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.
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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: 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.
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Where Are All the Fish? – Day 17
“Ricketts and Steinbeck, where are you? No birds are diving, no fish are jumping. The banquet is over, I fear.
The Sea of Cortez is dying.”
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: Spam is Good! – Day 15
Kayaking in Sea of Cortez: I could finally see the perfectly shaped Volcan Coronado at Smiths Island
Kayaking Sea of Cortez: The North Wind – Day 5
The winds are most complex in the northern end of the Sea of Cortez, where they are sucked in by an almost constant low pressure, especially blowing from the west, north and northeast.
Kayaking Sea of Cortez: Sunrise on the Sea of Cortez – Day 2
The extreme tides of the Upper Sea of Cortez, combined with the gently sloping coastal plane and offshore regions, create extensive tidal flats where up to several miles of mud/sand flat are exposed during the ebb of spring tides.
Kayaking Sea of Cortez: San Felipe- Pushing Off – Day 1
I began to paddle in the Sea of Cortez. The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said, “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”.
