well here we are in isla coronados. it is a pretty large cove about 100 miles north of la paz. we have been cruising in the sea of cortez for a month and have visited many, many islands. this is one of the best with white soft sand and clear turquoise water. the water temp is about 89° and is actually refreshing since it is about 100° out of the water. we have been buddy boating with mel and sandy on ¨big wonderful¨ and yesterday kate and mike on ¨magda jean¨and ron and heather on ¨sundancer¨ pulled in here. we met kate and mike in ensenada, but had only talked on the radio to ron and heather, so it was nice to finally meet them. the dogs have been having lots of fun running and swimming. we have been totally amazed at max and maggie..they love to swim and you can´t keep them in the dinghy when we get close to shore. they jump out before we get up on land. daisy had fallen in the water too many times and she doesn´t like it very much. she will get in to about her tummy and that´s all. when we were in escondito, maggie and daisy were runny full out and came to the end of land, but were going too fast to stop and ended up in deep water. it scared daisy and she kept trying to climb up the wall instead of swimming to the rocks. dan had to lay in the dirt and reach down to get her out. she does know how to swim, but can´t get by being scared. that´s ok. she digs holes in the sand and lays in it in the shade while we swim.

a little while ago, another boat we know hailed us on the radio and said they would be up here in a couple of days, so we will be hanging out here for a while longer. that´s fine with me, so far this is my favorite cove. they don´t allow any jet ski´s in this area, so the big power boats with all the toys on board don´t usually come in here. this is a national park and has a bunch of rules about what you can and cannot do. taking dogs to shore is one of the cannots, but we do any way. all they will do is tell us to take them back to the boat. they don´t destroy anything on shore, so we don´t see the reasons for not allowing them. oh well, some rules were made to be broken, right????

i missed girls camping this year and spent a couple of days thinking of all my buddies laying on their air mattresses on the river, but not really wishing i was there. just missing the girls and the fun. hope they missed me a little bit. we were just too far away to get up there this year. hope they all had fun and nobody fell in the campfire!!!!

well, that´s it for this session, i will try to update again as soon as we can get internet service. we are heading toward a little more civilization now, so i should be able to write more often. take care, stay healthy and have fun. love to all...hugs