5 March 2101 PM West Side, Isla San Francisco 24.8207N 110.5702W
Isla San Francisco Picassa Pictures

So according to Christina, it’s better if I try to do a quick separate post for each point I want to add to the map, so the maproom feature shows the path. Even if I don’t have anything new to say, I’ll try to at least send our position as it changes. When the prevailing winds stop being prevailing like we’ve been seeing recently, that means we move around a lot.

Thanks to a very kind neighbor – who took pity on our provisioning situation and gave us a nice cold Ballena sized Pacifico (THANKS RUTEA!) – we were able to stay here a day and explore the mangroves behind Bahia Amortajada. They were beautiful, no clams, but some huge fish were visible. Frank and Logan went back in the afternoons to fish, but after catching one, the were chased by swarms of no-see-ems back to the boat. The no-see-ems followed them all the way, and we were obliged to high-tale it out of that anchorage, with a cloud of bugs hot on our heals. Strange, we saw a few on our morning trip, but nothing like the masses in the afternoon. A short 1 hour hop south to Isla San Francisco was apparently far enough from their home base to make them nervous, they turned tail and ran back when we reached the point. Now we’re nursing the angry red welts they left behind. Who’d have thought such a small little beast could pack such a powerful punch! There are lots of boats in our new anchorage. I think we’ve officially made it back to civilization.