4/17 Been hanging out with Bob and Sergio in Posada. Very informative. Saw Saturn last night for the first time with naked eye in a telescope. Fascinating. Got a picture through the scope! Hard NW wind today and supposedly tomorrow. We’re waiting to cross the Sea but it’s hard to time the weather and harder to leave Baja. We almost can’t. It truly is a magical place. Phosphorescence was like rowing through neon glowstick sludge gravy. Through the grass patches the oars were like paintbrushes spraying paint on a canvas. Nuts.
4/18 Norther yesterday. Calm night. Slept in. 25-30 kts again today. By noon gusting over 40 kts. Felt like a nonstop train ride. Mast vibrating. Even the solar panel was, that’s a first. Lazy day. Tomorrow planning our course to Domingo or Chivato. Soon, need another weather check and then we can cross.
4/20 Probably the last of the North wind. 10 maybe 15 kts today. Big ring around the moon tonight. Cleaned and washed the boat. The hull needs a scrub, too lazy. We’re hoping to leave in the morning for Chivato. About a 20 mile sail. If not Santo Domingo is only 8 miles
this map shows it as playa concepcion...
isla ramon
a tour of bob's pad. the bed room with mosquito net and canvas walls
bathroom with custom stain glass windows
living room. simple construction of brick, steel, and tin roof
super simple and comfortable
the garage. the previous owner would pull his motor home inside the whole pad!
the reading loft upstairs that used to have a bay view before other houses were built up
the kitchen of the bakery across the street
bakery
our view on anchor
we took the dinghy around to explore the other small bays
super simple particle board houses, thatch roofing
geary the weather guys house!
he runs the sonrisa-net which a lot of cruisers use
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/Geary/show.html
free books from the trade pile!
LITTLE CHEF
claire and bob enjoying our dinner
seared yellow tail that bob caught with claire's wok pasta
setting up the telescope with a clear desert night sky
moon crater shots
it took 10 minutes to get this shot through that tiny eye hole. i had to slowly move the telescope to follow saturn, if not it would leave your field of view in about 30 seconds. look down the scope and you can see it with its ring! it was bigger and more clear in real life.
see us?
chili rellenos filled with bay scallop, shrimp, and two kinds of clams. walnut cream sauce.
a short blog about the area that i found: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=57506
Posada's website: http://www.posadaconcepcion.net/
(there are quite a few houses for sale, cheap, but i only recommend something like that to someone who is adventurous in the gringo/mexican hybrid-retirement culture and knows what they are getting themselves into.........)
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