Cental America
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Sweet PicklesAs difficult as it was, Dois and I agreed we must sail on. Anchor hoisted, we pointed the bow toward the next little slice of Mexican heaven; Isla San Francisco. The natural bay is large and accommodating, thankfully. There are quite a few boats migrating north for the season, marching along, each with a date with a slip or boatyard or safe harbor from the dreaded hurricane. As usual we seem to be going against the grain. Perhaps next time I should just try to capture a video. This was a baby humpback whale. By the time we got close enough for this shot, we were still about a 1/2 mile away and the next thing we knew, Momma and baby dove under our boat and came up the other side, waving goodbye, they swam off to the horizon. A small one just like this pickle came into the "waiting room", a small bay outside the larger inner bay of Puerto Escondido, and made a real fuss. She was crying and slapping her tail on the water. She must have misplaced her Momma. She left as quickly as she appeared, hopefully hooking up with her meal ticket. The anchorage is a long hook of land extending off the west side of the island. The hook has a narrow isthmus with a dry salt marsh in the middle. The guide quite clearly stated there are agates waiting to be found on the beach across the isthmus, on the east side of the island. So we packed in a lunch and drinks and Ginger led the way. We crossed the salt marsh, gingerly. It was dried up for the most part, but still required a close eye and care to not break the baked mud crust and squish into a muddy spot. But it was a beautiful morning for a hike. What? The head is about 12 inches long, and the back bone was maybe 4 or 5 feet. Dois thought may a barracuda, anyone else have a guess? Check out those teeth, apparently he grows them in the middle of the roof of his mouth too. What the hell? I have no idea what this could have been. It was at least 6 feet long when it was all attached (I'm guessing, this is how I found it and I didn't touch it. Looks like a sea monster to me. Update: Found a website that was all about fish skeletons.. go figure. It was surprisingly fascinating. Most fish have a pretty scary set of pearly whites. Never knew that, anyway, the sea monster is or was probably a Moray Eel. Mystery solved, we can all sleep better now. If you are interested in fish skeletons, Helter Skeletons was a pretty cool site. If you click on the head of the Moray below, it will open a new window to their site. For once I am short on photos. We reached the other side, and discovered that we know nothing about finding agates. So we found ourselves on a deserted beach, sitting under a rock for shade, full of ham sandwiches and cold drinks, looking for something to do. Hm, what would you do under similar circumstances? I didn't take anymore pictures.
Peace Peace.
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