It was amazing hanging out with the whale sharks!
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We spent two mornings hanging out with them, one day we spent five hours just cruising with them.
So sublime.
Underwater photography is hard!
Here be monsters - biggest was at least 2X the length of my kayak, or at least 30' (10 meters) long!
I have no idea what this creature is at all.
Anemone?
The smallest fish I have ever caught - a halibut - fully hooked!
Seriously?
D. says she's going to eat it.........
She's not kidding, either.
D. with a big one!
Osa just freaking loves the panga!
Bam!
Incoming!
Better then a piñata!!
She is so helpful.
Marco!
Pretty little pintado set loose
Daily double!
FISH ON
Or, SHARK ON
Fun to get to use the big rods
Bass & tuna
A couple damn nice tuna steaks, tag-teaming the filleting
Chillin' with Al - such a good dude.
We get a casita for a few days each stay to break up the dirt camping.
BoLA rigs
Another Whale Shark day!
Scouting for our buddy Angel
TRUTH
Post whale shark beverages - ice cold Pacificos & Damiana margs
Man........that is one fine plate of Pescado al mojo de ajo, we bring the fish, they prep it all up perfectly.
A beautiful Mamillia cactus
Antonio!
Such a good dude, he used to run the sea turtle sanctuary, due to his hard work we saw sea turtles almost every day on our trip.
I washed tanks for him on a bike tour in 1991
Antonio's campo - highly suggested
Cooked!
No cell phone access here, coffee is "When the sun is above the point" and evening meetings are "Happy Hour" just before sunset to watch it & then shooting stars - so amazing.
Julie - not sure how many more times we will get to see sweet old Julie.
Skeptical?
Good cats!
Burn you then hurt you, or hurt you then burn you?
Angel y Erika, living the dream for reals.
Boojums!!
I love the Sinaloa chicken stands so much
Gracias y ustedes!
Tacos Junior may be my favorite non-seafood taco stand in the world, in Cuidad Morelos, there & Tacos el Rey in Loreto.........
1st thing in Mexico:
New Hats!
Tacos El Guero, where the fish taco as we know it was invented, Mi Amiga Alejandra there was interviewed by NPR for just that, and here, a plate of Camarones a Diabla to die for......
Pulpo/camaron cocktail & tacos de camaron.........so, so good.
I hate killing snakes, but this sidewinder damn near got Taylor in the night, very aggressive and not backing down.
Holy Hell that was a sunrise!
Dang.
Some of the most threatening seas I have ever put in on, and so good........damn.........
Symphony in Blue
Shit, Taylor - not bad for your 1st day kayak fishing ever!
We will be well fed!
Many corvinas, I just started feeding people on the beach for free
Bring it.
Colors you just can't make up.
Calavera de Delphin
An old codger
Kelp grouper
Sierra
Trigger
Corvina
Shade up!
Holy fishing kayaks!
Big bag for T. to take home
Graham Macintosh - world famous adventurer
Dream Date
"I hope this is not the last ever picture of me"
Setting out for a month!
D. brought her new/used paddle board
Purple heron
Those Orangemouth Corvina are pretty toothy
More whale sharks!
Damn.
Never had a Rapala bit in 1/2 before.......
Cattle Egret
Crested night heron & purple heron
Another little slice of heaven.......
Ospreys everywhere.
Full moon paddle
More corvinas.......I just started taking orders - "You want fish? I'll bring you fish"
White Ibis
Old dolphin, it was digging big holes?
That one got me.
The road to the end of the world.
Off to town!
Glass, just glass.........
Deadly poisonous Bullseye Puffer, "Botetes" neurotoxin AND they bite too.......
Gorgeous catch & release Kelp Grouper
A fine bag of fish - want a cold drink?
Momma & baby dolphins having fishing lessons
Cortez Halibut
Corvinas.......
Bat Ray!
My shoulders hurt for days
Needlefish!
Hmmmmmmm.............toothy.........
Lunch!
So playing with a Marine, fine fellas, I always talk to the Federales, almost all nice guys, mostly poor working class dudes getting ahead in life.
THAT WAY
Off to see our good friend who owns a campground
Senor Fong, rocking his 80's, one of many descendants of Chinese immigrants in Mexico.
Signs of San Ignacio
Breakfast on the Zocalo
Pretty damn OK
White Heron
Cocktail hour!
Manuel - our good friend, like family.
I love the solid hand-carved doors here.
Pitahaya peeling lessons - native cactus fruit, so good.
Huh - never caught one of these - some kind of Grunt
Long lost family?
Paul over for a visit.
Old engine from the mines
More whale sharks!!
A damn fine trip was had!
