Thursday, April 25

North 29° 28.609'
West 113° 52.803'
Distance: 10 miles

We paddled 10.0 miles today. We kinda screwed around all morning, then Jay made Banana pancakes. Great! I hope he makes them again tomorrow with our last squashed banana. The ocean was great today - flat and calm and warm. I started using the wet tee-shirt trick to stay cool. Mid - afternoon we found a place with rocks just off shore which we could paddle through. We even found a cave/tunnel which we could squeeze all the way through in the kayaks. Then we came to a nice beach with interesting rocks, pools, and shade. Jay wants to stay here. I am OK with this since this is the prettiest place we have been. The guardian angle island is opposite us - we can see punto refugio from here. Tomorrow and the next day the channel will squeeze down to just 10 miles wide. There are fish here everywhere. If I have time I want to go hunt some of them. I have seen only two cockroaches which is good since we really can't do much about getting away from them. Almost the whole day today we have seen great camping beaches with broad valleys and lots of firewood. This spot has none, but is worth the sacrifice. Jay just handed me a cup of wine. I am getting to be a huge fan of the taste of box wine in a tin cup. It is almost cold sitting here in the shade. What a great feeling! The beach reminds me of La Jolla cove - but warmer and prettier.