...Fresh Swell...

Finally. Swell has arrived. Bought a new (2nd hand) Sakoda longboard and spent the day doing repairs to get it ready. Was a heart attack morning, lifted the surfboards and found a rattlesnake underneath; then stepped on a stingray in the water. Took a turn for the better when I shot this quick video clip of Alyssa riding a beautiful little wave, not bad for her 3rd day. 1 minute 5 seconds. Unbelievable. Hope all is well.

Rest day in Scorpion Bay

Spent yesterday three miles offshore with Sergio and Armando, 2 local fishermen, who agreed to take us out for tuna in their panga. 4 good sized yellow-fins, a dorado (first fish of the day landed by Wilson), and 2 sierras (1 great big sucka that Kris caught!) later, we must have been good customers because Sergio gave us 2 nice lobsters as well. The left over tuna from the day before was turned into ceviche and Alyssa dazzled us with fish tacos made from fresh dorado and salsa that she had learned under expert tutoring by Armando Sr. The video clips show the mood pretty accurately...

As we put our lines in the water, Dave and I had a little wager on who could land the first yellowfin. I hooked into a fish first, but the double header took on some frest urgency!!! Thats two beer you owe me, you hear me Lundine??!! I'm pretty sure you can see my fish was a bit mas grande as well....

Life is very leisurely, morning coffee, surf, kayak, lunch, go fishing, surf, siesta, surf, dinner, pacificos.. The last few photos here tell the tale of life around here. Swell has gotten a bit small, but great longboarding; waves are forecasted again for tonight. Will keep you posted. Check out the octopus in the last photo... We let him go, only because we hadn't discovered how tasty they were yet!!!!

San Juanico and Scorpion Bay

It took a long time to get these pictures uploaded......

We have been in Scorpion Bay for about 10 days, almost didn't make it when we saw the road had been washed out after Hurricane Rick, but we walked through the river and inspected a safe passage. No problemo! Couldn't say the same for the guy driving the propane truck in the first picture.


The set up for waves here is unlike anything I have ever seen before, a right hand break that goes past 3, sometimes 4, points and on a good day can link together into one ride. I haven't hit any waves like that yet, but i have been able to surf the longest waves in my career.30-45 seconds easy.

Our camp is about 20 steps from the ocean, the water is super warm and we usually spend 3-4 hours in the water every day. Spent the morning snorkling and fishing, will go for a surf in about 15 minutes, as soon as I finish this little project :)

Will try to get some surfing photos up, nobody wants to get stuck with the job when they could be out surfing. Did the epic drive to pick up Dave Lundine and his brother Kris on friday 12 hours return when they flew into Loreto.

We have made friends with a couple of local guys and they usually come out with a bag of prawns, a fat tuna, or octopus and we cook it up on the beach with them over lots of cold pacificos.

Have been eating fresh prawns, octopus last night, lots of fish, and lobster that we caught with our neighbor Greg. Big suckers, the lobster tails are sitting on a pillow case for size reference!!

San Ignacio

Beautiful place, but pretty smashed by hurricane Rick. San Ignacio is an oasis in the middle of Baja, fresh water, plam trees, kids splashing in the river. Because it is located deep in an arroyo, all you can see is a fluff of palm tree tops and then you descend into a forest.... After San Ignacio, we drove across the salt flats for ages as you can see......

Abreojoes, nice, but not quite as I remember it. Met some good guys though, also reconnected with people I met 10 years ago. Lots of ski bums who spend the fall down here windsurfing and Kite boarding. We got to try our hands at kiting. Are thinking of heading to Los Barrilles and trying it out. Looks pretty fun.

Typical mexi style, got our propane tanks filled by some guy with a tank in the back of his truck. Relief valves are screaming now, have to drain out some of the volume before we press on. Heading to the Bay of Concepcion tonight if we get moving. Will update again later. Saw a big pod of dolphins as we drove past Concepcion Bay and had to pull over to take some phots! I'm suprised they came as close to shore as they did with Alyssa screaming as loud as she was :)

Have to get to the south west quick as a swell is forecasted for the weekend.

Hablamos pronto.

dc