That’s right. We’re still here. After anchoring at Cat Harbor for, what, a week? Longer?, we moved on and found this sweet anchorage at Goat Harbor on the other side of the island. We have had it all to ourselves for four days, maybe five. Who’s counting? We have good holding, reasonable protection from the winds we have had so far, peaceful nights of sleep and, most importantly, beaches with rocks. Three of them. I have spent many happy hours loitering around looking at the rocks on exhibit here and rooting around in the little arroyos. Our next stop will be somewhere more “civilized”, so why hurry away? This is why we are out here cruising.
Our next stop will be somewhere San Diego-ish and we will be looking for a place to leave the boat while we go home for the holidays. We had planned to leave the boat in Mexico, but, turns out, we need to replace our batteries and this time we will be going with Lithium and considerably increasing the number of amp hours we have available. That’s a project most easily accomplished in the states, so leaving the boat here is on the table right now if we can find a place that is even mildly reasonably priced.
Would Mexico be cheaper? A bit, especially if we forgo staying in the resort marina. But we would also either have to bring the boat back to San Diego to do the work or take a chance that we have everything we need to do the project in Mexico. Although we likely could find what we might need in Mexico, that can become an ‘adventure’ in product sourcing. In addition, we’d need to negotiate getting back to the US to fly home and while it’s pretty easy to do that, it’s just another logistical piece we wouldn’t have to deal with if we stay here a bit longer. Once we make a decision about batteries and who we are buying from, we will know about the timeline for ordering, and then everything else should fall into place. Either move on down Mexico way or stay stateside. Crossing fingers on that.
Although we have not seen any goats here, Goat Harbor is one of the sweetest anchorages we’ve ever enjoyed. Here are a number of photos, just taken with my phone, of the wonders of rocks that abound here.
But wait! There’s more. You are lucky I did not photograph literally every single rock on the beach or in the arroyo because I’m telling you there were no losers here. None. They were all beautiful.
Ok I won’t make you look at more. S/V Galapagos standing by on channel 16. (Lying. We have it turned off for now. So peaceful.)
Oh how amazing those rocks are. And the smaller pebbles would be a wonderful addition to my collection of polished stones I have from our local beach. It is hard to believe Mother Nature is so artistic but I have seen her work and it sometimes can boggle the mind. Great pictures once again.
Beautiful photos!
Only thing that could make Cat Harbor more desirable would be a serious Santa Ana wind event! Nice being alone in that beautiful spot!
Lovely, we just spent ten weeks out west. Lovely the stories the stones tell. BIG to small. Hope you find an inexpensive place to dock. Are you on Facebook? Perhaps there is a San Diego page. You could ask if anyone has an empty private dock?
Wow, wish we had discovered this sweet anchorage when we had our boat in Cali. The rocks are spectacular. Take your time and enjoy.
Every photo is amazing. I can see why you want to stay there for a bit. Hope you get the battery thing sorted out. Sounds like you have thought it through. Happy Thanksgiving!