Los Coronados

The day after we hiked the Steinbeck Canyon, we left our mooring ball at Puerto Escondido Singlar and headed for Islas Coronados, a short motor-ride away. There was no wind, and we were invaded enroute by a swarm of bees. They tried to set up housekeeping under our solar panels, but we persuaded them to move on to a more hospitable place. They were hard to convince...it took three hours and, being underway, we didn't have the luxury of the usual cruiser strategy: "Close all the ports and hatches and go below until they leave of their own accord." The sunset at anchor off Islas Coronados was amazing. So was the sunrise next morning.

With Bill and Linda from Tanque de Tiburon we hiked to the top of the mountain and then snorkeled off the reef just north of our anchorage. I saw my first moray eel, a foot of its body projected out from its lair, mouth wide, searching for its reef fish dinner.