Last month we sailed north out of Santa Rosalia with an ultimate destination of Gonzaga Bay. We managed to harbor-hop with long day sails and enjoyed a lot of private anchorages. Private because the "fleet" of cruising boats were two to three weeks ahead of us so we never saw any other boats until we arrived in Bahia Los Angeles, commonly referred to as "BLA". BLA is a little dusty town that has a few small stores and minimal services. The town caters to trailer-boating sport fishermen. We spent a few days there visiting our friends on other boats and doing a little provisioning. We did manage to get our laundry done for $12. From BLA we day sailed the 80 or so miles to the north end of of the uninhabited Isla Angel de la Guarda where the pictured anchorage of Refuigo lies. If you look real close at the picture you will see two blue dots near left of center. We anchored for a week on the lower dot. The reef fishing was fantastic! We caught all the Trigger fish we could eat and dived for rock scallops. This is the first time I've seen rock scallops. They look just like rocks stuck on the side of larger rocks and they are most tasty! You dive down 15 to 20 feet and stick a knife blade into the opening and cut the abductor muscle(the part that you eat) from the lower shell then, you bring up the top half with everything and clean it in the dinghy.
The island in the upper middle of the photo is Isla Granita which is home to a sea lion colony. We motored the two miles over and anchored there for the day. We launched the dinghy and as we motored around a group of the sea lions followed us jumping and barking. We spent the whole day fishing and watching the antics of the sea lions. Refugio is one of those anchorages that typifies the perfect Baja anchorage. We could easily spend a month there and eat fresh seafood the entire time. We met some other cruising folks one the boat Lightheart who invited us ashore for a game of Bacchi ball. We played amongst the sand dunes so it was like motocross Bacchi ball! Anyway, we had a great time and played until sunset.
We had forgotten about the 12 foot tides there and had to carry our dinghy a long way back to the water. We spent a lovely eight days in the area before departing for Gonzaga Bay, 50 miles farther north and our northern most destination.
We had forgotten about the 12 foot tides there and had to carry our dinghy a long way back to the water. We spent a lovely eight days in the area before departing for Gonzaga Bay, 50 miles farther north and our northern most destination.
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