Fynn starting to love the sailing part! We have been sailing so much with all this wind- that is the up side! We have also practiced sailing on and off the anchor which has been awesome.

Our favourite anchorage in the Loreto Park was off the south side of Coronados. We found this anchorage to be great, even in thirty knots of northerly winds. We anchored here a few times, and hiked up the 926’ volcano twice. The hike take about 4 hours round trip, and the views are stunning. Except for a stretch on loose rock and another steep bit up sand it is a great trail.

The beach landing on the south side had several manta carcasses and shark heads – sad tell tales of the ongoing problems with overfishing and poaching in the area.

Apart from visiting Loreto, we also drove up the the San Javier Mission, which is worth the drive through the mountains to the water oasis alone, and the Steinback canyon, which was so fantastic we did it twice. The first time we walked from Puerto Escondido, which adds a good 1 hour each way and the second time we drove to the base of the canyon. Either way you take the road directly across the street from the turn off to Puerto Escondido. The canyon is spectacular and an easy meander to reach the water pools. Eventually the going gets trickier, there are sections where you need some decent scrambling skills, but the canyon is not to be missed!