Mazatlan through Agua Verde

It's sooooo nice to be out of the marina and back in Baja!

Things are a bit different this year:

The weather is cloudier and we've even had rain several times.

The water temperature is warmer earlier.

The hills are green and there are lots of flowers blooming

- unusual for this time of year.

We've seen a lot more turtles and rays, but fewer whales and dolphins.

There seems to be a lack of reef fish - at least where we've been snorkeling.

Mazatlan

We anchored overnight at Isla Venados just off Mazatlan

so we could get an early morning start to head across

the Sea of Cortez. It was quite an entertaining spot:

jet skis, party boats, paddle boarders, kayakers, etc...

It reminded us of anchoring off of Cabo!

First sunset of the 46 hour passage

Anchored at Isla San Francisco with a fleet!

Sunset at Isla San Francisco

Anchored in San Evaristo

We hiked up the arroyo behind the anchorage.
Great view of this cactus forest.

Sunrise at Puerto Los Gatos

Anchored in Agua Verde

Some local kids swam out to Loomba-Loomba to say hello

View of Agua Verde Village

We met Kayla, Mary (and Karl- not shown) when they were
camping on the beach in Agua Verde. They left Alaska
in May and are biking all the way to Argentina.

Opening night of Brisa del Mar -
a new restaurant on the beach in Agua Verde

Brisa del Mar is a women's co-op effort in Agua Verde
Alvara and Veronica were cooking for opening night

This "Uncruise" ship now goes into Agua Verde once a week.
They do mule rides, kayaking, paddleboarding,
snorkeling, and birdwatching.
We also ran into them at Isla Monserrate after leaving Agua Verde.
Apparently their season in Baja ends next week when their ships
start heading up to Alaska.

The guests from the cruise ship heading up the hill on a mule ride

It was the beginning of Semana Santa (Easter Week) when

we arrived in Agua Verde. It is a huge holiday in Mexico.

People flock to all the beaches that can be reached by

a road. It was fun seeing all the people arrive and

the huge extended families setting up camp.

This is the view from our cockpit the morning we left Agua Verde

We are now in Candeleros (after a stop at Yellowstone Beach

on Isla Monserrate).

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