The other side of the Sea of Cortez

Our first trip to Isla Santa Espirita Santos was before I flew back to Vancouver. We had about 4 days to spend before I had to be back in La Paz to catch a bus to Cabo. Well those 4 days corresponded to to 4 days of pretty intense northers (averaging 20 knots), Fynn having a fever, and Kolby starting to get sick. We tried to go the the beach, but Fynn kept asking to go home. The wind would increase at night and we hardly slept. Obviously it was stellar and we loved it… Not so much. Instead I think we both kept asking ourselves – we sailed all this way, for this? Not that we admitted it to each other yet but we felt like a bunch of whiners.

Actually we finally admitted it when I came back after a week in La Paz. We started to say how this whole cruising thing wasn’t so fun, and maybe we had made a mistake taking Fynn so young, as everything we were trying to do took so much time and effort.

Well, isn’t just that the way of life, you finally admit that there is a problem and you start to find solutions. We ended up having a few great days in La Paz, picking up parts and groceries and finding a balance between the To Dos and the playgrounds.

The generator was repaired and the water maker worked again. Then we headed back out to Isla Espirita and anchored in Bahia Chandelera. We pumped up the paddle board and went for a family swim and snorkel, Fynn alternating between swimming on Kolby’s back or riding on the paddle board. Of course our wacko dog didn’t want to be left out so all 60 lbs of him was on the board too. We actually did tip it for the first time (Fynn was trying to pee off the edge of the board and capoosh- we all ended up in the water.) Poor dog- he started making a beeline for shore but the line for the paddle board was caught around him, so he was towing that behind him as well. And this guy swims like a half drowned ferret so he wasn’t to thrilled about the whole situation.  He climbed out on a rock and stood there staring at me like – what the hell just happened? The two year old found it funny and it didn’t take much to get everyone settled on the board again.

As the sun set we turned on the Christmas lights and listened to Cartwrights Christmas Album. Then it was dark and the stars came out- millions of them both above and below. We played in the biolumences, watched rays leap out of the water and then collapsed, happily, in bed.

Yep, this other side of Cortez is pretty stellar. I hope we get to see more of it!