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Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Days 6 and 7

Sunrise on Wednesday, October 5, taken from the marina There was recently a hurricane that hit Mazatlan. The hurricane died out, and the only effect that we’ve experienced up here was large swells from the south, which hit last night … Continue reading

Keith’s Perspective on Santa Rosalia (For the Second Time)/Le point de vue de Keith sur Santa Rosalia (pour la deuxième fois)

Santa Rosalia was still fun. We went to a lot of good restaurants. I had delicious chicken tostadas, 3 different awesome soups, some enchiladas, and some good carne asada. We have been eating lots of pastries.  Santa Rosalia était encore … Continue reading

Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 5

On Tuesday, October 4, it was only 73 degrees at 0800. We decided to take advantage of the cool weather to walk along the sea wall to the edge of the harbor. Looking at the old photos that we’ve seen … Continue reading

Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 4

Monday, October 3 was a TLC for Kosmos day. Eric started the day by changing the generator impeller. Then he put away all the tools from oil change and impeller change projects, and stowed extra oil containers (Santa Rosalia doesn’t … Continue reading

Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 3

When we woke up on Sunday, October 2, it was very windy. The wind was pleasantly cool and refreshing! Christi needed a jacket when she went out to watch the sunrise. Once the sun was up, the wind died and … Continue reading

Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 2

Saturday, October 1 In 2009, when we were in Dominica, our smoke stack fell over. The stack had bent a little bit at an outdoor connection of the smoke stack causing a small exhaust leak. Unfortunately, none of the repairs that … Continue reading

Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 1

Approaching Santa Rosalia on Friday, September 30. It was much greener than when were here in mid-August! We arrived at the marina is Santa Rosalia at 0845 local time. Just like last time, several men came to help us get … Continue reading

Keith’s Perspective on Refugio, Bahia Los Rocas, The Village and Don Juan

Refugio was not very fun. It was so buggy at sunset until 9:30 am. We mostly snorkeled. There were some kids on a boat that I played with. We went on a hike the second day we were there, but … Continue reading

La Village de Bahia Los Angeles to Puerto Don Juan to Santa Rosalia

Sunrise on Tuesday, September 27 We made two trips to shore. In the morning, we went to the grocery store run for perishables. In the afternoon, we had lunch at the motel restaurant. We haven’t been writing about the food … Continue reading

Bahia de Los Rocas to La Village de Bahia de Los Angeles

Sunday September 25 continued… As we were nearing an island called Isla Coronado (AKA Isla Smith), we saw on AIS that one of our friends was in one of the anchorages on that island called Bahia Las Rocas. We quickly … Continue reading