June 10-14, 2013
We met up with Lady Carolina and Resilience at La Ramada, which is a small cove around the corner North of San Juanico with better protection from south winds. There is a trail that connects La Ramada with the northern anchorage of San Juanico, so we walked over there a couple times, gathered obsidian along the way, and visited the cruisers’ shrine.
Logbook – June 10, 2013 (Isla Coronados to San Juanico)
Passage Log Highlights
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- 0840 Depart Isla Coronados. Alex spun the speedometer
- 1006 Spinnaker + Port Engine
- 1250 Arrive La Ramada
Daily Notes
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- Passage to San Juanico. Tried to sail w/ spinnaker, not enough wind. Arrived at an empty San Juanico, found other kid boats (sv Resilience & sv Lady Carolina) around the corner at La Ramda
- Boys swam, played Monoploy @ Lady Carolina
- Drinks & socializing on Exodus w/ other kid boats and sv Shindig
(Edit: the speedometer is just a mechanical wheel that spins and gives a reading of speed through the water. It gets all mucked up and then doesn’t spin, so we’ve started trying to remember to spin it before we head out from an anchorage. This time, we forgot, so we stopped before we were out of the bay and Alex jumped in and spun it.)
Email to family and friends dated June 10, 2013
Subject: Greetings from La Ramada
We are at a little cove just north of San Juanico called La Ramada. San Juanico was totally empty and the swell was coming in pretty good which makes for an uncomfortable anchorage, so we found the other 2 kid boats up here at La Ramada. Tim is spear fishing now. After our farmer’s market trip yesterday I have all the fresh makings for ceviche so we need some fresh white fish. Boys are playing with the other kids, Alex is with the 2 older boys (12 & 13 yrs) and Brenden is with the younger boy (8 or 9 yrs, can’t remember). He wants to play legos and I can hear Brenden saying, “well, I’m not really in the mood for legos.” What!?!?
Congrats to Dylan on his high school graduation, so sorry we missed it!
We don’t have cell or wifi from here, and I’m actually not sure when we will again.
Love and miss you all,
-D.
Logbook – June 11, 2013 (La Ramada)
Daily Notes
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- D&T kayak to shore – hike to cruisers shrine
- Whole family hike up to the top of the dirt road then to cruisers shrine w/ Lady Carolina
- Met Jim & Janet – power vessel Ozzy on the way back
- Bonfire on beach w/ Lady Carolina & Ozzy
Logbook – June 12, 2013 (La Ramada)
Daily Notes
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- Alex searched for his lost pocket knife. No luck. Swimming w/ Joel after school, then a movie.
- Joel stayed for dinner
- T- spearfishing, no luck.
(Edit: Grandpa brought the boys pocket knives when they came, and Alex was SOOOO bummed that he lost his onshore at La Ramada)
Logbook – June 13, 2013 (La Ramada to San Juanico)
Passage Log Highlights
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- 0955 Depart La Ramada
- 1050 Arrive San Juanico
Daily Notes
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- D- run on the beach
- Passage around the corner to San Juanico
- Alex and T spearfish – Alex got a PR
- B – tough day of school
Email to family and friends dated July 13, 2013
Subject: Huge anchorage all to ourselves
We have moved around the corner South to San Juanico at the same spot we anchored when G&M were here. We have the entire huge anchorage to ourselves! We’ve got pretty much the only spot in the bay without significant swell since the wind is blowing pretty good from the SE as it has been for the past few days. We will likely head back South tomorrow to catch back up with Lady Carolina. They had to go get some internet access for the boys’ school and we were enticed to follow them with the idea of another wifi fix and Loreto shopping trip, not to mention playmates for A&B. After that we will all head North up the Bahia Concepcion where there is an annual cruisers 4th of July party. Our fridge has not been staying cold enough so Tim is assessing the issue and coming up with corrective action so we can get any supplies we need for that while in Loreto again. Everything else is going pretty well.
Love and miss you all.
-D.
Gresham Family Exodus 