Wednesday, April 24

North 29° 34.547'
West 114° 00.090'
Distance: 18.3 miles

We paddled 18.3 miles today. We slept in for a while this morning. Jay says he didn't sleep well, but I heard him snore most of the night. We went inland to sleep on a sandy patch to get away from the cockroaches. I had never seen them so far inland before. It was cloudy, so few stars. In the morning we had eggs for breakfast, then started about 9:00 am. The wind was at our backs so we made good time to Calamajue. Garey offered us lunch which was great! I ate about 8 of their great homemade tortillas. He said that the yellowtail were not biting because of the full moon tides, so they hunted starfish for the tourist trade. They had pieces of plywood set out with about 2000 starfish drying. After a couple hours we left - about 1:00 pm. We kayaked with 1 brief stop till about 4:45. We found a nice beach - rock followed by a valley. Pretty, plus some firewood. Jay made himself a chair out of two rusted propane tanks and a board. A piece of plywood on a rock makes a table for the kitchen. I think we are at Punta Bluff tonight. For dinner we have rice and beans soup with onion, smoked yellowtail, hominy, enchilada sauce. We will have guacamole and wine with it and maybe a little tequila. Just before we landed we saw two pongas with fishermen from Punta Willard. Jay knew one of them. Jay says to note that I ate eight tortillas at Calamajue and that I am a pig. All day we have had cloud cover which has cooled us down. I cut the bottom off of one of my shirts today so I can wear it on the boat without it soaking up a lot of water. Last night was the warmest so far. Tonight seems like it might be another warm one. I may choose to sleep with just the sheet and the poncho liner tonight. I went fishing on the east end of the little bay and once I found the right place I hooked up on my third cast. He took me right down into the rocks and got me so tangled I had to cut off my line. I will try to snorkel for it on the morning if I can still find the line on the shore. It is a bummer to lose a Krocodile with a steel leader since I have so little tackle right now. Jay gave me a nice lure to use on yellowtail once we pass the full moon. Any yellowtail who doesn't want to eat that has something really wrong with him.