Juncalito to San Carlos

After hanging out around the islands near Puerto Escondido,

a trip into Loreto, and participating in Loreto Fest (in PE), we

headed to Juncalito in the bay just north of Puerto Escondido

where we stayed for a few days.

Sunset - anchored in 8:30 Cove off of the community of Juncalito

Loomba-Loomba anchored in 8:30 Cove

A hike up the road and we could look right into
Puerto Escondido

Morning view of Juncalito - notice the moon

We kept waiting for the weather to improve and
the water to warm up, but it never really did.
The weather was very different from previous years.
It was warmer earlier (including the water),
but then got cold again. There were more clouds and
more and stronger winds - lots of strong night time westerlies.

We worked our way north on Baja before crossing
the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos where we were hauling the boat:

Our first stop was San Juanico:

The beach across the bay from our favorite
anchorage in San Juanico

We hiked up this arroyo to see the cave paintings again

Dusk view from the cockpit - San Juanico

We hiiked up the road to the goat farm.......

A new and very fancy chicken coup

Little dog/big collar

New garden

New palapa patio

Action bocce ball shot

What concentration,,,,,,,

The winners!

The bocce ball crew

We updated our plaque on the cruiser's shrine

Leaving San Juanico

We had rain a good portion of the trip up to Bahia Concepcion

And it was cold!!!

Our next stop was Bahia Concepcion:

Dolphins coming to say good morning - at anchor
in Posada Concepcion

The cute community of Posada Concepcion

A reef in Bahia Concepcion (at low tide)

A blooming, trailing cactus on one of the
islands in Bahia Concepcion

After five days in Concepcion we headed up to

Punta Chivato for a night before crossing

the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos.

We anchored off of the Punta Chivato community the day

before we crossed the Sea of Cortez to San Carlos

A good sail across the Sea of Cortez from Punta Chivato to San Carlos

Heading into San Carlos

Heading into the Marina

View from the cockpit - Marina San Carlos

Hauling out

Moving to the work yard

across the highway from the marina

Loomba-Loomba ready to be moved into the storage yard.

We left San Carlos on May 28th headed

for Mexicali where we dropped off our anchor

and chain to get regalvanized.

We spent the night in Yuma and then drove to Phoenix

where we are now.

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