Sunday, April 28

North 29° 04.049'
West 113° 30.809'
Distance: 10.3 miles

We paddled 10.3 miles today. I am now 165 miles from Pete's Camp. 74.9 miles from San Luis Gonzaga. We started slowly this morning. The tide was late in the afternoon and we didn't have far to go. We cooked potatoes in the remains of last night's fire. Crows got Jay's sweet potato and picked at the rest of them but we still had a potato each for lunch and 4 more for dinner. We also cooked an onion. With that and some beans we should be good for dinner. We have just a little tequila left and no more wine. Tomorrow we will be in Bahia de Los Angeles with about 8 miles of paddling. We expect to be drinking a cold beer for a late lunch. I am a little sad that this part of the expedition is almost over, a little elated that I finished, excited about what I have learned, and anxious to talk to Mike, Heidi, Gail, and my parents. I also hope to be able to send out a bunch of postcards from Los Angeles. We have a pretty nice camp here on Coronado Island. There are Road Runner (Cordon) cactuses all over. In the morning I want to hike up the volcano and hope to get Jay to join me. The little flies are annoying, but maybe the citronella candle will chase them off. I have another 100 pages of my book and will be able to dump that weight by the time we leave Los Angeles. With the wind and current at our backs we had easy water all day.