Since the outside cushions are in the process of being made, the dinghy is back with its new shiny ‘chaps’ to protect it from the sun, and the water pump is making its way from the border customs office, we will finally be able to get away form the dock. Even if it’s only for one week. Besides, we want to make it back for carnival which is the following week.
Once we left LaPaz, it was about 4 ½ hrs. of mo
toring, about 24 miles
going north to get to Isla Espiritu Santo and Isla Partida. The interesting thing about these two islands is that it was once one island of about 19 miles. A volcano erupted on the northern portion of the one 
island separating it from the southern section. T
his created a large hole which filled with water ultimately making a great anchoring place. We shared the anchorage with only a handful of boats during our 6-day stay. We managed to dive (our first) on a very tired reef near our anchorage. Tired, I believe, because as we learned at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz, 1/3 of the world’s reefs have been destroyed in the last 20 years as a result of the La Ninas and El Ninos. The reefs haven’t been able to adapt to these brief warmer water temperatures fast enough. Here is a photographic taste of what it is like to anchor in these islands.
