We got to sleep in this morning until we woke naturally since we didn’t leave until 9. We took the bus, but the marina is really only a short walk away. That's Cerro Tetakawi (Twin Peaks), a double volcanic core, in the background.
We had a relaxed hour-and-a-half cruise on a catamaran along the rocky cliffs of the Sea of Cortez. Fabulous houses line the channel to the sea.
And then when we came out, there were wonderful cliffs...
and caves...
No, this is not snow and ice on this volcanic island. It's blue-footed boobie poop.
In several places the waves have worn holes through the rocks.
Lunch was on our own, but they dropped us off at a seafood place on the beach called Charley’s Rock.
I drooled over the various shrimp dishes, crab and clams, but ended up getting the garlic octopus with rice and bread since that was something I was least likely to find on a menu at home. Sadly, I had to leave the bit of salad behind lest it mess up my digestion.
The octopus was tough as I think is typical of octopus, but very rich with butter and white wine. This appeared to be mainly sliced tentacles. I think I like calamari better. Steve got chicken fingers.
Then we had some time to walk on San Francisco beach. It was a mixture of rocks and sand and amazingly warm water. A lot of beautiful rocks. I picked up some small ones, but ended up leaving them since, what was I going to do with rocks? (San Fransisco Beach with Tetakawi on the left, our restaurant on the rock to the right.)
We came back to the hotel for a nap and to edit pictures, then at 5 went off to see the sunset from a point at the end of the road on the far side of Tetakawi. The beach below us is where the scene in Mask of Zorro was filmed where Helena arrives back in California as a young woman.
This was much more developed than Praia Grande in Arraial, but the mixture of locals and tourists reminded me of going to watch the sunset there.
That's Baja California across the Gulf of California between us and the setting sun.
A friend of Carlos’s was there with a camera on a drone and took a group picture which I will insert here when I get it.
We were on our own again for supper. After our delicious beach lunch, we had pizza at the outdoor bar at the hotel for supper with leftovers for Steve’s lunch tomorrow when we will again stop at a seafood restaurant. (Seafood here is cheaper than chicken. Lucky me. :-) )
While we were eating dinner, an ambulance went by and turned left, then another came by and headed straight for the marina, followed by a firetruck headed to the marina and a police car. Then the first ambulance came back, having evidently made a wrong turn, and turned toward the marina. We found out later that gasoline spilled when they were working on the engine of the boat we had ridden in the morning. When they started the engine, it exploded and seriously injured a couple people.
Our boat. Hmm. Glad we weren't on it.
I tell myself that we are in the desert, and that's the reason the shower feels like trying to wash my hair with a squirt bottle.
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