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| Leaving La Paz: Marina Cortez directly behind me. |
The somewhat less than epic video
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There's a lot of ship/ferry traffic outside of La Paz, so
you need to pay attention. This one is anchored, so
no worries! (Thank you AIS!)
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This is the Mazatlán/La Paz ferry, coming through the
narrow Canal de San Lorenzo.
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| Approaching Isla San Francisco |
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| Coming into the cove |
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| Dropping the hook |
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Circadian from the beach on one side of the
isthmus between two coves
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Home! (At least for a couple of days....)
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| One of my new neighbors |
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| Nice and quiet! |
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This is not an island. It's the hills on one side of the
isthmus separating it from the main part of the island.
I came to think of the formation as "Lady in Repose>"
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| In the light of the sunset it becomes clearer why... |
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| If not, this should help. |
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I took the dinghy ashore to explore a bit and check out
the more popular cove on the other side of the isthmus.
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Looking back toward the cove where Circadian
is anchored from the ridge trail on "Lady
in Repose."
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| Looking toward the cove |
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| Natural salt pond in the middle of the isthmus |
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The larger, more popular cove. It was more exposed to prevailing wind
when I arrived, so I elected to anchor in the other one.
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| Main cove, left, isthmus, my cove right. |
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| Main cove from ridge trail |
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Part of the ridge trail. Photos can't show the precipitous drop
on the left, but it's quite dramatic and a bit treacherous.
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| A few blooms starting to happen. |
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This is a virtual duplicate of the photo on the cover of the
standard cruising guide to the Sea of Cortez. The perfect
deserted crescent white-sand beach.
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The landscape is always fantastic, and the scale always
incomprehensible.
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| Sand dune on the isthmus |
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| Up early for my next passage..... |
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