From: Jason
Our three-day passage from Baja California to mainland Mexico was another turning point: from the cool of the West Coast of Baja, to the deep and humid heat of this coast, from the tans and yellows and reds of the desert peaks, to the green lushness of these high ridges, from longer, harder passages along a remote exposed shore, to smaller hops from anchorage to anchorage, from the megafauna of the Baja Coast, the whales and dolphins, to a teeming sea full of fish and sky full of birds here on the mainland. On the passage across the Sea of Cortez and on down the way to this broad and sandy anchorage at Punta de Mita, we’ve been given light and favorable wind that’s just enough to keep us gliding along comfortably.
We delayed our arrival on the mainland with a stop at the offshore Isla Isabel where hundreds of thousands of Frigate Birds, Blue Footed Boobies, Brown Boobies and Heerman’s Gulls nest on a rugged volcanic rock. The swirling swarm of birds there was overwhelming. The island was a nice transition. It had the rugged remoteness of Baja, with a little of the green of the mainland. (Check out Alma’s post on marine wildlife.)
Today was a rare rest day. A short trip ashore to dip in the surf, a couple of easy fixit projects around the boat here at anchor, some down time in a hammock on deck, in bunks reading and writing below.
An interesting thing about living and traveling on Debonair is the feeling of reassurance we get from the boat in these new and foreign places. In every new place, whether it’s comfortable or more challenging, we have this, our home, to work from, and as we get to know her better, that reassurance grows.
From Punta de Mita we’ll go into La Cruz and a marina to provision and work on some maintenance projects dockside. Then, the coming weeks will bring a handful of new anchorages on the way to Manzanillo. We’ll swim a lot now. The water has gotten warm so even the parents are swimming regularly (Arlo & Alma will swim in anything!). We’ll keep an eye out for new birds wherever we go.
