The mating season: All that mating that was going on with the birds a few weeks ago has already produced babies. Baby pelicans look like baby geese, and baby seagulls look like baby gray chickens with dark gray markings.
Photo: Near Sanispac, Bahia Concepción. The leeward (less wind) side of a very small island is perfect nesting for pelicans and seagulls. Upper left inset is a newborn pelican and the two birds on the right photo are baby pelicans. Notice how they blend into the rocks. Stats: Start of trip water temperature in Seattle July 2008 = 53 degrees. Water temperature today in Sea or Cortez May 15, 2009 = 78 degrees; Air temp in the cabin = 93 degrees. Rx= lots of water with showers using the outside shower hose, spray bottle and then stand in front of the fan, the inside shower, swimming and snorkeling.
Rain: When I saw a large school of small fish swimming near the top of the water, they made little circles on top of the water and it looked just like it was raining. I was starting to get excited because we haven’t seen rain for months. I actually miss the rain.
Jellies: Today we went up the river in our dinghy to the very small village called Mulege and saw thousands of very strange aqua colored balls in the water…sort of like a 7” child’s aqua blue bouncing ball. They were fast swimming jellyfish. So we looked up the phylum:
A. There are about 1800 species of jelly fish which are also known as “medusa” as in 1, or plural “medusae”.
B. A swarm of jelly fish is called a “bloom”. It looked like jelly fish were blooming.
Finding precious shade. Biagio's Special toe grip steering.
Tonight's restaurant in the Gulf of Concepción.
Maps: Maps of the Central and Northern Sea of Cortez are so far off that it shows that we are in the middle of Isla San Marcos on top of a mountain. This also means we need to be extra careful of rocks and unknowns when we go to anchor because if they are marked, which they might not be, they will not be where it shows them to be.
A Dry Boat: It doesn’t refer to water coming into the boat or staying out of the boat. It refers to alcohol that may be on the boat. Therefore a dry boat doesn’t do much drinking.
Wine: Here in many towns we visited in Mexico, they put the red wind in the cooler and the white wine on the shelves to be kept warm.
The Birds: If you’ve ever wondered what is would be like to have birds attack you like in the movie ‘The Birds’, all you have to do is walk along a high road up from the water. Seagulls like to make their nests there. As you walk by, they will attack you swooping down on you just like in the movie missing you by millimeters. It will make all your hair stand up.
