Sunday, April 14

North 29° 42.092'
West 114° 10.169'
Distance: 16.4 miles

We paddled 16.4 miles today. The first couple hours were nice, then the wind kicked up. We went till 10:30, then found a beach. After a couple hours of rest we got back in and did another five miles or so. We camped on a rocky beach north of Calamajue fish camp. The beach is all smooth rocks from golf ball size up to basketball size - mostly the smaller sizes. With a pad it is pretty nice just laying on the rocks. There is plenty of firewood here, so we will have a fire tonight. Pork, potato, onion, rice, and cheese in tortillas for dinner tonight. Then early bed, early rise, and another day of paddling. At this rate, we will be at Bahia de Los Angeles in 4 or 5 days. This is a very nice, very remote site here. Mike's back was good today, and he was paddling differently. I saw the change about 9:00 am. Suddenly he was in front of me and I was struggling to keep up. We hope that this new stroke is the key to his back not hurting. If so, then I will get strong just trying to keep up with Mike. I am going to hike up the hill and see if there is anything to see. We can now see the Guardian Angel island which will dominate our next week or so. We made good distance in adverse conditions today, so I have good hope for the future.