A Dream Accomplished Kayaking in Sea of Cortez – Day 27
Paddling for hours and days on the vast but lonely expanse of the Sea of Cortez, I experienced how meditation could affect my body and mind.
Monthly Archive: March 2023
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Destination Within Reach – Day 26
I was up early this morning just north of Punta Baja while kayaking in Sea of Cortez and got into the water by about 5:40. I maintained an hour of paddling followed by short...
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Hungry in Punta Trinidad Day 25
The wind at my camp at Punta Trinidad on the Sea of Cortez finally let up at about 11 PM but then it started again at about three in the morning. I didn’t get...
Day 24 – Took a Shortcut, Wrong!
I slept late this morning at my campsite on Punta El Almirante, waking at almost 6 AM. I launched and after putting in a couple of hours of paddling in Sea of Cortez, I found...
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Jellyfish and Stingrays Day 23
In some places, jellyfish and bacteria are almost all that remain after all the desirable species have been fished out. Here in the Sea of Cortez, sea turtles used to graze on jellyfish. Sea turtles are easy to catch because they must come to the surface to breathe, and they can be worth hundreds of dollars to a lucky fisherman.
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: El Barril Day 22
This is the first day of the fourth week of kayaking in Sea of Cortez. Here, about five miles south of San Francisquito, the tide didn’t come up anywhere near where I thought it would. My...
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez San Fancisquito, Water! Day 21
There was a heavy dew last night at my campsite on the shore of Bahia San Rafael, mostly outside my tent. Kayaking in Sea of Cortez, I often slept with the screen open so...
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Bahia de San Rafael – Day 20
I awoke in the morning to the sound of the trawlers that had been working all offshore in Bahia San Rafael. Made breakfast of tortillas and jam, they taste so good along with the...
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Other Kayakers on My Sea – Day 19
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez on my 19th day the sunrise came early at my camp on the beach south of Puertecitos de Emmedio. The days were getting longer, but also direction that I...
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: God Must Live Here! – Day 18
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: It had taken me eighteen days to reach this remote paradise, but this beauty of this cove alone made it worth it.
