Killer Whale!

On our second (and successful) attempt at leaving Isla San Francisco for Ensenada Grande on Isla Partida -- we saw our first Killer Whale! We were sitting out on the deck looking for sea life: you won't see anything if you don't look. We saw the dorsal fin and knew immediately that this was no dolphin: we watched it slowly move off to starboard and with each surfacing there was this huge, upright dorsal fin, about 4' tall! It was so exciting! I did not call out to the whale to come and play with my bow waves, however.

So we did arrive and anchor at one of our favorite spots only to discover that about 5 days ago the water turned very green and visibility dropped from 20 feet to about 4 feet. Bummer, as we were hoping for a few more great snorkels. Maybe in December?

Oh yeah, when we first left Isla San Francisco this morning we left our flat, calm quiet north anchorage and rounded the point to head south and met the remnants of last night's local corumel winds. Nasty chop and swell--no winds though. We buried the bows a few times and said this is no fun (not in so many words, mind you!) and tucked back into another anchorage. About 90 minutes later the swells were down and off we went.

We will be here for a few days. Then into LaPaz for a day or two an anchor before going into the marina to put the boat away. The daily highs in LaPaz are running over 100 and we figure it will be slow going as we aren't used to this much heat yet. Ice cream will help, and we're even dreaming about that needed product...

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