Saturday, May 25

North 26° 30.611'
West 111° 27.229'
Distance: 13.1 miles

I paddled 13.1 miles today. It was another great day. I started out slowly just hanging around camp and enjoying the great spot I had found. The shade lasted all day there which added to my lethargy. At 12:45 I finally had everything packed up and ready to go. I went a couple miles to the old fish camp at San Sebastian. The fish camp was gone, but there were a few American looking houses. There were also two very nice looking sailboats anchored. I paddled to the first one which was also the biggest and nicest to ask for information. They told me there was no store there but asked me what I needed. I told them I needed water and they offered me all I wanted and invited me aboard. Joel and Ann were the owners and their kids were Ellie, Charlie, and Emma. They are very nice people from Portland who are doing a year on a boat. The boat was a 50' Catalina and was very nice and well equipped. Ellie made me a couple ham quesadillas. Charlie made me a fishing lure. I stayed an hour and a half or so and would have loved to stay longer. Then they gave me a shirt with their boat name on it (Catherine) and sent me on my way. I paddled hard and made the point at 6:00 pm. It was a very pretty cliff with natural arches I could paddle through. The point was just past a nice little harbor and there was another harbor on the far side. I am starting to see lots of sailboats and will probably start to regularly hit them up for water. Joel suggested I try to get a job crewing a boat back from Cabo San Lucas or La Paz. It struck me as a great idea - not for the ride, but for the experience. Toward sunset I found a beach to camp on. Not great, but it will do. Last night it rained a little and I have my eye on the sky to make sure there isn't a repeat without my being more prepared for it. There is also an almost full moon which makes the night very pretty, but also makes me less interested in sleeping at night. This makes it hard to get going in the morning. Last night I experienced a new kind of bug. They look like little pill bugs, but seem to jump. They are annoying since I pulled at least fifty off of myself last night, but at least they didn't bite. The sun is down and the moon is up. It is another hot, muggy night. I miss the cool dry nights from up north, but I guess I had better get used to this. Boy, and I glad I have the sheet!