizmo relaxing on the side of the boat.

Loreto

Pam, Natalie and Gravel of Orlando's

We spent a week here watching dolphins in the bay and having many beach parties under the palapas. Boats would come and go and we got to meet many new friends. Most boats are heading north for the summer, but we will start heading south to La Paz for a 2 month trip home to the states.

The Beautiful Water in Coronados

We even have internet here.

A Seagull and her babies on the beach

Another gathering under the Palapas

Our parking lot.

June 15 – 16, 2013 Juncalito

After a week in Candelaros it was time for us to leave. Actually, we got tired of the west winds that blew into this bay every night. We left Saturday morning with True Companion and headed 7 miles north for a stop in Escondido to provision and do a little laundry. We left Escondido about 4:30 for a 5 mile trip around the corner to Juncalito. There is a little town here with phone reception and wifi. This is a nice anchorage. We will have to come back here sometime.

The little village of Juncalito

The Anchorage

True Companion leading the way north

June 9 - 15, 2013 Candelaros

Milagro met us at Secret Cove and we both sailed down to Candelaros. This is my favorite anchorage! What’s not to like? Phone, internet, a resort with restaurants, pools and cocktails. It is a little slice of heaven. After 3 nights, Milagro left to head back to La Paz. We will see them in the states this summer. We hung around for a couple more days enjoying the resort. John on Coral Rose showed up Thursday morning and True Companion arrived Friday. Of course we had to stay and go back to the resort to enjoy the pools and restaurants.

Cocktails by the Pool

Pam and Judy

Pam and Judy in one of the side pools

In the Pool

Happy Hour!

Pam

Dinghies on the beach

Rick washing off his feet to head into the resort.

June 8 – 9, 2013 Secret Cove on Danzante

Milagro went into Porto Escondido for internet and we decided to go to Danzante. We looked at Honeymoon Cove, but there were a few boats there and the wind was from the south so we went to the Secret Cove. We’ve never been here, but heard about it from other cruisers. When we arrived there was one other boat there. It looked to shallow. We decided to leave just as they called us on the VHS and told us there was room in front of them. We went into 9 feet of water and dropped the hook. We had a very nice night here. In the morning the bees arrived so we left for Candelaros.

Secret Cove Caves on Shore

Rick Relaxing

Flat Water in the Morning

A Mushroom Rock on Danzante

June 7 – 8, 2013 Coronados

Friday morning we headed south 19 miles to Isla Coronados and anchored in the west anchorage. There were 6 other boats in the southern part of the bay, but we went into the north. Later, they told us there were too many bees where we were. We didn’t see any, but we were only staying one night. Milagro wanted to head someplace where they could get internet reception. In the morning we took off with Milagro and John on Coral Rose stayed here to hang out with some of the other boats for a few days. We will meet up with him later.