For those of you who were trying to find where we were on Google Earth, here are some photos of the area (obviously from a plane) ~ complete with labels! This photo runs pretty much East to West. The town curves around the "Mogote", sort of a barrier "island" that is connected to the mainland by a small strip of land.
This is the City in relation to the peninsula that heads North into the Sea of Cortez and "aims" to the local islands. The Marina is just above the "M" in "Marina", and the tip of the Mogote is shown on the left side. This photo "looks" North.
This is a little further out on the peninsula and shows "our" anchorage of Bahia Falso, where the beach restaurant "El Tesoro" is (Mom, Cyndi, Mike, Marvin, Stan, Tim, Pam, Alan and Susan will all remember being here!). We have been told we are the only boat to anchor there. This is where we swim and kayak in to have drinks and snacks. The large port to the left and above is Pichilingue, where the freighters and ferrys come in. The Southern tip of Isla Espiritu Santo is shown at the top of the photo.
And one of the two closest islands, Isla Partida (the smaller island to the left) and Isla Espiritu Santo. The islands are actually only separated by a narrow channel of water at the anchorage of Caleta Partida. This photo is North to South. The South end (right side) is closest to the peninsula.The anchorages we have been to this year are labeled:
1) Ensenada Grande ~ beautiful rock formations and clear water
2) No Name Cove #7 ~ wonderfully clear water and no one on the beach!
3) No Name Cove #5 ~ very shallow, but beautiful water and again, no one on the beach!
4) Ballena ~ center cove had good wind protection, but the beach was just ok...
So now you can pull up Google Earth and find out where we are!
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