Yesterday, Eila and Brian zipped around in the dinghy and checked out the different lobes of our 3-lobed bay, Ensenada Grande. Meanwhile, Eloise and Paddleboard snorkeled. What that means is what you might imagine. The water is SO clear that standing on our boards looking down, we can see the bottom of the bay, 20 feet deep. We saw rays and coral heads and so many fish! Then Eloise saw a most unusual thing. At first she thought it was trash, then as we got closer it was not trash, it was a creature. It was about the size of a loaf of bread, tube- shaped and clear except for bright purple dots seemingly like beads on strings all around the outside of this clear jellyfish (that's what we assume it was). I can't find it online, but I sure wish I knew what it was.
Today, we had a mellow morning and then motored one hour to a new anchorage, Coleta Partida, which is in between two islands almost connected at their southern and northern tips, in fact at low tide, there is a sand shoal between. We then listened to our church online while eating pancakes. We had been in communication with a "kid boat" named Oatmeal Savage. It was a joy as we pulled in to anchor, to see their teen daughter waving with both arms to greet us. They are here in this anchorage and came over as we were lowering our dinghy in the water to go see them. .And now, they came aboard and we talked easily with three of the 4 family members (their teen son was off spear fishing with kids from another boat). While talking we stop to watch a sea turtle poking its head up and swimming slowly through the anchorageSoon it was lunchtime, after which, they dinghied over to get Eila to swim with them. Brian and I got the little sailing dinghy rigged up and he sailed around the anchorage while I went to join the crew of people over on Oatmeal Savage. We had a great visit with Frances and Matt aboard their boat while our girls and their daughter hung out on our boat. Later, as I made dinner, Brian and Eila drilled holes in seashells she has found while listening to bluegrass music. Sunset and Moonrise over the turquoise water and red desert rocks are pretty spectacular!
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