Puerto Don Juan, BC, Mexico
Puerto Don Juan is one of the north Sea of Cortez's best natural hurricane holes, with protection from wind and waves from all directions. Of course this means that when there is no hurricane, this is just a very quiet, peaceful spot to watch time slowly pass - nothing too exciting ever happens here.
We have done some exploring - there is a hike from this bay to the next one over at Ensenada el Quemado. We chose an overcast day because otherwise the hot sun can be somewhat overwhelming. The only wildlife we saw were a lot of little crabs scurrying along the beach and a pack of four coyotes that like to come down to the shoreline at low tide, foraging for food. When we did this hike, we were the only boat in the bay, but by our third night here there were another 6 boats sharing the anchorage, so at least we have some company now.
The weather has been really quite nice. A little cooler here at night than it was down around Santa Rosalia, making it easier to sleep. When I say cool, it has dipped as low as 27C at times - the daytime highs are still hovering closer to 35. People tell us it is likely to get hotter over the next couple of months. At this point we are not sure we are really very prepared for that kind of heat, but only time will tell. Oh, and a real first for us since getting to Mexico - we had some real live actual rain around 6AM one morning - it lasted almost 5 minutes; quite a deluge by local standards. Just enough to get us scrambling to get all the portlights and hatches closed, then open them all again before we suffocated.
Today, we went clamming. This is a strenuous exercise, consisting of taking the dinghy ashore during low tide and just walking around in the sand with your bare feet, dislodging the huge quantity of clams that hide no more than an inch below the surface. 5 minutes will net you as many clams as you could possibly want. We had some steamed clams for lunch and Sue is working on some clam chowder for later. Note: This is the first time we have actually utilized the harvest from the sea. I have dragged a fishing line in the water a bit, but so far no takers.
To add some excitement to our lives we will most likely move the boat over to the Village of Bahia de los Angeles in the next couple of days - rumor has it that Friday is "veggie" day.
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