Wednesday, June 12

North 25° 23.206’
West 110° 59.937’
Distance: 21.7 miles

We paddled 21.7 miles today. We are now 137 miles from Loreto and 548 miles from Pete’s Camp. We woke up early at our cool camp on the ledge. The water was down, so we were a little higher off the water than we were last night. We ate breakfast, had some coffee, and just hung out for a while. There were blowholes all over which were fun to watch and listen to. The rocks felt good under our feet and some were curved nicely for sitting on, so we just stayed till about 11:45. We had a bit of adventure getting the boats back into the water. There were waves smashing on the rocks and we were still at least eighteen inches higher off the water than when we came in last night. We finally just threw the boats into the water during a lull in the waves and jumped in after them, then hurried in and paddled away before the next set of waves smashed us into the wall. I cut my thumb a little where it joins my hand and it was a little uncomfortable all day. A couple hours later we came to a mine with a pier. We paddled under the pier for fun. Then we saw on the road the guys from San Evaristo. Too bad we couldn’t talk to them. After the mine the road was paved, so we saw more traffic. Later we stopped for a break and a snack of pineapple, nutella, and an apple. Then we got back in gear for a couple more hours. Mike caught a couple sierra, but lost one of them. When we landed he cleaned it and cooked it and we had fish tacos with rice made with dried black beans. This has been yet another great Baja day. The water, the air, everything is wonderful. There is a tiny sliver of moon which is just now going down at 9:45 pm. We are being attacked by spiders right now, but that should end as soon as we turn out the lights.