Sunrise Friday morning (August 26) When we were on Isla Coronados, we’d noticed that someone had put a bucket of water on the shore. Tons of bees swarmed the bucket, but there were no bees anywhere else. One of the … Continue reading →
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Keith’s Perspective on Santa Rosalia/Le point de vue de Keith sur Santa Rosalia
I liked the city of Santa Rosalia. It had good restaurants and a awesome bakery. Though… it was a long walk to the store. J’ai aimé la ville de Santa Rosalia. Il y avait des bons restaurants et une très … Continue reading →
Santa Rosalia to Bahia San Fransquito
On Wednesday (August 24), the alarm went off at 0500 am. We got up Kosmos ready to go. We untied at 0600, before the first light of dawn. When we were already sweating at 0515 am, we knew it was … Continue reading →
Santa Rosalia days 6 – 8
Here is the sunrise on Sunday (August 21). Sunday was oppressively hot again. Eric got a very early start on the dive compressor. He reassembled the third stage. Sadly, the compressor still didn’t work. He took off the final pressure … Continue reading →
Santa Rosalia Day 5
Saturday (August 20) was another cool day. Feeling motivated, Eric removed all the gear that we keep stored in front of the air compressor, then detached the compressor from its mount under the lazarette. He moved the compressor to be … Continue reading →
Santa Rosalia — Day 4
Friday morning (August 19), the sky was ominously gray. The weather forecast said a storm was approaching. We could see that it was raining in the distance. But it was (relatively) cool! We decided to risk to the rain and … Continue reading →
Santa Rosalia, Days 2 – 3
On Wednesday (August 17), all three of us were still feeling off-kilter from the night passage on Monday night/Tuesday morning. Brett from Avalon came over and the boys played games all day. Eric played with them some in between doing … Continue reading →
Keith’s Perspective on Ballandra Cove at Isla Carmen/Le point de vue de Keith sur l’anse Ballandra à Isla Carmen
I liked Ballandra cove. I went snorkeling and used the sea scooter. I also went tubing with some kids. I played with them for a while. We ate barbecue with Nick. J’ai aimé Ballandra Cove. Je suis allé plonger et … Continue reading →
Santa Rosalia Day 1
One of the reasons we came to Santa Rosalia was to meet another boating family with a son close in age to Keith. On Tuesday (August 16), within minutes of being tied up in the marina at Santa Rosalia, Keith … Continue reading →
Ballandra Cove on Isla Carmen to Santa Rosalia
One of the big plusses of being in a marina is being able to run the air conditioning 24/7. One of the big negatives of leaving a marina after running A/C 24/7 is that it is hard to adjust back … Continue reading →
