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We came up from Isla Isabela into the Sea of Cortez. The crossing took us about 60 hours. We came up the Baja peninsula on the east side to Bahia de Muertos (Bay of the Dead). The name comes from the way they used to anchor the cargo ships there. As we left Isabela, we passed hundreds of sea turtles, they were just floating along, letting the current take them where ever it was going. Most of them had a bird on their back for the ride. We also saw the by now usual dolphins and a few whales. Fishing was poor, we only caught a couple of skip jack tuna which we released. There is no slide show for this page as there are only a few pictures. Just click on the picture to see a larger view.
As we began our trip, we were traveling with The Good Neighbor. They later decided to go to Mazatlan instead, but I managed to get some pictures before they tacked away. Hopefully they got some good pictures of us that I can post here later.
The Sea of Cortez continued to amaze us, both with its stark beauty of the landscape and the abundance of sea life. The shores and islands look similar to Arizona, but much more rugged. The coloration of the mountains can be very pretty, especially near sunrise or sunset. We continued to see sea life, dolphins, whales, and many manta rays. The manta rays leap out of the water and summersault back down, sometimes 10 to 20 different rays in quick succession. We saw some whales about 1/4 mile behind the boat one day. Larry wondered out loud if we needed to pull in the fishing lines. I said no as they would never come so close to the boat. About a minute later, line begins to strip off the reel so fast we can't believe it. Larry grabs the rod and trys to slow it by putting on the drag. All he can do is tighten it until the line breaks. I am looking back behind the boat and watching a wake, the water is almost parting, about 25 feet wide, 100 yards back, going off very fast at 90 degrees. I am sure a whale snagged the lure and took off. Larry was a little upset, he lost about $30 worth of gear. I think it was a bargain, for only $30 he got a "one that got away" story that no one could ever beat. We did manage to catch a few fish that didn't get away, bonita tuna and what we thought were yellow fin tuna, but later identified as crevalle jack.
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