Excuses, excuses!

What can I say there are no excuses...life is hecktic on the beach! With no internet on the beach and not wanting to go into town or to the port to work on the blog I have fallen somewhat behind in my reporting and have received numerous emails inquiring on our status...where are you? is everything O.K.? are you ever coming home? So in reply to your questions, we have been on Juncilito Beach for the last 6 weeks and today we moved to Loreto, into an RV park, to do washing, fillup with water, dump and get to business on the blog! The problem with doing the blog entry this time is we have been here many times before and if you have been following us on previous trips you have heard it all before. So in respect to my problem I have compiled a few of our pictures we have taken in the last 6 weeks and I will now let them do the talking!

We are always up for a friendly game of bacci with our friends on the beach.

Ken tries to putt in his ball during a hole of beach golf, white rocks on either end of the beach represent the holes. Sounds easy but it can actually be quite challenging.

With lots on fresh oranges, lemons and grapefruit, squeezing juice is an endless job.

When the winds pickup, sailing is a fantastic option. Carl and Al (our neighbours on the beach) both have boats at the port.

The whales were still in the Sea of Cortez when we first arrived so we got out a few times to sit and watch them. Big, big, big!

While out on the boat we pulled up onto Carmen Island for a little walk around, the island is part of the Parque National Bahia de Loreto which encompasses most of the islands around Loreto.

Ken, Al and Carl did a bit of hiking up the canyons behind El Juncalito where they found a few waterfalls and ponds even if the area hasn't seen rain in a very long time.

From the top on one canyon there were some very breathtaking views of the palms. water and islands below.

You know I have to enter at least one food picture! This is a ceasar salad, served up at Del Barracho, One whole head of grilled romaine lettuce topped with dressing and croutons,made on site, that were to die for( oh and you could have it with chicken breast added as well)! I tried but just couldn't finish it!

More fun and games, Ken, Linda and I fit in a game of Mexician train before happy hour.

Early one morning as Ken is on his way out fishing some dolphins came into the bay to do a little fishing themselves.

Ken loves fishing and buzzing around in his 10 ft. Zodiac.

We took several rides back into the penninsula, which is not all dry with nothing to see but cactus. Down below the road an oxbow winds through the valley, still green even though the arroyo is dry and it hasn't seen water in a long time.

We did a few rides that we had done in past years, but still managed to loose our way (are you really lost if you know where you were, where you are and where you want to go but you just can't find the right road, but you got there anyway?).

Some roads we had travelled in past years were a little worse for wear after the last hurricane, here I volunteered to walk for a few metres and it saved my butt. That KTM 950 is amazing where it goes without much effort (well, not with much effort on my part, sitting on the back. Ken may have worked up a bit of a sweat!).

This is face only a mother could love. Do you know what this fish is? Ken caught it and it tasted like cod but...?

When the wind was down I was out on the kayak, my favourite destination...the little island just out from our beach.

On the island the Seagulls are nesting, here if you look hard you can see the eggs in the nest, in the forground, and mommy standing guard behind.

Lots of molting crabs.

Fishing was great the last week and Ken caught...lets say lots of fish including this Rooster fish, a real fighter. We will have fish tacos for a while.

Looking down at the beach and the 3 rigs camping there, taken from the top of the hill behind. Ours is the rig on the far right. We are so lucky to be able to enjoy this!

Tomorrow we leave Loreto to start our journey north, stopping in at a few places on our way and probably crossing the U.S. border in 5-7 days, then slowly through the States and then home to Canada. See you there!