tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80369117508225008222024-03-18T19:53:25.714-07:00Life On Watercdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.comBlogger543125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-85248659761159435772024-02-28T20:01:00.000-08:002024-02-28T20:01:48.183-08:00more baja videos<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OGOqiVQPvyc" width="320" youtube-src-id="OGOqiVQPvyc"></iframe></div>This is a humpback peck slapping, and it looks kinda cool<br /> <p></p><p>And a willet wading in shallow water</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7a3WLyEyt8" width="320" youtube-src-id="b7a3WLyEyt8"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-38670812042566877242024-02-23T19:14:00.000-08:002024-02-23T19:14:37.402-08:00Night Heron<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ayUepToE_QA" width="320" youtube-src-id="ayUepToE_QA"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-49135343251543970032024-02-20T18:32:00.000-08:002024-02-20T18:32:54.230-08:00Cool Pelican<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2MdOURB50Zo" width="320" youtube-src-id="2MdOURB50Zo"></iframe></div><br /> This is a shot from Puerto Escondido, and this pelican got a mouthful of fish. He then is trying to sift all the little fish out, similar to the way the lunge feeding baleen whales eat. The pouch retracts elastically and the fish get caught in the bill. I wonder if pelicans will start to grow little "baleen" hairs on their bills to make this work out easier in the future. <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-73110285185064614132024-02-14T19:58:00.000-08:002024-02-14T19:58:34.397-08:00Blue Whale surfacing<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pWOmFm0RR08" width="320" youtube-src-id="pWOmFm0RR08"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-36512913500059021402024-02-12T19:39:00.000-08:002024-02-12T19:39:30.512-08:00Costa's Hummingbird<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YFxbfmamiCU" width="320" youtube-src-id="YFxbfmamiCU"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-53996469772047946152024-02-07T20:24:00.000-08:002024-02-07T20:24:55.955-08:00A short video of a gray whale close up<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cJtr24xZyhg" width="320" youtube-src-id="cJtr24xZyhg"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-87963185963283402462024-02-02T20:17:00.000-08:002024-02-02T20:17:16.299-08:00Fiddler crabs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/--0sedg0yZk" width="320" youtube-src-id="--0sedg0yZk"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-40658122414491593562024-02-02T20:12:00.000-08:002024-02-02T20:12:20.726-08:00Week 2 in The gulf of california<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8GnPU5oO09kUmP4m54neTGg8EDQWDGLOU0g-ucR67vz7uSpUvvnaceQespIfUsGY19BsSPefmxonAoSragQytuLGXpHVTst2BN5HHlnYcpxmHlcSghyphenhyphenGwJ_JfIH_TnTzjXL3O75f2A8xro1ZzKcay8_26EtJmR9CnOm-E7zBI2a7wBiDPB7_tFHFOJO3/s5568/DSC_4444.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8GnPU5oO09kUmP4m54neTGg8EDQWDGLOU0g-ucR67vz7uSpUvvnaceQespIfUsGY19BsSPefmxonAoSragQytuLGXpHVTst2BN5HHlnYcpxmHlcSghyphenhyphenGwJ_JfIH_TnTzjXL3O75f2A8xro1ZzKcay8_26EtJmR9CnOm-E7zBI2a7wBiDPB7_tFHFOJO3/s320/DSC_4444.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This week was really nice, and we went to a lot of the same spots. Good sunrises and sunsets.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6nauJiUatiAe8mpfS9FQEpEAqJH33YTjPWKhJBnoQyNdBo7G5ya6wlOYcjp0lwS6HNg9wYXYfMkkFP3j2-nvw0n93XSrS4_HZN50OtoDp4V89Dvs-oAFj8fTV8XBClc9XqYRKuVC7mNXJe5BKNluDYPae7myXgiyBpDHuVEq6r_C4hnJCwj-KYlunBwj/s5568/Z50_3752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6nauJiUatiAe8mpfS9FQEpEAqJH33YTjPWKhJBnoQyNdBo7G5ya6wlOYcjp0lwS6HNg9wYXYfMkkFP3j2-nvw0n93XSrS4_HZN50OtoDp4V89Dvs-oAFj8fTV8XBClc9XqYRKuVC7mNXJe5BKNluDYPae7myXgiyBpDHuVEq6r_C4hnJCwj-KYlunBwj/s320/Z50_3752.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A bit of wind again, with the sand getting nice patterns behind this grass clump<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uPnRBE64dBHLk8E1QiHOzFJ7N1JBLV2yK7r-LS42jefszv3YlcqlvLERpImvA1zHxkMgc59lX1ZsIhKswlJYX5ioZau0EzxLebpFKxbcOp05E2dF_k9h-2lyVKqrUAuf3b3XWP6JSnNP-AlclEea2zyltb8yWZljrddgLEjFGovXkIa9gNT3CO-5s3af/s5568/Z50_3753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/doKr1fZF4qo" width="320" youtube-src-id="doKr1fZF4qo"></iframe></div>I took this in the estuary in San Jose del Cabo. Its pretty neat seeing the pelican move.<br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-79091946862342985012024-01-26T20:00:00.000-08:002024-01-26T20:00:31.805-08:00First week in Baja<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ya1m3eeZ59mP83S8nXgi4QGOknjR1zcdMJrS4lve-tzwAvOIdjNGnzvTYFf787_IaNSlY-FijB5dErF-mdwvRxgXOZy4koleYuE9rIr-JAxHxGo2HrEtYKG1ur74Yh8cfRuOPEbFCacYt-FD69aWplK3-a4ZvyTiU6sZZtG0qkHkTWgda_Ag70pYizmQ/s5568/Z50_2264.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ya1m3eeZ59mP83S8nXgi4QGOknjR1zcdMJrS4lve-tzwAvOIdjNGnzvTYFf787_IaNSlY-FijB5dErF-mdwvRxgXOZy4koleYuE9rIr-JAxHxGo2HrEtYKG1ur74Yh8cfRuOPEbFCacYt-FD69aWplK3-a4ZvyTiU6sZZtG0qkHkTWgda_Ag70pYizmQ/s320/Z50_2264.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>My first week in baja was really nice! First I started in San Jose del Cabo, and I went to the estuary and found some ducks! This was a Cinnamon Teal<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2K6P9YCncjvqsyt8GEeNcJaE9xdA4-4rb2tuFWVc4NbMsEBmSCKou3UVEY2Dj6T7bS-Tr2wroW8SO8ZEl5H-5R73DLZjbiAF-CN5Ecj38TyhDGzjDGd0uo68KbWj_WcSbf1E5yOO3TUp3AYTWT5VGb0l02sm75MtFbGQKVgnVhY8eq7ZYyW1IGsngmNu/s5568/Z50_2268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2K6P9YCncjvqsyt8GEeNcJaE9xdA4-4rb2tuFWVc4NbMsEBmSCKou3UVEY2Dj6T7bS-Tr2wroW8SO8ZEl5H-5R73DLZjbiAF-CN5Ecj38TyhDGzjDGd0uo68KbWj_WcSbf1E5yOO3TUp3AYTWT5VGb0l02sm75MtFbGQKVgnVhY8eq7ZYyW1IGsngmNu/s320/Z50_2268.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a Blue Winged Teal<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JZobYRbhQFdWBRH52aucKL7PMYiVBFZBEy1qP-d3bi9BFioosybskT4TxRXMC4z68q2AqrUaLjBBsdspRDwj2lqjWK1ujWST_aWSsHhNqGqLhyhE2U0SKr7NJyqbyF7YMaDBO2th1G9krPldHH707nu6zv16mUl-WHYx6fC1eU3QhrlCPqLUnjTFdUFd/s5568/Z50_2286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JZobYRbhQFdWBRH52aucKL7PMYiVBFZBEy1qP-d3bi9BFioosybskT4TxRXMC4z68q2AqrUaLjBBsdspRDwj2lqjWK1ujWST_aWSsHhNqGqLhyhE2U0SKr7NJyqbyF7YMaDBO2th1G9krPldHH707nu6zv16mUl-WHYx6fC1eU3QhrlCPqLUnjTFdUFd/s320/Z50_2286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a Kestrel<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03p7I6SbWkSCa9kaAXzTB3t_t-S-AxNTy2ou_WUEo5xI6TNJb-UU99Xmn4JCrMP2j6xeLFntO-GF9EzrbawGoivbP1bp_wuNSmU_FG4j1yGOjip2NHqF9FADEEmQhZdJHww0n4oZlafE0B5sq0fa7fuMuFC8vAhmsJ2-_q3HQCXogOUau9c1kfqoJZCFe/s5568/Z50_2296.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg03p7I6SbWkSCa9kaAXzTB3t_t-S-AxNTy2ou_WUEo5xI6TNJb-UU99Xmn4JCrMP2j6xeLFntO-GF9EzrbawGoivbP1bp_wuNSmU_FG4j1yGOjip2NHqF9FADEEmQhZdJHww0n4oZlafE0B5sq0fa7fuMuFC8vAhmsJ2-_q3HQCXogOUau9c1kfqoJZCFe/s320/Z50_2296.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a Gila Woodpecker<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dtCUIyXCswpF1qh3m4RkXrjCs_wWNobd0TyTPOTvbsYBZzjMRN26BajFzu5vAvSfI0gNMnMKbyp4sCg_YLrlmmPUP2WduRFTu0r67_v7IyFRfcT4T1Gxlsrgg1GJmwvcqFxX3YghjoCJt4briVMmejnk3qecxhexOYGVDX4DqIKtmrhxlUuquv6osn-_/s5568/Z50_2393.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dtCUIyXCswpF1qh3m4RkXrjCs_wWNobd0TyTPOTvbsYBZzjMRN26BajFzu5vAvSfI0gNMnMKbyp4sCg_YLrlmmPUP2WduRFTu0r67_v7IyFRfcT4T1Gxlsrgg1GJmwvcqFxX3YghjoCJt4briVMmejnk3qecxhexOYGVDX4DqIKtmrhxlUuquv6osn-_/s320/Z50_2393.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I don't know this flower, but I like it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ30PMK_8gwGlcBw2BGBGC1ubDDTNSNEGJ1q5TutIjzG236fIAEo4yCSvMcw5PjRD6t60wvOkO8sE_6DPMKzusmXeAOJvjQE57NCkc1vamMZnhO1J_Qhttlc-ewMhQ-XSYwNbmSnzweq48aEoEWC3HZkp8amaM1i4ZXfo58g3ynh9dv20XQYXz6sLQk84I/s5568/Z50_2398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ30PMK_8gwGlcBw2BGBGC1ubDDTNSNEGJ1q5TutIjzG236fIAEo4yCSvMcw5PjRD6t60wvOkO8sE_6DPMKzusmXeAOJvjQE57NCkc1vamMZnhO1J_Qhttlc-ewMhQ-XSYwNbmSnzweq48aEoEWC3HZkp8amaM1i4ZXfo58g3ynh9dv20XQYXz6sLQk84I/s320/Z50_2398.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A Yellow footed gull<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9kpn0K29LTeCGY9-cAjtCxxkGueOi2r8RdBUHzjOUlTvWVENCXRhpl8MMELXL3M2NgrCX9vX2PnEJdVTE7LqXSx2Q4AisPkukLpVI7ADZ5xoTYU3tTdZ12iesY1XqfrYUssbt_bwijDmnVujFLrIC31Kt45oXmRbwNBdSKdyEJmm-VQictJJG8owaoLD/s5568/Z50_2474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi9kpn0K29LTeCGY9-cAjtCxxkGueOi2r8RdBUHzjOUlTvWVENCXRhpl8MMELXL3M2NgrCX9vX2PnEJdVTE7LqXSx2Q4AisPkukLpVI7ADZ5xoTYU3tTdZ12iesY1XqfrYUssbt_bwijDmnVujFLrIC31Kt45oXmRbwNBdSKdyEJmm-VQictJJG8owaoLD/s320/Z50_2474.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We went to Isla San Jose for the first day<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_OLZM14uc71jj61OhvPsh1SvWrP8vGmU-4gKz_ilMEWvEc9GcK1BwYZ-GIRmxJiUFNu9sN8-n4rq9wqxHJQJhV5-Md_O7QW62qbiGPLitNATMUc1TT-Za3Lbm1bEJse2dazYX88XWSGCLqrUg7ZqpqnenqlphSlXA4Y_ySeWgHJ979UZAFGirLdfsDol/s5568/Z50_2710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ_OLZM14uc71jj61OhvPsh1SvWrP8vGmU-4gKz_ilMEWvEc9GcK1BwYZ-GIRmxJiUFNu9sN8-n4rq9wqxHJQJhV5-Md_O7QW62qbiGPLitNATMUc1TT-Za3Lbm1bEJse2dazYX88XWSGCLqrUg7ZqpqnenqlphSlXA4Y_ySeWgHJ979UZAFGirLdfsDol/s320/Z50_2710.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and then Agua Verde for the second, and I got a nice Cardon Cactus, then in the small town there was a turkey<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKX3J8Iv1oamLqujaEsKIwCuDEkbRQZQJ7BwaiArT3jHJXobsotlbMoAqNmY-bZc4TNOmhZhOIhNLOj8q34PefV2T1euMimgH4pBSqE8ENxo2lXZUTSCzBAYbSxC3kKtMBzm6JBezMFYwIZKHk-lrQJJyQIklfErAAWQfaSOT_XOs8t0rofXd17BB8DHDu/s5568/Z50_2747.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. I've seen them before with binoculars and this was the first time I got a photo of those moons<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyuSfLMnYrIfH_RJvhKC0wlrpxEYWjmeUq9udto8_JSGqzpb4WlsB6W5QG4HS85wDA-nWRMtojPjGNf3ivDim0bUS1F5Pe04YlZOVD1nfPdgk5XPTO1_GKpR1K-LShFlkANCvc9ATiIu78Pn4z3T5x4mESjDseydc2_Y92ff6hYs4cBkKKwTl412vDCBW/s5568/Z50_3488.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyuSfLMnYrIfH_RJvhKC0wlrpxEYWjmeUq9udto8_JSGqzpb4WlsB6W5QG4HS85wDA-nWRMtojPjGNf3ivDim0bUS1F5Pe04YlZOVD1nfPdgk5XPTO1_GKpR1K-LShFlkANCvc9ATiIu78Pn4z3T5x4mESjDseydc2_Y92ff6hYs4cBkKKwTl412vDCBW/s320/Z50_3488.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The next morning I got a nice shot of the moon<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUvQkPDK3lalKuMAM2DKRHEUNQNnGaopgjApMSdFC14MD2NtVrfq_hqIKtgsyZiTFeAibsX966sIJ9t1ed591iKmEPH3wSKweA-a2qUR1Bnjt1FygEJoTwInqv92Np2DiX23kohwdPFii3_9VFDTN1l_fhEgL3RlRkQlx1zKWWiheG7KMWBL5tIBMT9NYQ/s5568/Z50_3489.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_oNY_OVRqWRtkltc5K6c3yIbbzgYhuUpKTUBQNSWrAfyKebHuE4KHeEh8aHWIC37y3FNPjHRW52irQDwyvxrB_SDdWrLEsnti-kmBbc-ToIT2fk41Q53LCEBrv14vRYa71zbLunOXC7l3PyuCZRxxFej3d0VpypPJLbV4o5JqCYi9bSKED2j5jbI_yWGt/s320/Z50_3565.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A shell<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan2TXGaUZHP73WzFBQiHKsNYRzwSuVrwuTh7XhI3QOMtsOdbAWnVmGyjCXEdrgQfVxoZd77Lh2TcmrMZvO_wl8bFCp7j56ShATTIbEzaQb1SEWMGsr5QSIoF68E3PdpcxCMO-fOBqJyNng-Jbu4sZipn8hpnf7eO3Kt88yfQbLVQ6t_tju8lrxvmaybS0/s5568/Z50_3598.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan2TXGaUZHP73WzFBQiHKsNYRzwSuVrwuTh7XhI3QOMtsOdbAWnVmGyjCXEdrgQfVxoZd77Lh2TcmrMZvO_wl8bFCp7j56ShATTIbEzaQb1SEWMGsr5QSIoF68E3PdpcxCMO-fOBqJyNng-Jbu4sZipn8hpnf7eO3Kt88yfQbLVQ6t_tju8lrxvmaybS0/s320/Z50_3598.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A view from the hill on Isla San Francisco. It was super windy and fun to be on the hill<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_-Y95uvdgwDSXC0N9fEOCLklEL908EShDBhZW3kW7GPc8T2YoY-wQsow_OW_c22P8hEq3OxILrqAM7fittvDNdUE19-w1HUnAVkB7wWbOIenD-EKCWhg1GzVx44zZ1Cs8CUI8u1mnsKEtPZpmzaM3MDh4uE7qlOpidLHszR0WmK0nTXn5tCgLWZVEbvM/s5568/Z50_3614.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw_-Y95uvdgwDSXC0N9fEOCLklEL908EShDBhZW3kW7GPc8T2YoY-wQsow_OW_c22P8hEq3OxILrqAM7fittvDNdUE19-w1HUnAVkB7wWbOIenD-EKCWhg1GzVx44zZ1Cs8CUI8u1mnsKEtPZpmzaM3MDh4uE7qlOpidLHszR0WmK0nTXn5tCgLWZVEbvM/s320/Z50_3614.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here's the ship from a nice height<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidC8vy9OCYyx-n8p7Ip7qyFRmZf2iotpA0jz8mkXmVP8D3Ud_RZhw6qiD8uAlaFmPBiggkg4jpKVV3VRt_VG7BqgF5KF4et90cmD8jVqEK_36G2Xqke-8OSFe1UkkMM2NWAXyNtwBZqdo9pcXNg8e4vALxvKUeqE_Ff6TAwYb-FzOL2YrB3JQPFyvTuAw/s5568/Z50_3632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidC8vy9OCYyx-n8p7Ip7qyFRmZf2iotpA0jz8mkXmVP8D3Ud_RZhw6qiD8uAlaFmPBiggkg4jpKVV3VRt_VG7BqgF5KF4et90cmD8jVqEK_36G2Xqke-8OSFe1UkkMM2NWAXyNtwBZqdo9pcXNg8e4vALxvKUeqE_Ff6TAwYb-FzOL2YrB3JQPFyvTuAw/s320/Z50_3632.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a shrike!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI36KCETC8g8wbu1bMTn3OpHFaFkb9B269P11D1o2ooBLNyh4N3w-zZN2DGhLWxJ4_m3rANhsMUM-KokM1qgmY7GSe__2uGUMAWIc0HpMGRIbvXY9roCMD_y8bC9U1w2mpMuO8JBFJaXBYTbCEfqFLFwosuChJ9yo9uEPoDkzVsZhJxMtFE2qWmqI_sH8/s5568/Z50_3653.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicI36KCETC8g8wbu1bMTn3OpHFaFkb9B269P11D1o2ooBLNyh4N3w-zZN2DGhLWxJ4_m3rANhsMUM-KokM1qgmY7GSe__2uGUMAWIc0HpMGRIbvXY9roCMD_y8bC9U1w2mpMuO8JBFJaXBYTbCEfqFLFwosuChJ9yo9uEPoDkzVsZhJxMtFE2qWmqI_sH8/s320/Z50_3653.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Whoa, this was a lot of photos, and it was a great week. I'm excited to get to La Paz and see if Aquila is still sitting pretty, and maybe go over and check on her. And begin another week.<p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-15541242891360139262024-01-18T05:42:00.000-08:002024-01-18T05:42:19.636-08:00Across the Narrow Sea<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf0nZ4t8AdQdZqY14RlYsF-Jw1DEczbcQThFJQlLTWNiNVyj0sQBJQfV2y_ibpUWs__Qq6MyVLNpjol-SRmoClbVpePXtkuhRhj2VlF_R-2lewRpLfN23yzMG3EHSo_Otu6-0CL19e3kOEcTEu9L12A9GcEC6o-6JDRrfiy8K706P4a6BdjQC8ErCMS0a/s5568/Z50_2083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbf0nZ4t8AdQdZqY14RlYsF-Jw1DEczbcQThFJQlLTWNiNVyj0sQBJQfV2y_ibpUWs__Qq6MyVLNpjol-SRmoClbVpePXtkuhRhj2VlF_R-2lewRpLfN23yzMG3EHSo_Otu6-0CL19e3kOEcTEu9L12A9GcEC6o-6JDRrfiy8K706P4a6BdjQC8ErCMS0a/s320/Z50_2083.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I sailed from Vallarta over to La Paz, in Baja. The beginning of the trip, of course, was exciting, but I don't have any pictures because my hands were wet with salt water and I didn't want to use my camera. So I shall have to describe it instead. I had a friend aboard (Jonny), and we left from Punta Mita at Midnight, and motored and sailed up to an island called Maria Cleofa. Its not a normal stop for folks, but I decided to check if there was a patrol around and discovered there was not. The swell wasn't big, but I got three nice surf sessions in, and a few really good waves. It was neat, after the New Years swell, to have another good set of waves. <p></p><p>After a night there, and a morning of surf, we left at noon, and began sailing west. The winds were from the Northwest and the north, and we were able to make 7 knots in the northwest direction, close to the mark, for quite a while, but the sea state was building. As the waves got bigger, we were forced to slow down, to reduce sail, and still we were smashing into the waves with awful (monster truck) force. It was not good for my psyche. I couldn't find any sleep during these two days, and sadly my stomach was not happy with it either. Once the sea state is bigger than 8 ft and we're going upwind, I get a bit unhappy. I didn't heave, but eventually we changed course to "heave to" for a bit to get some rest. </p><p>So we went from the full main and the big jib to the first reef, then the second reef, then the full ballast tank, then the small jib, then the third reef. The only thing we could have done more is to take down the small jib (the staysail), and in fact, God took it down for us. I am actually quite familiar with the process of putting up sails and having God take them down. In this case, the top of the sail is connected to a "halyard lock" by a length of strong line, but it was rubbing against the halyard lock case, and it parted. So, I went up the mast (in god-awful seas) to collect the halyard and re-attach the sail and have a staysail again. The sail went into the ocean and under the boat (of course) and we had to fight a bit to get it aboard again. I'm not exactly sure if I could have done it alone, but I might have tried to change course so it wasn't under the boat... I'm not sure.</p><p>So we got that sail back up and under control, and then just waited for the winds to come down. </p><p>The Northerly winds usually take about a day and a half to get tired, and then its sloppy waves for a little while, but we turned on the motor and drove the boat up about 60 miles to Bahia Frailes, where we saw a bunch of whales and hiked up the hill.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYCmRHtbeojaMsrESnkE5bVT22Khn3hHwNlUEcxJYQNg-2AuWdki6tZFngD45MKOv95Ot2TnuC0wLOBxgrZqeWih_r9P4STTIx0-FOzTvboOad85EXtv0b2dBOfpluY40B9hblo7q9GgHJpt5K30hwhJWuSYjGU0qr2PMr-XswN-aPfO7YrXmxzt_vg-5/s5568/Z50_2084.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYCmRHtbeojaMsrESnkE5bVT22Khn3hHwNlUEcxJYQNg-2AuWdki6tZFngD45MKOv95Ot2TnuC0wLOBxgrZqeWih_r9P4STTIx0-FOzTvboOad85EXtv0b2dBOfpluY40B9hblo7q9GgHJpt5K30hwhJWuSYjGU0qr2PMr-XswN-aPfO7YrXmxzt_vg-5/s320/Z50_2084.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This cactus is the first Cardon cactus I ever saw, when I came down in 2010 with Danny and then dropped him off in Cabo and began moving north. I stopped in Frailes and did this exact same hike, so I was happy to see this one again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmKHJsq-7CkT5laHcs4t5B8eWirSktDaodwseiaS3MKnwr6SSheVWkdUmAMgt_RQwU-4c1KBpnLtySz0tyfqSmJ_jC5EbvXHbpqChcbAvWEKqo3bHoDLKLMDqn5j8L1zoolIVPfX-HgilDQvRVk2SUvMYyIbHkF57k1939AcZxXTg_FiN7UeT5c5S8azZ/s5568/Z50_2094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEmKHJsq-7CkT5laHcs4t5B8eWirSktDaodwseiaS3MKnwr6SSheVWkdUmAMgt_RQwU-4c1KBpnLtySz0tyfqSmJ_jC5EbvXHbpqChcbAvWEKqo3bHoDLKLMDqn5j8L1zoolIVPfX-HgilDQvRVk2SUvMYyIbHkF57k1939AcZxXTg_FiN7UeT5c5S8azZ/s320/Z50_2094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The other cacti all look so cool with the spikes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U3d2oUCMV66dRtKkH_-gkHABvoy_0G6e-CWREK66-hs9T3K20LVqHdGLyFFIMUhwEp8RdaU4iVzpCwi13WF2kl_kiMMxuaFjqqVbZjOcAS2WgzgfIlwPzh_iZLY5bnaw0-jVb9pkzQhbXUPOQQafBv80fpxufWkN2jcloZCdclwUs8Lg4KKmFpyYDjPt/s5568/Z50_2097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1U3d2oUCMV66dRtKkH_-gkHABvoy_0G6e-CWREK66-hs9T3K20LVqHdGLyFFIMUhwEp8RdaU4iVzpCwi13WF2kl_kiMMxuaFjqqVbZjOcAS2WgzgfIlwPzh_iZLY5bnaw0-jVb9pkzQhbXUPOQQafBv80fpxufWkN2jcloZCdclwUs8Lg4KKmFpyYDjPt/s320/Z50_2097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And here's a flycatcher with a fly<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVPvliBbshSM19hDcbaMM6fGtqVzUK7fvCoGRzLz1ANaN_YOCGlGQ-Kyb_4SjZX2XFojZqCKkJgeJ7qcvsLVrwPUUByi_v8IzzpDWgl6EE-rhHsszL0Y41ij8pUdUfkzYLB7gRULM2zGEnmlzOcl7u5FzpjcZRwyXHBdtgkAwfLiXAk-jIERZs4IziCW-/s5568/Z50_2109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVPvliBbshSM19hDcbaMM6fGtqVzUK7fvCoGRzLz1ANaN_YOCGlGQ-Kyb_4SjZX2XFojZqCKkJgeJ7qcvsLVrwPUUByi_v8IzzpDWgl6EE-rhHsszL0Y41ij8pUdUfkzYLB7gRULM2zGEnmlzOcl7u5FzpjcZRwyXHBdtgkAwfLiXAk-jIERZs4IziCW-/s320/Z50_2109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a Red-Tailed Hawk that was circling over us as we climbed. Look at the sharp hook bill!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57zPI4Kxq_7VJ25_TE5KmzB-11LFuCL_r_txeEsVMEwraQLepwl5EjNaapo6fImgHURsbuT6qtE0raffxigmqb8la8WGCuBSVGq8HwQzW4s-j9TjEO7LjWF-mBsAFjh4b32R72-gduatRqDDrUltR8_Jg-UExy_44_Lq4LcP4ByjnkyCdRAxUZFswYuA8/s5568/Z50_2131.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57zPI4Kxq_7VJ25_TE5KmzB-11LFuCL_r_txeEsVMEwraQLepwl5EjNaapo6fImgHURsbuT6qtE0raffxigmqb8la8WGCuBSVGq8HwQzW4s-j9TjEO7LjWF-mBsAFjh4b32R72-gduatRqDDrUltR8_Jg-UExy_44_Lq4LcP4ByjnkyCdRAxUZFswYuA8/s320/Z50_2131.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>This is a canyon wren, I think.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbRE-9VpgsD6PauyuRwpAxng9cocN2KMWB1ggM0uKaY4HIX1VQ16vqC9I9-Gzsqtlw0aC1qyNYcRR-Z3TB5DJqLpfb4P5c93WE7XDBOz8V0v_G4QsXirgUDlMsNs48tHUPsiCZTPqhAGciIVFkrm2_tE_8Ad8jd-PjSBsOuQ-req1eJSZPXapPXoyTWad/s5568/Z50_2153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbRE-9VpgsD6PauyuRwpAxng9cocN2KMWB1ggM0uKaY4HIX1VQ16vqC9I9-Gzsqtlw0aC1qyNYcRR-Z3TB5DJqLpfb4P5c93WE7XDBOz8V0v_G4QsXirgUDlMsNs48tHUPsiCZTPqhAGciIVFkrm2_tE_8Ad8jd-PjSBsOuQ-req1eJSZPXapPXoyTWad/s320/Z50_2153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a big wasp. Or hornet? What is the difference?<p></p><p>So after a nice night's sleep, it was very calm and we motored up to Isla Cerralvo and went for a look around. At this point we were running low on fuel, since Aquila isn't great at motoring long distances, and it was going to be windy and wavy from the north again, so I decided to wait a day at Cerralvo before sailing again. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWFy5V39Qjz3Cvi8BLjN7WVqasEsWf1XUgjxM_vMedm32BWXhrR60peGAhF0F96ASACZAhbFhfEPjnZM9PwrCo2tfciOkvRrsfgsqsdKgtPBHYgvKZOZVMGQKUKANxxhM_yfOhhwwclIXEAxcF2uh_XqIQYkeVZbEn23XZibovS1H3q1dAvx4U6qSO-pt/s5568/Z50_2164.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWFy5V39Qjz3Cvi8BLjN7WVqasEsWf1XUgjxM_vMedm32BWXhrR60peGAhF0F96ASACZAhbFhfEPjnZM9PwrCo2tfciOkvRrsfgsqsdKgtPBHYgvKZOZVMGQKUKANxxhM_yfOhhwwclIXEAxcF2uh_XqIQYkeVZbEn23XZibovS1H3q1dAvx4U6qSO-pt/s320/Z50_2164.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We did a bit of a hike around and found these nice blue flowers<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppBRpiCJVmtLYLCnSeCJB02xOZLD-4q961UPlr2ZthGcerW80vGqE3iJsAZt95DrFQkUGO7C-XMFvlW2KEvsgDlGsJf5f-QBAvhYvlMbq7MovAMw1XlCx6PdyxAKm5S9cWjkjUOBetRsFBazpdqOuj57MYSQujearpeMB619SEAa-L8rGIcbSY0UZsu9K/s5568/Z50_2175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppBRpiCJVmtLYLCnSeCJB02xOZLD-4q961UPlr2ZthGcerW80vGqE3iJsAZt95DrFQkUGO7C-XMFvlW2KEvsgDlGsJf5f-QBAvhYvlMbq7MovAMw1XlCx6PdyxAKm5S9cWjkjUOBetRsFBazpdqOuj57MYSQujearpeMB619SEAa-L8rGIcbSY0UZsu9K/s320/Z50_2175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And this hummingbird. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrqEfDp20jS4GlGDVbdOjnzq1tKyIPsh8U_c6HX99WaK5OzEx_TGDKsl2-Rxi3iyK6w5eDunct4Zqqg00daPZqrZp60W4uykx4CQkIOCv5S6EY7dgXSLVSaT47aNOmsMTiCwK8L4sS1jkBCwuc7ymNqo8KIq_ncB3ZGbWiVPGEl0VmBuTitTjzHWKUvnX/s5568/Z50_2180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPrqEfDp20jS4GlGDVbdOjnzq1tKyIPsh8U_c6HX99WaK5OzEx_TGDKsl2-Rxi3iyK6w5eDunct4Zqqg00daPZqrZp60W4uykx4CQkIOCv5S6EY7dgXSLVSaT47aNOmsMTiCwK8L4sS1jkBCwuc7ymNqo8KIq_ncB3ZGbWiVPGEl0VmBuTitTjzHWKUvnX/s320/Z50_2180.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then we sailed up to Espiritu Santu Island. We anchored in the Southeast side and went ashore for a hike in the afternoon. The sandy beaches are so nice!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAudrT1XWm_khGBZECoIg6vTD813RMmddTY1jW1FaaiqYBtqPVwlwkwAVqQzt4Gdutu8p5_Mvbbx_Dl7Anpp2-dKSSJIlpRfAPuxjeCwCK-R8cMfTyOYzpEcDuxu3Z2IgHPccicF3IG8-mh8LzoT2HU_li_pFeMIuNV9e-7-IeVmzGCg8yBr8iikIhgSb/s5568/Z50_2188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAudrT1XWm_khGBZECoIg6vTD813RMmddTY1jW1FaaiqYBtqPVwlwkwAVqQzt4Gdutu8p5_Mvbbx_Dl7Anpp2-dKSSJIlpRfAPuxjeCwCK-R8cMfTyOYzpEcDuxu3Z2IgHPccicF3IG8-mh8LzoT2HU_li_pFeMIuNV9e-7-IeVmzGCg8yBr8iikIhgSb/s320/Z50_2188.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Aquila out in the shallow waters near Playa Bonanza<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYYuMMj5hkPAlwE1KUIt9_FZ-Nx11wB4AQMHE379_MnXybPIH9DRSffO98C8OqcqMjcVAvJTwE3SZORdhrqPBBiKF6XKZtXbUvruVddJMf1Im9ht9Vw-mD2PLPOpEVzhjpqbSAl6KU-Id_rwA6-6_pnGNrbYFH0swZ6EKo8Tk0CmH1tzkjF1AkDiGCppA/s5568/Z50_2207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYYuMMj5hkPAlwE1KUIt9_FZ-Nx11wB4AQMHE379_MnXybPIH9DRSffO98C8OqcqMjcVAvJTwE3SZORdhrqPBBiKF6XKZtXbUvruVddJMf1Im9ht9Vw-mD2PLPOpEVzhjpqbSAl6KU-Id_rwA6-6_pnGNrbYFH0swZ6EKo8Tk0CmH1tzkjF1AkDiGCppA/s320/Z50_2207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We climbed up to the top of a hill, which was very steep, but awesome, and the view was great. To the south we could see the entire playa Bonanza.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwPdV1vdA7kvbfzSyHcUWgfPaPL30_t4jbLieYTuMkqQdFhNiAA_c7jcsVerDrciKXzuWMgNeSnp0XqpNY3HIA4UBYKfNcXOz_MhdNxpJZQGxJamy89ZyvZvSWnjc6PQDyVlw22MfJgPqWpLRQqH2HhOWPW-avVDxvu-hO_YmVPVnjQcZjaGM5IgVpfgs/s5568/Z50_2221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhwPdV1vdA7kvbfzSyHcUWgfPaPL30_t4jbLieYTuMkqQdFhNiAA_c7jcsVerDrciKXzuWMgNeSnp0XqpNY3HIA4UBYKfNcXOz_MhdNxpJZQGxJamy89ZyvZvSWnjc6PQDyVlw22MfJgPqWpLRQqH2HhOWPW-avVDxvu-hO_YmVPVnjQcZjaGM5IgVpfgs/s320/Z50_2221.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And to the north we could see a lagoon. This is the spot that I first met Corey, who is the guy I see a lot on a boat in Punta Mita. Anyway, I'd never seen this lagoon full of water. I think it must have been filled up by the hurricane, back in October. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JuLtb7abHIT-CD5WNw6b0wUNgCLtdqEU_SMYuBxC5O7rLEoVienrHoYRM4LAXHgG05PVfd0bT9BJOu2qfEw4y2WXbYzGJIs-P0NRsZorNzKKxR4eB3QAuSLHkkDy7bFRwc8Tm1-q_LKUMm-CqTMGAiJdWMroGsntbJhu-Z1HoKT2vjQrpsx7FqQ3PRak/s5568/Z50_2252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2JuLtb7abHIT-CD5WNw6b0wUNgCLtdqEU_SMYuBxC5O7rLEoVienrHoYRM4LAXHgG05PVfd0bT9BJOu2qfEw4y2WXbYzGJIs-P0NRsZorNzKKxR4eB3QAuSLHkkDy7bFRwc8Tm1-q_LKUMm-CqTMGAiJdWMroGsntbJhu-Z1HoKT2vjQrpsx7FqQ3PRak/s320/Z50_2252.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>On our way down we found some vultures having a discussion on a cactus. <p></p><p>The next day we headed up and around Espiritu Santu and then down to La Paz. The hurricane that came through beat up La Paz a lot and there are a lot of destroyed boats all over. I had to search for a while to find a spot to put Aquila, but I think I found a good spot finally. The Safari Voyager was here, having arrived a few hours earlier. I went over to say hi and now I'm aboard and working. </p><p>So I'll be checking on Aquila on saturdays and doing Uncruise trips up in the gulf of California for the next 6 weeks. </p><p> </p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-23307877317148043062024-01-01T13:07:00.000-08:002024-01-01T13:07:47.051-08:00New Years<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp58jl5Y1tRKr0M_WMXKvprI_ulKTpjiwlCUI0EilRcetMJ67MQKI683N-YGGBvxU-TniroLIcqxgRRDs7tKnV5nV-d-1cAvUbOSgJM6LjsbzSFBNQEYQXTcQU5zMoLDpuRndst7zmJGS0XRthg7JsBuBt4VoqmZszRKoSvmirRBWIPI7DtM7GISRmu_Ev/s2431/IMG_8857.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2431" data-original-width="1838" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp58jl5Y1tRKr0M_WMXKvprI_ulKTpjiwlCUI0EilRcetMJ67MQKI683N-YGGBvxU-TniroLIcqxgRRDs7tKnV5nV-d-1cAvUbOSgJM6LjsbzSFBNQEYQXTcQU5zMoLDpuRndst7zmJGS0XRthg7JsBuBt4VoqmZszRKoSvmirRBWIPI7DtM7GISRmu_Ev/s320/IMG_8857.jpeg" width="242" /></a></div>Happy New Years! I got a few photos from the race I did a few weeks ago, and I thought I'd share. The above one is me on the spreaders as I was getting ready for the race, I saw the camera and went for the sky...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh-7OPHrvBs3W7zwdc4zdm0X-_ISHyQKAwTu6d-9zddG-neyEQHefA1Sce9akjH9P_1nmHRViayctNM0gCXRrGXOKzRyet-36XM-6aFekBpAZIRA3QApayNtBQg347EfwcbCKPb1rQaO65m5Y8oWNsOpiRmkapwDmSD0QN_y-6Q-TVQWr3Z0OVNOSz_tI/s3008/IMG_9092.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3008" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh-7OPHrvBs3W7zwdc4zdm0X-_ISHyQKAwTu6d-9zddG-neyEQHefA1Sce9akjH9P_1nmHRViayctNM0gCXRrGXOKzRyet-36XM-6aFekBpAZIRA3QApayNtBQg347EfwcbCKPb1rQaO65m5Y8oWNsOpiRmkapwDmSD0QN_y-6Q-TVQWr3Z0OVNOSz_tI/s320/IMG_9092.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>This was the first race in a series, and I did two of those races. This was my most favored one, since it had a lot of reaching, but in light air I am not as fast as some of the other boats. Still, its neat to see the spinnakers<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFRSI0ZAWXjdMbKFNYurTX3juRcY06mfo8fMRcEo2hcdIKt6qpZFLOwq8raJPiWa3t3LYpeTyWskD0D7RsSc6A9MPpEtnrtpp0GvrAwfe_abG3xwMM5qHi6j-BB9NOI6f_kHUMmGgsVvXshyphenhyphenBv_wTdyuH4l8khw7mEHFHNu8BphgBZzcJtE0HST8arDs0/s3008/IMG_9093.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="3008" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFRSI0ZAWXjdMbKFNYurTX3juRcY06mfo8fMRcEo2hcdIKt6qpZFLOwq8raJPiWa3t3LYpeTyWskD0D7RsSc6A9MPpEtnrtpp0GvrAwfe_abG3xwMM5qHi6j-BB9NOI6f_kHUMmGgsVvXshyphenhyphenBv_wTdyuH4l8khw7mEHFHNu8BphgBZzcJtE0HST8arDs0/s320/IMG_9093.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>And here I have a line in the water...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGLRc_rpNmAAhFn3Bk1zYTS2BZhSguzeMs8sMN5WQxQVLesaXebIaaOfjyAasNYp1sPBGQouBlaJlp-clbOeW_01b1teocje-v7S3m8Jhz2398Dj7eV9Hmr9QqUL0ifggrr3eVrxbAWhwTH8Pc6zuLcCXWeGzQgsSUzO1SdyHL77Sml6R7Ix-QIjLEU4z/s3008/IMG_9097.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGLRc_rpNmAAhFn3Bk1zYTS2BZhSguzeMs8sMN5WQxQVLesaXebIaaOfjyAasNYp1sPBGQouBlaJlp-clbOeW_01b1teocje-v7S3m8Jhz2398Dj7eV9Hmr9QqUL0ifggrr3eVrxbAWhwTH8Pc6zuLcCXWeGzQgsSUzO1SdyHL77Sml6R7Ix-QIjLEU4z/s320/IMG_9097.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>As usual, I am slow on my starts and have to catch up, but I was able to overtake the slower crowd, but not the fast racers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAZXbrdNxnWNhF6K1jPkwjIEa6bjy_tSoFT5n9G8VSaKuFEGKgbMyU1ybcMxT6d3kX8eREyoO4f4-WUZ_tu8u6dbU2zzVmiC3SAzwbUC1RelZJIc5mcMQe28xLZnY8xxV0YsRu_T19uJlCtIHjhbUUlt9DvnU3v_uY1n7a_JJBzF46EPsRaZGxMG4t7w3/s2903/IMG_9101.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2903" data-original-width="1930" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAZXbrdNxnWNhF6K1jPkwjIEa6bjy_tSoFT5n9G8VSaKuFEGKgbMyU1ybcMxT6d3kX8eREyoO4f4-WUZ_tu8u6dbU2zzVmiC3SAzwbUC1RelZJIc5mcMQe28xLZnY8xxV0YsRu_T19uJlCtIHjhbUUlt9DvnU3v_uY1n7a_JJBzF46EPsRaZGxMG4t7w3/s320/IMG_9101.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>So here's a Santa Cruz 50 ahead of me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o5bdHZM7Yty-zMflFZaM7gNSaPRlOjjjKEeE1t6EJYT1DVCfJMELgc-gqouG_69RTamymDB5GJ5p7z7a91Y82TSx3hOSoIfuOuYc-uHEBh4KI4PahUa2viqb6uFuXZLUOeO5wqdnUqbboyWWIW1zr6j90tB6WP1Bjbdf6t6AL-dL6v-z_b3sRtek1fbZ/s2720/IMG_9106.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="1808" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-o5bdHZM7Yty-zMflFZaM7gNSaPRlOjjjKEeE1t6EJYT1DVCfJMELgc-gqouG_69RTamymDB5GJ5p7z7a91Y82TSx3hOSoIfuOuYc-uHEBh4KI4PahUa2viqb6uFuXZLUOeO5wqdnUqbboyWWIW1zr6j90tB6WP1Bjbdf6t6AL-dL6v-z_b3sRtek1fbZ/s320/IMG_9106.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div>And I like this picture.<p></p><p>In addition... I've been surfing a fair bit this year, and the waves have been pretty good. This was taken today by a friend at a spot near La Cruz. I think this is my favorite spot in the area, but it doesn't break very often. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSOw8cYcUcasbsRhRT-2rEJUOA2DAF6-0Pfy7xrMVORwdGrWZeihyCmBFi_q33kIphzeId8CEEZ-MCnwUDa5r7bdB9H1gCWggX955j4YYCjcAfoJqh4UpQPM3K2_vTJKDcxy84bWjIyHzaHVQ10k8VFvcGjrNfT7y8Ss__HrvLbBjIZZBRgJOpmpjdCZ_/s761/IMG-20240101-WA0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="761" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSOw8cYcUcasbsRhRT-2rEJUOA2DAF6-0Pfy7xrMVORwdGrWZeihyCmBFi_q33kIphzeId8CEEZ-MCnwUDa5r7bdB9H1gCWggX955j4YYCjcAfoJqh4UpQPM3K2_vTJKDcxy84bWjIyHzaHVQ10k8VFvcGjrNfT7y8Ss__HrvLbBjIZZBRgJOpmpjdCZ_/s320/IMG-20240101-WA0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I came here yesterday all day and it was really fun, and had a great big fun wave to end 2023. But this morning early, before anybody was up, I got out and caught a wave in the crumbling darkness that was so smooth and perfect, and huge. A bit bigger than this one pictured. It was a great way to start the year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSVjFeNDech-b_ApN8_c0RZH3QV49yF-zJrdfxY1PMZr5MFAzXIpu3fSyYTDEzJHA6NU0Wsu1gdozaaWii9nQXplHcbD1u16ihVYYKvyZLkin2T-LpZqX2zQdeAue6VGuJleC6iFvzMZ96Gz8CcHDl_Ah6O7rZY1I3DLJfamsS3Zo7OeT1nPhEU6p6Ili/s902/IMG-20240101-WA0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="902" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSVjFeNDech-b_ApN8_c0RZH3QV49yF-zJrdfxY1PMZr5MFAzXIpu3fSyYTDEzJHA6NU0Wsu1gdozaaWii9nQXplHcbD1u16ihVYYKvyZLkin2T-LpZqX2zQdeAue6VGuJleC6iFvzMZ96Gz8CcHDl_Ah6O7rZY1I3DLJfamsS3Zo7OeT1nPhEU6p6Ili/s320/IMG-20240101-WA0005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I also was out at El Faro, the wave I really like, about a week ago and a friend had a camera out and took this picture of me turning. The wave there is really strange, since it is very steep in the pocket and then not at all steep at the shoulder. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkg4DS-e89Voa88iGbuBr78LycMRQ3JKW30bu-1KQZirkSQ3ec4YMfvgjQx5tSHW23yQknJ7RPtrLGseiHm5YQc6KgTDCXbVAboi8E_fKOyOfQmTVirf5SMgpCIwgyDXrKvipAZHIzJf9TzW2PEKhn1FUN38cJyRb-B_BeD0UiHkCtidVP2MAB0MDizf1/s1600/IMG-20231226-WA0007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkg4DS-e89Voa88iGbuBr78LycMRQ3JKW30bu-1KQZirkSQ3ec4YMfvgjQx5tSHW23yQknJ7RPtrLGseiHm5YQc6KgTDCXbVAboi8E_fKOyOfQmTVirf5SMgpCIwgyDXrKvipAZHIzJf9TzW2PEKhn1FUN38cJyRb-B_BeD0UiHkCtidVP2MAB0MDizf1/s320/IMG-20231226-WA0007.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>Anyways, my surfing is improving and I'm also having a lot of fun. I will leave in a week to sail over to La Paz to go to work on the Safari Explorer, and then come back in March to surf some more and then go over to Socorro for the Eclipse in April. </p><p>A very exciting winter!<br /><br /><br /> </p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-64844619869527967592023-12-30T18:37:00.000-08:002023-12-30T18:37:35.071-08:00Cool video of a Chachalaca from Yelapa<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qUSuPTtuPM4" width="320" youtube-src-id="qUSuPTtuPM4"></iframe></div><br /> I saw this one while hiking up the river in Yelapa. It looks like a dinosaur!<p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-23748743328329000672023-12-18T19:10:00.000-08:002023-12-18T19:10:57.148-08:00Video of Blue Footed Boobies mating<p> https://youtu.be/Y-bgvZTdzAI</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y-bgvZTdzAI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Y-bgvZTdzAI"></iframe></div>This is from isla Isabel, and I've tried to get this shot before, but they don't do it very often. <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-28049312888880529892023-12-15T07:39:00.000-08:002023-12-15T07:39:43.545-08:00Trip to Yelapa and Isla Isabel<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEievEJdkVcx9mIeOnyHar5T2StQA155x7pYnCRZk5iim7d4H8g5RWox_Mi3Etoe0vBN5ilPGGb7JPBLkUHNfdJdqVNvEkpDeMTFy6kXlcWwXq7X6zEXz8pSXBYZgjAYYVtjNFO0lrhuq53vgaO0X6LOBiGpyPCas0XWL5I8feLlGLbjE2UNiwJrclxXDalX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEievEJdkVcx9mIeOnyHar5T2StQA155x7pYnCRZk5iim7d4H8g5RWox_Mi3Etoe0vBN5ilPGGb7JPBLkUHNfdJdqVNvEkpDeMTFy6kXlcWwXq7X6zEXz8pSXBYZgjAYYVtjNFO0lrhuq53vgaO0X6LOBiGpyPCas0XWL5I8feLlGLbjE2UNiwJrclxXDalX" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I recently had a friend down to visit, and we went out to Yelapa and out to Isla Isabel, which of course are the best places to go around here to look at nature. We saw a few whales, and there are babies on the way, in fact, as I write this, there is some singing coming through the hull. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTh4XTRNP_-ZTS4vE6LzrVDGE31pqEWWO8QBIpL0ZujXpA1ntFmC7jmELMppu5DJcIOLibnEmMOEsauXlAwSg2ImjXPAhrIS6bSCmblFRB-DIlrqzFt4jYYjq-_PuM14Db_0gLF_7USz6c93P1UB2QvX4tpe7jvKec6v9pxGclZfyebvwASw8K9XAPCocL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjTh4XTRNP_-ZTS4vE6LzrVDGE31pqEWWO8QBIpL0ZujXpA1ntFmC7jmELMppu5DJcIOLibnEmMOEsauXlAwSg2ImjXPAhrIS6bSCmblFRB-DIlrqzFt4jYYjq-_PuM14Db_0gLF_7USz6c93P1UB2QvX4tpe7jvKec6v9pxGclZfyebvwASw8K9XAPCocL" width="320" /></a></div>Sunset at Mita....<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So at Yelapa, I managed to see a bird I have always wanted to see, a Bittern. I'm not exactly sure of the species, but I am pretty sure its a bittern, based on the neck thickness. I've heard one before in the marshes near Olympia, but never seen one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzQWd0vVXhbRQTVSpQOPGg9zAoLEEUaMa6WQTY6PnfudMn2XeEu7PMSr2p2slX6btKS_Zs8nuQoxEgKodareReMbnVIMeEbcIRnFpjy9pDzViJF_5l9ZnvsWhutpSJaXZso01Si9hXdXJ75XxEA2oNqPk_NqwdYtzvhYZdm_KVmG5BpXLd7cJqQt80g90F" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzQWd0vVXhbRQTVSpQOPGg9zAoLEEUaMa6WQTY6PnfudMn2XeEu7PMSr2p2slX6btKS_Zs8nuQoxEgKodareReMbnVIMeEbcIRnFpjy9pDzViJF_5l9ZnvsWhutpSJaXZso01Si9hXdXJ75XxEA2oNqPk_NqwdYtzvhYZdm_KVmG5BpXLd7cJqQt80g90F" width="320" /></a></div>The river was running pretty high, but its still the tail end of rainy season, and since the water is still pretty warm there's been a bit of rain.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-CVD29D7nQ08u2kWGl3iSoWfQsvp4EVmEMdYhIEi-Sjuw_7AtofjU9GAS4vbcFAVI6pN3JaTxPQnXt9oHTUssb1jBvXLlaTi76WWq50stQVf7alkn0deI1ltQJ5mK_wiR8lUEY9dg7Rq8FyNCtLzZs0GtujqzgOmPAv5VhEafyu9gEj-DXQP0D05TlE8R" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-CVD29D7nQ08u2kWGl3iSoWfQsvp4EVmEMdYhIEi-Sjuw_7AtofjU9GAS4vbcFAVI6pN3JaTxPQnXt9oHTUssb1jBvXLlaTi76WWq50stQVf7alkn0deI1ltQJ5mK_wiR8lUEY9dg7Rq8FyNCtLzZs0GtujqzgOmPAv5VhEafyu9gEj-DXQP0D05TlE8R" width="320" /></a></div>Walking up the river is fantastic, and there were lots of butterflies along the way<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpG0mVBj5sUGEZOtNriYvD_OTc6fjPOyOQG7DzvDVR4dRWn1Y3rpuMTQ2rayjCQkGdUzJJS73Rp5T7ZbzhglVvltBeVk39NXjd3SyEI79TBqqphMHKgfTovTSOesz8EZ-pG1AFoO2qzmUpZTnfxsNI8mmvS-KzUsm3OhDesj4a2cT9NqJiYwLx5w4Oy1HV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpG0mVBj5sUGEZOtNriYvD_OTc6fjPOyOQG7DzvDVR4dRWn1Y3rpuMTQ2rayjCQkGdUzJJS73Rp5T7ZbzhglVvltBeVk39NXjd3SyEI79TBqqphMHKgfTovTSOesz8EZ-pG1AFoO2qzmUpZTnfxsNI8mmvS-KzUsm3OhDesj4a2cT9NqJiYwLx5w4Oy1HV" width="320" /></a></div>And a woodpecker! This one, a mexican kind that has a white bill, is always cool. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE4403x7mkN_gDVPuju0tsUH1F8qd72XE_ywHBOZaEFs2cJRzQH44O0DGWTz3DBRAZtiZ3pbKgz26z-C0SWmoDXINPVwTn4uYifDefCQlDzM9E2ZhX2XidzOfspw1IR0SBo_x-HNc-C_H987u_od-fH0siAQX-g4Xb44CXzLEya0o7rEKmlM9q4oTLXFk5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgE4403x7mkN_gDVPuju0tsUH1F8qd72XE_ywHBOZaEFs2cJRzQH44O0DGWTz3DBRAZtiZ3pbKgz26z-C0SWmoDXINPVwTn4uYifDefCQlDzM9E2ZhX2XidzOfspw1IR0SBo_x-HNc-C_H987u_od-fH0siAQX-g4Xb44CXzLEya0o7rEKmlM9q4oTLXFk5" width="320" /></a></div>And a Trogon. I like them, but they are usually pretty shy<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Q-1Me9cv3gX-DW9KhZ6c9cfaBlNakMmU4V0C0AU9oXrPWjglwqeVLeHRNUmyeqwi4b0-Ho7H4tPBI9bUD6ZrTQzfxcuk-a399YasWPBFUjotnsPboiVxPzVlQGjvGnazkGvT1qcZTtFuSJyI3oKsOijOxVHMSabMwSYQvtOVjA4uRcYFjJkhzETe3ZGi" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-Q-1Me9cv3gX-DW9KhZ6c9cfaBlNakMmU4V0C0AU9oXrPWjglwqeVLeHRNUmyeqwi4b0-Ho7H4tPBI9bUD6ZrTQzfxcuk-a399YasWPBFUjotnsPboiVxPzVlQGjvGnazkGvT1qcZTtFuSJyI3oKsOijOxVHMSabMwSYQvtOVjA4uRcYFjJkhzETe3ZGi" width="320" /></a></div>We also saw some Macaws, Military Macaws, having a bit of a squabble amongst themselves.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLUIOct8nPdnPvOmkZ3AqSduVyCYSdJ8OWofiOqKAolkgb6XRUDytUoERgctMH3ndTjw1NeuHFBWpQsvWsHBI20hLTIN7CFY55b2ZCXjoctWE42b4CIVD0gM-IqLg0b5N-LsyHvpPZl_i2656egU_lhZSPRMCec9c5vQmqIpmnG8sELbtXPJWANr7j66p3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLUIOct8nPdnPvOmkZ3AqSduVyCYSdJ8OWofiOqKAolkgb6XRUDytUoERgctMH3ndTjw1NeuHFBWpQsvWsHBI20hLTIN7CFY55b2ZCXjoctWE42b4CIVD0gM-IqLg0b5N-LsyHvpPZl_i2656egU_lhZSPRMCec9c5vQmqIpmnG8sELbtXPJWANr7j66p3" width="320" /></a></div>And some nice flowers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaNHTVQhKvZjEbKivEO4bLvUoQETVEhthng_JHxNRLD7l1uPK4AI6618GzIsUd-lqUNTm3W_wbi-L77zZbjcHEfF-6njQCl9vfPhLiKb7E3PdzsEhxZUJZSW5sdTNgVEfnH7x3xpBUJT6ZEdqceJScdSw6Nj-rxX_lPEOE8GH8Z3g2qSZQZNBoc4JpLC1a" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgaNHTVQhKvZjEbKivEO4bLvUoQETVEhthng_JHxNRLD7l1uPK4AI6618GzIsUd-lqUNTm3W_wbi-L77zZbjcHEfF-6njQCl9vfPhLiKb7E3PdzsEhxZUJZSW5sdTNgVEfnH7x3xpBUJT6ZEdqceJScdSw6Nj-rxX_lPEOE8GH8Z3g2qSZQZNBoc4JpLC1a" width="320" /></a></div>Also a green kingfisher<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoZrxB1FRJX5QC9RkCA9Ztx9y25jCuqzyM2RPU4UVhptHMgkL3dY_m_2NsOp6SRBfGFo7YPI8FRGUyOVsLbmg9HRrbKUXd2f4PNj_JzMMdNbHAxvJ7tOXah6UVDmm3IewLAz0VyrxRBz9sMBy5rjU-G-cJpbF67pVUkbo_JRBhr4sWenQOKMQiPoAn7QMX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoZrxB1FRJX5QC9RkCA9Ztx9y25jCuqzyM2RPU4UVhptHMgkL3dY_m_2NsOp6SRBfGFo7YPI8FRGUyOVsLbmg9HRrbKUXd2f4PNj_JzMMdNbHAxvJ7tOXah6UVDmm3IewLAz0VyrxRBz9sMBy5rjU-G-cJpbF67pVUkbo_JRBhr4sWenQOKMQiPoAn7QMX" width="320" /></a></div>And a Black Chachalaca. This is the first time I've seen one of this kind. Normally I see the brown ones, but this is really cool looking. Very Turkey-esque. I want one for Thanksgiving.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIlPfae3HUTYqMB9TdfZPSFVPzj_5GbctRE7y9Zos0nua7t5ETaV7_ghAtOY0QwN8Ykd6oCyxOrnqpe43hk4i4ySdjBto4d7QUK9EMNwQkOrA54jGdz8e_4SRnxne4Cmw7lBr8ePr4uklocnzF0GE3l_JoKNohAuX0okgcTklXiZoPULbUS5atEgEZO4OP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIlPfae3HUTYqMB9TdfZPSFVPzj_5GbctRE7y9Zos0nua7t5ETaV7_ghAtOY0QwN8Ykd6oCyxOrnqpe43hk4i4ySdjBto4d7QUK9EMNwQkOrA54jGdz8e_4SRnxne4Cmw7lBr8ePr4uklocnzF0GE3l_JoKNohAuX0okgcTklXiZoPULbUS5atEgEZO4OP" width="320" /></a></div>Anchored in Yelapa. My windlass failed, so I had to lift the anchor by hand and its a real pain in the back. Hopefully it will be fixed soon. I have it in the repair shop.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-qyrAGBeckzjjrbjfs68hYOLFPHGikgn-Rw0dPN6r6ZV9kjwkMTNK0Gsxlj2qD_LSaCiTrZx9d91y8MPNyEBulVx_SIf-aVh8bOD0gL6UtZeb5VumUREiyfWQ3hYh4H6WLzInInHp2NqEKfAulOwTUm6femHfFrfafNn_8SFzBb6TxfcscdbLNbm2aRGw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-qyrAGBeckzjjrbjfs68hYOLFPHGikgn-Rw0dPN6r6ZV9kjwkMTNK0Gsxlj2qD_LSaCiTrZx9d91y8MPNyEBulVx_SIf-aVh8bOD0gL6UtZeb5VumUREiyfWQ3hYh4H6WLzInInHp2NqEKfAulOwTUm6femHfFrfafNn_8SFzBb6TxfcscdbLNbm2aRGw" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After Yelapa, we went up to Isla Isabel, and found some cool birds up there. The Frigate Birds seem to be always nesting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_Xd45c1IePqBBQvypAivMmWzQ3R9LkydCgrmJ0SOZAQoSgnmk_JxJtkIHBuNJMUH4TTAppThphlMxttpfmKelIpqjE152sGsRiBWYkjbP6nPv1HUhC6eyq3XbOFXHPzRQC7RSzq3ljZNRgtm8bwytDJ8NTldkRfoUtz6zrbQcHMVkSfFMv6LZ145S22l/s5568/Z50_1575.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz_Xd45c1IePqBBQvypAivMmWzQ3R9LkydCgrmJ0SOZAQoSgnmk_JxJtkIHBuNJMUH4TTAppThphlMxttpfmKelIpqjE152sGsRiBWYkjbP6nPv1HUhC6eyq3XbOFXHPzRQC7RSzq3ljZNRgtm8bwytDJ8NTldkRfoUtz6zrbQcHMVkSfFMv6LZ145S22l/s320/Z50_1575.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Another Frigate, a young one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtnFOnownN8OHTQggXD9OTsxXOC36LN2ftuim6KpInI_pgdLa_ZS8o-Q2M1U1OSrvFcOEafmlSz_cY7uSyozxW35tNZhR2U56bhAwM-uaJbIOg0aety9h-Z2k0MgV7iaCMxUOc-sP1HFvpfrM8WcZC4mOn4BkrRJZvJLdi-AkXQAX9N6rGOouKIfCQuZA/s5568/Z50_1592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihtnFOnownN8OHTQggXD9OTsxXOC36LN2ftuim6KpInI_pgdLa_ZS8o-Q2M1U1OSrvFcOEafmlSz_cY7uSyozxW35tNZhR2U56bhAwM-uaJbIOg0aety9h-Z2k0MgV7iaCMxUOc-sP1HFvpfrM8WcZC4mOn4BkrRJZvJLdi-AkXQAX9N6rGOouKIfCQuZA/s320/Z50_1592.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And the blue-footed Boobies were getting started. They were doing a lot of dancing and trying to find mates, and we saw one actual mating.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxr6NUdhaxRnOmPjfwpsHkWX82aHDKTrFyD2Voe0s8Y4fey1YbjuVBW_7x7acLWCrQ4RZKryxtoLXzzF7ZssBpTbP_JeW3PfTdg4y3kCCYi8cZe9nDBHs07QKVgJW0kuuOgOBOBLYDXvJlEeeG0_-vXB7WkvNXHuQvXPy9zyljGvIgG0ju9Ty6X21f1pC/s5568/Z50_1599.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxr6NUdhaxRnOmPjfwpsHkWX82aHDKTrFyD2Voe0s8Y4fey1YbjuVBW_7x7acLWCrQ4RZKryxtoLXzzF7ZssBpTbP_JeW3PfTdg4y3kCCYi8cZe9nDBHs07QKVgJW0kuuOgOBOBLYDXvJlEeeG0_-vXB7WkvNXHuQvXPy9zyljGvIgG0ju9Ty6X21f1pC/s320/Z50_1599.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A view of frigates circling over an updraft.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcBMDK8UXCbMqgDTulQ9ZUbfwCO_ju9JD2UTyqTzgXZJzii6fkdkBda-xfV1ybEkgKsTcBuT_YLVZ357O7MlUqicWCxL5c_XdOmmz8t6hxI1fthyphenhyphenyE6rmq4XZOf2fUwEy0f9YC0FumLY6IJO0UsiZ53gcgDGVGLn9VxOiWi9EYnSdVYV2dMbYtBDmL7mP/s5568/Z50_1674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcBMDK8UXCbMqgDTulQ9ZUbfwCO_ju9JD2UTyqTzgXZJzii6fkdkBda-xfV1ybEkgKsTcBuT_YLVZ357O7MlUqicWCxL5c_XdOmmz8t6hxI1fthyphenhyphenyE6rmq4XZOf2fUwEy0f9YC0FumLY6IJO0UsiZ53gcgDGVGLn9VxOiWi9EYnSdVYV2dMbYtBDmL7mP/s320/Z50_1674.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here's a baby frigate eating out of a parent's crop. The baby was screaming louder and louder and finally, like all exasperated parents, the adult tried to find a way to silence the kid and food was the answer. At least temporarily. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunUozkaDo4O2ZytZ0xe3UCdrEsSMk6TUuMzZvxlonymohLdESxSIiTNKhre3fZQrhtHIjwh0_cy2chBuGA2AGcCPo2kkw4JL2exCaIwDj02QUM4dT5-zDywxwH6eAQax5GjFQacmf80w9Jj8lvR091USUdoE7EKzhSOlUrsgwtyTR00z0W2XtkDsgkVYU/s5568/Z50_1712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunUozkaDo4O2ZytZ0xe3UCdrEsSMk6TUuMzZvxlonymohLdESxSIiTNKhre3fZQrhtHIjwh0_cy2chBuGA2AGcCPo2kkw4JL2exCaIwDj02QUM4dT5-zDywxwH6eAQax5GjFQacmf80w9Jj8lvR091USUdoE7EKzhSOlUrsgwtyTR00z0W2XtkDsgkVYU/s320/Z50_1712.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A view of the brown booby, which has yellow feet. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GncFmh_i472_nFHljcoldvIvMI8Fe1gBOuHnGIqUWg35P2V4Wh3zSGnliVIC3eEYENJca9iL7xNbu0VNZkMo6h2V7u4CxwzupJ8fUDWWkLHZ3DCBvw4HJngbZW4FbigpOq6flQ6yPnTdl8kyme4cVuSIZsZoU5cMA5cuY1_r0vfZYPu1DZ1KqBA3j1zs/s5568/Z50_1719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPnibFaWaf68samrhXH4EgMGez3zzReXatoLO5wjDzLJl7qGOGp21Kj3OGy41nH5fEf2VBvoR4qX0J8kXbgjeQU6ls0u2HAYQbc7HSQ9ScyEqPQyGEMCbaI_5lilNTQ9hl2U_05QsCEg9svV9e7JCJjkm_tkvtFmrowAXX3-cAz6Ha7A3NSURlKhzIWzF/s5568/Z50_1746.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPnibFaWaf68samrhXH4EgMGez3zzReXatoLO5wjDzLJl7qGOGp21Kj3OGy41nH5fEf2VBvoR4qX0J8kXbgjeQU6ls0u2HAYQbc7HSQ9ScyEqPQyGEMCbaI_5lilNTQ9hl2U_05QsCEg9svV9e7JCJjkm_tkvtFmrowAXX3-cAz6Ha7A3NSURlKhzIWzF/s320/Z50_1746.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Sunset from atop the island<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnMxMPF6YZqxaw7lGI275CuUJ0nP0seMScr4VqPqRT19XbaVFeQ2GIe56k6p7e1TVYIXxHA-OlqXgvrsTGwVL-rW3PIErwkl_lt4oLoVeNEEXeS-WWqd9X92CV5N0GkHjnrX3J3vKOOeGePECH17LY5V-h0KJTXCJ8N2pBSFtKs443hvxVIR-YxeQg9_s/s5568/Z50_1753.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">There was some swell in the water as we were there, and one of the days the northwest waves were very big. I would love to find a surfing wave there for the NW swell, but I can't. This wave was not really possible, it just finished on rocks</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-puseEL41foS4TJXubx2xmB_JMdgZ3NjosU09zNe9nJGgmqzd2rh_wyyF9WMiUK274mlv8hNyZx_ISI-MwV846tm8oALfqdLLqcBRJ4JMmF4RyK7-uEbzgGgNxvWHgkwKqUmv7oPEkHgZesRbKCwP7SgFpGhfjPhl8QVuO6VJwJNIq1VVbI3hYtKV9Jh/s5568/Z50_1825.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-puseEL41foS4TJXubx2xmB_JMdgZ3NjosU09zNe9nJGgmqzd2rh_wyyF9WMiUK274mlv8hNyZx_ISI-MwV846tm8oALfqdLLqcBRJ4JMmF4RyK7-uEbzgGgNxvWHgkwKqUmv7oPEkHgZesRbKCwP7SgFpGhfjPhl8QVuO6VJwJNIq1VVbI3hYtKV9Jh/s320/Z50_1825.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The main shelter on the island has a bunch of iguanas, but people were camping in the shelter for some of the time, so they were hidden. But then they left and the iguanas came out to play. And sun themselves <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PmVJJg0KVQwjTL0WL6FWKNEkcg5NU22511emD9EW02HfL6sT4An8dKY_TlZz6d8t_PPTnpdk82cYRkUwmDHny-LMU614C2SRpNgQLv9SzbKrp8EVgscJQqRWqjGylzyQ9Fzs10VcI-5exXg1auQzw8fbHoTd_rg3TKnLbpGT9dbv4SGl2rgT3n8DMSSN/s5568/Z50_1844.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6PmVJJg0KVQwjTL0WL6FWKNEkcg5NU22511emD9EW02HfL6sT4An8dKY_TlZz6d8t_PPTnpdk82cYRkUwmDHny-LMU614C2SRpNgQLv9SzbKrp8EVgscJQqRWqjGylzyQ9Fzs10VcI-5exXg1auQzw8fbHoTd_rg3TKnLbpGT9dbv4SGl2rgT3n8DMSSN/s320/Z50_1844.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Every evening we would go up to the top of a hill where the blue footed boobies were nesting and watch them for a few hours until sunset. They do a beautiful dance...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lI0YQMca3Vrx3j2GJSk7U5tMDLL2QD1T2bM5j51ekiHrqZ_dGrHzaAVQSG7oiSMvn8tfG6_OgXG2NoIIl2N02IXrCKLDdTVTxLT_LQ3s-Jpujp_63BW96cczMeJ70N1qCfGIzhnv-FTD8_iLYNdtcLb6wvsH5CVHqP_O9Xrbka93CWF3a_YGiWeBIbNh/s5568/Z50_1858.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lI0YQMca3Vrx3j2GJSk7U5tMDLL2QD1T2bM5j51ekiHrqZ_dGrHzaAVQSG7oiSMvn8tfG6_OgXG2NoIIl2N02IXrCKLDdTVTxLT_LQ3s-Jpujp_63BW96cczMeJ70N1qCfGIzhnv-FTD8_iLYNdtcLb6wvsH5CVHqP_O9Xrbka93CWF3a_YGiWeBIbNh/s320/Z50_1858.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And the light really brings out the beauty in their plumage<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEBI6HySpXuCMofeRs010Sb3jIDU6o0rJP6B9GMKu3p9vjuabdchDAAZUNbItN-27VXZvAMqvvwN5c_2QV4_3ktUkAoH9DGufVk-6JPbQ9BiOu18Eeo_uIzXijewSJh9tgmmBKL3LeSSuFqIvHXI9sSONyOHzXlbYu0idXMIC0ZUZUn5RtmtSxN-B9fVT/s5568/Z50_1863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEBI6HySpXuCMofeRs010Sb3jIDU6o0rJP6B9GMKu3p9vjuabdchDAAZUNbItN-27VXZvAMqvvwN5c_2QV4_3ktUkAoH9DGufVk-6JPbQ9BiOu18Eeo_uIzXijewSJh9tgmmBKL3LeSSuFqIvHXI9sSONyOHzXlbYu0idXMIC0ZUZUn5RtmtSxN-B9fVT/s320/Z50_1863.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Also they look so cute whenever they do anything.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4uNkh5a46BM9qTihwfnszWnGOKomj7Rte4GamJ2oWfh33BiA8u1_Kp8Ti_Yfc32V7r3ujTxl-xZigeVEPgi4CV37U0QxBDEaQLCMHbfqGnrHj3b1Wn8YSdMY7o7oMeQ8XBe7ZtCES-5ofUz-J66w8ermeKI2ZTxmZfC2TQMEdYF23iEBKgDiKFzrcgxR/s5568/Z50_1879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4uNkh5a46BM9qTihwfnszWnGOKomj7Rte4GamJ2oWfh33BiA8u1_Kp8Ti_Yfc32V7r3ujTxl-xZigeVEPgi4CV37U0QxBDEaQLCMHbfqGnrHj3b1Wn8YSdMY7o7oMeQ8XBe7ZtCES-5ofUz-J66w8ermeKI2ZTxmZfC2TQMEdYF23iEBKgDiKFzrcgxR/s320/Z50_1879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>There was a guy I saw, named Damien, who I had met years ago and saw quite a few times over my times going to Isabel and San Blas. He runs a tour company that brings people out from San Blas to Islabel in a Panga and then they camp on the island and spend 3-4 days doing scuba and whale watching and bird viewing. I would like to get him to Alaska one of these years. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QpqsyhUQ9SuiPX3f7E_Z2G6c7t4L7owncFpxUTGyQRFkqPFfDvYsIWLmfm9Xr84f8XDD1XUZ4J6Gzcg83K4H6yx948A2nIHi1W3RnKdKXiQ3Y11nTjBaVwUJ0MF1bLc8BUIyEz5X79RoIhtMWUrKLirjmgk4udCXvblAswnNLyJLhn6OHank7mz1nK8t/s5568/Z50_1882.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QpqsyhUQ9SuiPX3f7E_Z2G6c7t4L7owncFpxUTGyQRFkqPFfDvYsIWLmfm9Xr84f8XDD1XUZ4J6Gzcg83K4H6yx948A2nIHi1W3RnKdKXiQ3Y11nTjBaVwUJ0MF1bLc8BUIyEz5X79RoIhtMWUrKLirjmgk4udCXvblAswnNLyJLhn6OHank7mz1nK8t/s320/Z50_1882.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The sunsets were always amazing<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETJEYAtTeW8TbN3U5j6Jo00McQBEWb3A9x-RQ2Ihw02WacXYnJ7puBxkT_kWvYu9EB1KBfQDM_fHxE_57Rd2qt8vKqhJJ14ehgtDgRyjmGRa0ByIBBDCgPNdQ7r8xzSjyqyVeq9uZfauQBnqDX0S0DecvQdbhDwyfyh5rvp3KlHEKSFByIHKRSdoZiXeM/s5568/Z50_1890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhETJEYAtTeW8TbN3U5j6Jo00McQBEWb3A9x-RQ2Ihw02WacXYnJ7puBxkT_kWvYu9EB1KBfQDM_fHxE_57Rd2qt8vKqhJJ14ehgtDgRyjmGRa0ByIBBDCgPNdQ7r8xzSjyqyVeq9uZfauQBnqDX0S0DecvQdbhDwyfyh5rvp3KlHEKSFByIHKRSdoZiXeM/s320/Z50_1890.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I like the cloud layers and the sense of an orange savannah<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtFMkLSsmpvT-pnqnpJBnmZgNhCxQumIn8nM4tnOo6JgUWsPoVq6bvA0ObVz1gqjV89nBMHToJhMd_5y2uiz0y7sxxRPTRvhazQjANRFJAqAPrEaXHkOy4LWmWmPKDwVSExgdMBPzcmNZdPet_PPDlS3ydFmLNC-nEHi6bQuD5VTlnNkzY0kSkLN3ZNuq/s5568/Z50_1902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtFMkLSsmpvT-pnqnpJBnmZgNhCxQumIn8nM4tnOo6JgUWsPoVq6bvA0ObVz1gqjV89nBMHToJhMd_5y2uiz0y7sxxRPTRvhazQjANRFJAqAPrEaXHkOy4LWmWmPKDwVSExgdMBPzcmNZdPet_PPDlS3ydFmLNC-nEHi6bQuD5VTlnNkzY0kSkLN3ZNuq/s320/Z50_1902.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And the frigates just glide on by...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIFHJfj1zN-C0R1lvv4PCtry3Fnf_QtfRj4nO-O1bSjPy7-X5JeYrg96vfK24HN1OmMSdPWunoLRfn61JUSc7UOKj-GlwmVj0cbcH_RxVGeXFw2azy-rCtfzSMdQPvJYsK_ldg7w8JLq-KalHKvJyzOz5d2SjLrYmv6XMajaWpS_834zEz_Cx9kc5XiAs/s5568/Z50_1914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTIFHJfj1zN-C0R1lvv4PCtry3Fnf_QtfRj4nO-O1bSjPy7-X5JeYrg96vfK24HN1OmMSdPWunoLRfn61JUSc7UOKj-GlwmVj0cbcH_RxVGeXFw2azy-rCtfzSMdQPvJYsK_ldg7w8JLq-KalHKvJyzOz5d2SjLrYmv6XMajaWpS_834zEz_Cx9kc5XiAs/s320/Z50_1914.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">So on the way back, we raced against another boat, an Amel, which was called Aramis. We couldn't find Porthos or Athos, but we felt a bit Dartanian-ish when we put up our spinnaker. When I took this picture I was sailing at 11 kts, hitting 13 at times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81ZiTXR9eWLBHF-vjhR_ho2H1F3FeclSqpXQv35C0cFDBAFjugAZfFnVa51uOsi9ZrJZbcfVcdzI3rZT2yEwUDsLihEDP3n2kiYJG2pfiU0qrk-5NnTGqACkGSixFe5zyzY9kjAenSlvvwdn8Ca-qxrX48jH1253RoEI3m8bFLj5QjyN86eJO3vWWNUtL/s5568/Z50_1943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81ZiTXR9eWLBHF-vjhR_ho2H1F3FeclSqpXQv35C0cFDBAFjugAZfFnVa51uOsi9ZrJZbcfVcdzI3rZT2yEwUDsLihEDP3n2kiYJG2pfiU0qrk-5NnTGqACkGSixFe5zyzY9kjAenSlvvwdn8Ca-qxrX48jH1253RoEI3m8bFLj5QjyN86eJO3vWWNUtL/s320/Z50_1943.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Shortly after that photo the wind came up even more strongly and took the spinnaker down by force. So now I don't have an A2 again. </div><div>There was a race the next day I wanted to compete in, so I did a few days of racing around La Cruz and Punta Mita. I got a few shots of some nice spinnakers as folks were leaving punta Mita<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2zqHZXEUmTeWJHIxzkucYIk5cKnm1dWkmn23XEa5FRc-agXweUdyNX_nt4HSubr4Z2Vb6HFAgZ_iNQLu2Ope5d-hgNs9gawaBC7MJcoWbLVRhrYc76MOA8NkTCsn35DWu8-zV754ySvXJ29ZJ8jBvyeDMywxrxj69g7yYOOZmsMXYAFYvpD53x5CrDk6/s5568/Z50_1957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2zqHZXEUmTeWJHIxzkucYIk5cKnm1dWkmn23XEa5FRc-agXweUdyNX_nt4HSubr4Z2Vb6HFAgZ_iNQLu2Ope5d-hgNs9gawaBC7MJcoWbLVRhrYc76MOA8NkTCsn35DWu8-zV754ySvXJ29ZJ8jBvyeDMywxrxj69g7yYOOZmsMXYAFYvpD53x5CrDk6/s320/Z50_1957.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldfZGNPMWS1pKdAQX6BTiRPx25XNh4aZp5Ds8F6kT9l_spa4dI6F5qb-fTvYQwiIeS-Ln1zEXZWdEne9zP1ipObvkwsHPiO2gEw4DaXQ1RYNzodpBMwg-vnxnHy5eX3triXKd6nStF8jCB560G4aLgTSw425cM3yMeBLJRd58ZRiYMEmpVWJ46GtV0o2I/s5568/Z50_1975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgldfZGNPMWS1pKdAQX6BTiRPx25XNh4aZp5Ds8F6kT9l_spa4dI6F5qb-fTvYQwiIeS-Ln1zEXZWdEne9zP1ipObvkwsHPiO2gEw4DaXQ1RYNzodpBMwg-vnxnHy5eX3triXKd6nStF8jCB560G4aLgTSw425cM3yMeBLJRd58ZRiYMEmpVWJ46GtV0o2I/s320/Z50_1975.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So thats the story. I don't know what I'll do for christmas just yet, but the whales are all over now and I have a few charters and then I sail over to La Paz in January to work on the Uncruise boat over there. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></div>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-41345812257211546462023-11-24T06:41:00.000-08:002023-11-24T06:41:09.389-08:00Cool slo mo video of the wake behind Aquila<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyBpRpKpEurCdV-xAo9FCBvuAPJ6mUG2YueQtOw4cQ4PuGcdsLefGUvPST8Rv6tjARkVOS7jmdXEODBz1bkMg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> I went out sailing the other day, hoping to join a "beercan" race, which usually is every wednesday. The weather had been unsettled, and it had rained the last two nights, but then it was clearing up, so I got underway around 2 pm and headed over to the race course. No other boats were out, which wasn't a good sign, and so when I got to the start spot I decided to just continue on sailing. Initally I was sailing down wind to get to the race start spot, so I didn't really notice how windy it was, but then I rolled up the spinnaker and put up the jib and started going upwind, and then decided I needed to reef the mainsail pretty quickly, because the wind had come up. It was 15-18 kts to begin with, but now was 18-22. So I reefed the main and continued on. The wind came up some more, and I decided to turn a bit more downwind to keep the apparent wind lower, therefore reducing the power without needing to reef again. <p></p><p>Pretty soon I was on the other side of the bay, and so I turned around and headed back, but now I needed to point upwind a bit more, and the wind was really strong and so I started to add ballast to the tanks rather than reef again. I was hesitant to reef twice without putting up my smaller jib, and sadly I didn't have it ready to go and I didn't want to get it and put it up. So I ballasted up a lot and the boat got more steady. Instead of 30 degrees of heel, it came down to about 15-20 and the boat really powered up. Now I was doing a consistent 9.5 kts at about 80 degrees True Wind Angle. I took this video of the stern wave. Its pretty neat. </p><p>Also this one:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0zsmpdfChocvSdnvjK5YS_0ajb43OTVRGmCBSAfZq-8OBFB7dGHip7M2cKgM_nD2-O_5n0RGotRbXnvDQzA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>This one is looking down at the rudder wash. I love slo mo videos with water.</p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-69463240267156095252023-11-05T07:14:00.000-08:002023-11-05T07:14:03.840-08:00Getting back into the rhythm in mexico<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZzwlauXSLVAlR3f1TA76Epg3iRVZdgMMPBmw5PuZ4CNBtAp2uT8si_jfSZLETwmZ5jtgVL5QLDEWGt3W4CWj8A9BNeNQtWsEyIF61UY9tGp6WAsxSbf5w6Ow55a_cEeksg82rxv12Mt-mO9q_GOyzIs7xwNS2GgvpatFJ6QizJeywhDz0MTxwmHPOqe4/s1024/IMG-20231024-WA0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnZzwlauXSLVAlR3f1TA76Epg3iRVZdgMMPBmw5PuZ4CNBtAp2uT8si_jfSZLETwmZ5jtgVL5QLDEWGt3W4CWj8A9BNeNQtWsEyIF61UY9tGp6WAsxSbf5w6Ow55a_cEeksg82rxv12Mt-mO9q_GOyzIs7xwNS2GgvpatFJ6QizJeywhDz0MTxwmHPOqe4/s320/IMG-20231024-WA0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After a few weeks in Bellingham, I caught a flight with a view of the Annular Eclipse, on October 14. I knew it would be hot when I got here, but whoa, its hot. So I took two days to get things organized and got out of the marina. Last spring I ordered new sails, and they arrived, so I put them on, and this is the picture of the result! A nice looking mainsail, and a good looking jib. I do notice that they are not as fast as the previous sails, however, but they seem to be very durable, and that is more important to me right now. <p></p><p>So I spent a few weeks getting accustomed to the weather and hiding from hurricanes and then I had my haul-out date on October 27. Its hard to get a haul out here, and especially for me, because of the deepness of the keel, so I had scheduled this one way back in April. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAkQvfTFYSmEbsp6wLEsVGLh1rm9B0eReRA2kHZUutJ2ZU-FxNhNkBZHmszhlk4fRaBScXP7tGy_pUIEw1unD7WbSa5ADvuPHWsAT6nxjjJUHr-F5qm1H4WQZYmexDu38iOJaiDcnMd2_NeGG0FjfjU4dEL9bTJOrk8BJl9oxgPa__lCOyDoUfGJHaRvv/s3840/IMG-20231027-WA0003.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAkQvfTFYSmEbsp6wLEsVGLh1rm9B0eReRA2kHZUutJ2ZU-FxNhNkBZHmszhlk4fRaBScXP7tGy_pUIEw1unD7WbSa5ADvuPHWsAT6nxjjJUHr-F5qm1H4WQZYmexDu38iOJaiDcnMd2_NeGG0FjfjU4dEL9bTJOrk8BJl9oxgPa__lCOyDoUfGJHaRvv/s320/IMG-20231027-WA0003.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>There was some damage to be repaired, as last spring, when I went out to Socorro Island, I had hit a rock. The front of the keel was damaged, so I got to work on that. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyugESVEcRWzxOfsYhjAiBAudFOPAbVSM_1rHvdWBEmdu95O-Fu-MJIia3V-guR7HO4ZwuWk7NUVg3Ao7pwWGmMNwmsXre1Xf2c-liFf2BupAmMkw8aRpcRJT8BHedOF1ToCulFBi5P8L-p-Jrh9tMxp421AHVDKVo_t_8DeEUCmqwHo0Utozgv9X3HX-/s3840/IMG-20231027-WA0005.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyugESVEcRWzxOfsYhjAiBAudFOPAbVSM_1rHvdWBEmdu95O-Fu-MJIia3V-guR7HO4ZwuWk7NUVg3Ao7pwWGmMNwmsXre1Xf2c-liFf2BupAmMkw8aRpcRJT8BHedOF1ToCulFBi5P8L-p-Jrh9tMxp421AHVDKVo_t_8DeEUCmqwHo0Utozgv9X3HX-/s320/IMG-20231027-WA0005.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Its always impressive how deep this keel is...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCv1PFIUdW1HaghqtteB4_yjzo2uThKepAlPVSAhgoRcmQSjgp0pxpAvXc0tfjoceRMLehJBFOyYfpsjQ2ihLO4uAaLQLbTT7DNs-F25tcxQ_cylFfBC4SuOXCFHl0r-8FPVRbLQuhW1eov-q4ICo9zccaK0BlCal_ntRntls9syToYtyIkW0WZbQvfuB/s3840/IMG-20231027-WA0007.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCv1PFIUdW1HaghqtteB4_yjzo2uThKepAlPVSAhgoRcmQSjgp0pxpAvXc0tfjoceRMLehJBFOyYfpsjQ2ihLO4uAaLQLbTT7DNs-F25tcxQ_cylFfBC4SuOXCFHl0r-8FPVRbLQuhW1eov-q4ICo9zccaK0BlCal_ntRntls9syToYtyIkW0WZbQvfuB/s320/IMG-20231027-WA0007.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>So first thing was to get the area dried out. I started with tearing the foam away<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4VGax4SBc_nTSE55t_u-U5QfpRjE-YPw8kGjuHPvU29Bs34vyXSRLCJ7NfxN8PMgOZHj9NDXWkGkZifvFDHIDF9E94Fh1DWVkpoclL7CazRDCtcecZttn8Jxq0VuM-thSjIzcKPGuHzp_0lKPny00joTJ2weQUZvVa2nMJpngXUtV4U8ybx-uqXlZn7M/s3840/IMG-20231027-WA0011.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4VGax4SBc_nTSE55t_u-U5QfpRjE-YPw8kGjuHPvU29Bs34vyXSRLCJ7NfxN8PMgOZHj9NDXWkGkZifvFDHIDF9E94Fh1DWVkpoclL7CazRDCtcecZttn8Jxq0VuM-thSjIzcKPGuHzp_0lKPny00joTJ2weQUZvVa2nMJpngXUtV4U8ybx-uqXlZn7M/s320/IMG-20231027-WA0011.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div>And then ended up cutting a lot of it off<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3g6pdwv29T6WWzP55VZP6mvZdwvbdmOpGqo1eqy_E3EPVbWVUJvBm5f_4O_Zmz40iBiVfV7XufvlOGFWvZtZ_NFYDBWNFL6odzHEFokmmlC_VBQMaPtWN0Z58Rq9CK35PXnqEbVG8qlfATxrdrYoJLvr0XJSwUcw-3595dpIDPB9hsU6mgb0zgrWentb/s3840/IMG-20231027-WA0015.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3g6pdwv29T6WWzP55VZP6mvZdwvbdmOpGqo1eqy_E3EPVbWVUJvBm5f_4O_Zmz40iBiVfV7XufvlOGFWvZtZ_NFYDBWNFL6odzHEFokmmlC_VBQMaPtWN0Z58Rq9CK35PXnqEbVG8qlfATxrdrYoJLvr0XJSwUcw-3595dpIDPB9hsU6mgb0zgrWentb/s320/IMG-20231027-WA0015.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div>Here you can see where I cut<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQSryT2aB5PPgIJjFyIE_XiJ0gGxigi4JIj3aws5Fhg3mOCSrUrVpdRSQFLRsFiMxgukSu8W-HTY9f3uD8edQbzNMBNH9ZPMF668X8zn-6UT5ecf9dx0GcTWh62bQwnoLcJDIYyWApsWYqZ6RLSmvTves8_SCEpl9T73eIVyOFJkLVkzkULojl2ah68sV/s3840/IMG-20231027-WA0017.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilQSryT2aB5PPgIJjFyIE_XiJ0gGxigi4JIj3aws5Fhg3mOCSrUrVpdRSQFLRsFiMxgukSu8W-HTY9f3uD8edQbzNMBNH9ZPMF668X8zn-6UT5ecf9dx0GcTWh62bQwnoLcJDIYyWApsWYqZ6RLSmvTves8_SCEpl9T73eIVyOFJkLVkzkULojl2ah68sV/s320/IMG-20231027-WA0017.jpeg" width="180" /></a></div>And then I cut another even bigger section. I ended up cutting about 16 inches of foam off the front of the keel. It sort of makes sense for this, I guess. The boat has a pointy nose and a wide stern, so make it heavier in the back to lift the nose up, and the center of the "fin" part of the keel might need to be forward in order to provide the right amount of lift. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmDJ6mGNtWW4Rzd9hIyxd1OT4LLLJqbJRBwAxF7JjsNTWq1PISoFOC-xIO8b7e8Qnw2-_xIYnYQ9qmV38VHVcMNUzA-A8spblFb58Yp3TcpiQ0siH0n56ICx6Uc5d7t2wfCUyhlBSs94vTpuK3rGdK5Js8A66E6fkmpknURR4uEaey8Peqf9r49YbJ-54/s3840/IMG-20231029-WA0000.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmDJ6mGNtWW4Rzd9hIyxd1OT4LLLJqbJRBwAxF7JjsNTWq1PISoFOC-xIO8b7e8Qnw2-_xIYnYQ9qmV38VHVcMNUzA-A8spblFb58Yp3TcpiQ0siH0n56ICx6Uc5d7t2wfCUyhlBSs94vTpuK3rGdK5Js8A66E6fkmpknURR4uEaey8Peqf9r49YbJ-54/s320/IMG-20231029-WA0000.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>But I think there was another reason, not just for hydrodynamic purposes. I think the people at Structures Shipyard (where Pogos are made) figured that people would hit things. And so they put a crash zone in the front for that. And they were right.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNSI5_irTyejvFGpMwXFdL5VixuuyRQtrJZduekj5yFgMmlOblE4IYRMbOOO7zuNbMkPOuACtXhxUor4ZaFQMzP29jy8xqazy2-ahcuVzLhEJEY-ZNlDylvYrgHJxzBVTET29KRh-M6mZ2hH4Ijcbhzk__7kg_v4GJs_gVepKCXxF0JGqx_HUwNZn6wWY/s4000/IMG_20231027_170507969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNSI5_irTyejvFGpMwXFdL5VixuuyRQtrJZduekj5yFgMmlOblE4IYRMbOOO7zuNbMkPOuACtXhxUor4ZaFQMzP29jy8xqazy2-ahcuVzLhEJEY-ZNlDylvYrgHJxzBVTET29KRh-M6mZ2hH4Ijcbhzk__7kg_v4GJs_gVepKCXxF0JGqx_HUwNZn6wWY/s320/IMG_20231027_170507969.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So I cleaned up the front, and got almost all the foam out of that area, and let it dry for two days. I also used a grinder and got the fiberglass exposed all around. You can see the lead in this picture up in the upper left. That puzzled me a bit. The lead is not in a perfect flat shape across the front! So I guess that they made a mold for the whole keel, built the fiberglass in that mold, poured foam into that, (and I found some of the fiberglass that looked like it had fallen off the edges while the foam was being poured, so there was a "hanging" piece of fiberglass cloth surrounded by foam. Then I think they poured the lead into that chamber. That explains the hot cracks you can see in the upper photo. <p></p><p>Anyways, the foam was removed and now I had to make a new crash zone.</p><p>I started with some cardboard and tape to make a mold<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB31BWtWTBvwzNzGjVNZ88QVCTESZOsiQ3C1T8D7cEY3Dz7EQwoPhBDwPsdQMvL_jgFJM7Fz6LRMaExkit5vwaQwNcpBwbz_OiclI5LIfZC8VnMdKmYQ-ZNhRQZeoBiJeozcw5Kr1H9OwX5ZCFJ_GG8F61TMar72tbNoSpksSolnfRX9I23HmYQhlBKCOL/s4000/IMG_20231030_100137469.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB31BWtWTBvwzNzGjVNZ88QVCTESZOsiQ3C1T8D7cEY3Dz7EQwoPhBDwPsdQMvL_jgFJM7Fz6LRMaExkit5vwaQwNcpBwbz_OiclI5LIfZC8VnMdKmYQ-ZNhRQZeoBiJeozcw5Kr1H9OwX5ZCFJ_GG8F61TMar72tbNoSpksSolnfRX9I23HmYQhlBKCOL/s320/IMG_20231030_100137469.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here you can see into it a bit. Its just curved triangles that are put together<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW58eFqk1pNMeFu0zyyk6FRcLFJBZe4hmq-xxRwsAInkt4KnC5hKkiL5i5E-czoDhPbC7hleIoXJrxYJOMZgjFORh1LRwXTxyWNfhAJD51DWUKArdN69nqWOmT3XcI9aLx1AuQUtx0tn92P4PZQJCtf5FWFjRWe5PWnWhT_pO4hvr5PTI1EvKEbK9PXWwe/s4000/IMG_20231030_100139105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW58eFqk1pNMeFu0zyyk6FRcLFJBZe4hmq-xxRwsAInkt4KnC5hKkiL5i5E-czoDhPbC7hleIoXJrxYJOMZgjFORh1LRwXTxyWNfhAJD51DWUKArdN69nqWOmT3XcI9aLx1AuQUtx0tn92P4PZQJCtf5FWFjRWe5PWnWhT_pO4hvr5PTI1EvKEbK9PXWwe/s320/IMG_20231030_100139105.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I tested it on the front of the keel to see for shape<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0YjqG5bgTh-7x_VerIHNKCnvMbnPCkUviv6WZftd_rQWDaHOhFzlFu38TmtIf2GO-g8NGzBcrMtDxiGgjcKHm2flvnLVXAiGdV-QRP5CwsVFQYUukZPd1EgbozD2JkctTXzcGswLIYAi6qfh-AW2UGRQJZao7SzBPmhxYy6PzkoC8MbrDsTIS7D6fQyE/s4000/IMG_20231030_100150489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE0YjqG5bgTh-7x_VerIHNKCnvMbnPCkUviv6WZftd_rQWDaHOhFzlFu38TmtIf2GO-g8NGzBcrMtDxiGgjcKHm2flvnLVXAiGdV-QRP5CwsVFQYUukZPd1EgbozD2JkctTXzcGswLIYAi6qfh-AW2UGRQJZao7SzBPmhxYy6PzkoC8MbrDsTIS7D6fQyE/s320/IMG_20231030_100150489.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then I poured foam into it and let it cure<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-O18fpEEMYITb8aBjgML95xQzGJ1I-krDVZsHMjtJ9AnUg3Gnk2lubnSzmQqoBMBou5T2c7SLERQ_cF8xnJ6Ib8dU5ikP6OSUAMpCipxwZ2xEjWKzBBrO-eG21wbWafghhXwAIhHmTav_P4Gf08tW03X3AXnLDN9NzppI3Wi9ywgnMVR76xkA_ChqE9h/s4000/IMG_20231030_130709001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-O18fpEEMYITb8aBjgML95xQzGJ1I-krDVZsHMjtJ9AnUg3Gnk2lubnSzmQqoBMBou5T2c7SLERQ_cF8xnJ6Ib8dU5ikP6OSUAMpCipxwZ2xEjWKzBBrO-eG21wbWafghhXwAIhHmTav_P4Gf08tW03X3AXnLDN9NzppI3Wi9ywgnMVR76xkA_ChqE9h/s320/IMG_20231030_130709001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Testing it again<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS5v9H5hbcKHTQ2spTYHwvqQZnRdDBjrG35mMgdEF1kC8M1-EpCX5Bm-4nj_uQgSGklEEhUVYAep3gANWFu2tyou9Rv8PNR4JDc3ZqRwmaL6tJmmAZawQZL9Vt6kBQL4mkiCD1YPEFvSZ8pPUDdeiRoYa9AXxdnvrt_NjZ0L9828pGq-Zrz7L9zBDcwLD/s4000/IMG_20231030_130717264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUS5v9H5hbcKHTQ2spTYHwvqQZnRdDBjrG35mMgdEF1kC8M1-EpCX5Bm-4nj_uQgSGklEEhUVYAep3gANWFu2tyou9Rv8PNR4JDc3ZqRwmaL6tJmmAZawQZL9Vt6kBQL4mkiCD1YPEFvSZ8pPUDdeiRoYa9AXxdnvrt_NjZ0L9828pGq-Zrz7L9zBDcwLD/s320/IMG_20231030_130717264.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then I prepared to affix it to the keel. I needed to glue it in place, but I also used two stainless pins that I drilled into the lead and the foam to give it strength. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJPZHN208CLr04E2-LYuE4oWUYZN5bFObGEX1CO5XrxHh3E-7GQcEXfFI_xrzZDL_vEUWvp6GcxnXknhlVYyrb09B81H_1BH9LMv4ZR0PGGKI-aQNf3nbNUmfUtXbyvm6CQzdCylfDGN2hJEp5o8IMV1b8hN-kGBHOBRDthWLPuKY37Pxvyx4wDvT0Tnf/s4000/IMG_20231030_132435638_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHJPZHN208CLr04E2-LYuE4oWUYZN5bFObGEX1CO5XrxHh3E-7GQcEXfFI_xrzZDL_vEUWvp6GcxnXknhlVYyrb09B81H_1BH9LMv4ZR0PGGKI-aQNf3nbNUmfUtXbyvm6CQzdCylfDGN2hJEp5o8IMV1b8hN-kGBHOBRDthWLPuKY37Pxvyx4wDvT0Tnf/s320/IMG_20231030_132435638_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After sanding, I had a reasonable shape. I used a grinder, so it was a bit too aggressive, but I didn't have the time, the protective clothes, or the bendyness to get in and make it perfect.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAM5c9eXFcust2YcgPiN3f6LLndoa76fzj-WPp1iFx8cEhS8TpWu8RojJL9yjqu37xs-rcYpP1tSd5St-KUNbdYYbctGS4TdHk39v95A_ZO7Cg5vAboHUmMfH_i8glaMPOmhhwe8IUyhSDFTKx_an_BGA_bLDm2Y5Wqdolg8y0ScEh5NG_TZG93Qc38gX/s4000/IMG_20231030_134212542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAM5c9eXFcust2YcgPiN3f6LLndoa76fzj-WPp1iFx8cEhS8TpWu8RojJL9yjqu37xs-rcYpP1tSd5St-KUNbdYYbctGS4TdHk39v95A_ZO7Cg5vAboHUmMfH_i8glaMPOmhhwe8IUyhSDFTKx_an_BGA_bLDm2Y5Wqdolg8y0ScEh5NG_TZG93Qc38gX/s320/IMG_20231030_134212542.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Another view<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgyCToegH00pQyfRKCoYro7w9iHHsPNl_NhC5Yg7zB1KrPZnjFj5wu6b-7ATmZNeZ_W2UO5Vw7viRnLb5dXHyJUJnBpSqn-MqCSVxKKnkZoLqhJ9W5hTiLlPn-6HSvJ2C6OxMu4ty0Ab55e6ZgiuD9Ea_02PwTvdtreOzeuDB22zSwU1i0gD6ieDem1Vc/s4000/IMG_20231030_134217588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgyCToegH00pQyfRKCoYro7w9iHHsPNl_NhC5Yg7zB1KrPZnjFj5wu6b-7ATmZNeZ_W2UO5Vw7viRnLb5dXHyJUJnBpSqn-MqCSVxKKnkZoLqhJ9W5hTiLlPn-6HSvJ2C6OxMu4ty0Ab55e6ZgiuD9Ea_02PwTvdtreOzeuDB22zSwU1i0gD6ieDem1Vc/s320/IMG_20231030_134217588.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then I set out to glue it on. I used some fairing compound to make the resin move slower, and stuffed old fiberglass in the joint to try and fill it up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-je5MeYjDiHZbYZbzdqYBUQ3R1epizsv5M4YmNCjYSbuJqVJ6yhVrDJe-hnoax6XZkbriXvgIYvA1a-Wbx9UKLE3L7AupbogftlB8v8r_insXuEFgYjoJJL27f3JKbMMRDaQMKlsNVYrI-Q0iAz-YIkECOd-xKgOVIFklEoSmPaIeIBN-2KaNH8z5xxV/s4000/IMG_20231030_143904489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-je5MeYjDiHZbYZbzdqYBUQ3R1epizsv5M4YmNCjYSbuJqVJ6yhVrDJe-hnoax6XZkbriXvgIYvA1a-Wbx9UKLE3L7AupbogftlB8v8r_insXuEFgYjoJJL27f3JKbMMRDaQMKlsNVYrI-Q0iAz-YIkECOd-xKgOVIFklEoSmPaIeIBN-2KaNH8z5xxV/s320/IMG_20231030_143904489.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then I forgot to take pictures, because my hands were dirty and sticky, but I put a three thick layers of fiberglass on it and then wrapped it up in plastic to give it some pressure and keep it kind of the right shape<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSUFX41hy8_gXgXQaUP-ZP9XwyJ7yprEO6EbTp8FYmXRc_3E-yEngNwMN_MPaezmW0QFa2ibttK55y2rftL1jX2HzVlhDUx9UWW6VUvwf8G8FQu51j-hvuR1eBpmqAIR7-0ZNc2AF-wbIEK8hq3TY0INJXSkbYbNggYvckHxEg4_8Pi7zogeVVH04N4Ez/s4000/IMG_20231030_164201718.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSUFX41hy8_gXgXQaUP-ZP9XwyJ7yprEO6EbTp8FYmXRc_3E-yEngNwMN_MPaezmW0QFa2ibttK55y2rftL1jX2HzVlhDUx9UWW6VUvwf8G8FQu51j-hvuR1eBpmqAIR7-0ZNc2AF-wbIEK8hq3TY0INJXSkbYbNggYvckHxEg4_8Pi7zogeVVH04N4Ez/s320/IMG_20231030_164201718.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The next morning...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTKC4gkqvUSphHKihJdNYq-F4u44T_LTbYc9eUCjd38m5ST37PnxdD0byLTkV2obHXhN1WXOvyOyhxHICEGQGCf7jU8ELT75pzZWMb-c_9mjZIyv0vnQw-274ynBbcbYLsqKg29a2eDHmigmPtxfgUS9PlhXidsNg8staMytl8IemahsdiDmj-Vkt0bH8/s4000/IMG_20231031_093551780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTKC4gkqvUSphHKihJdNYq-F4u44T_LTbYc9eUCjd38m5ST37PnxdD0byLTkV2obHXhN1WXOvyOyhxHICEGQGCf7jU8ELT75pzZWMb-c_9mjZIyv0vnQw-274ynBbcbYLsqKg29a2eDHmigmPtxfgUS9PlhXidsNg8staMytl8IemahsdiDmj-Vkt0bH8/s320/IMG_20231031_093551780.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I did some sanding and tried to get most of the voids out. I confess, the glass work was really not beautiful. I should have used a vacuum pump to make it better, but I didn't have that stuff. Its strong enough to hold on, and for me to stand on it, which is all that really matters. The structure is all behind it and above it. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHgpTLh7BtjYWRZbtDY9GLDAodux9mIBFrZLuHcAkphkNPXBbtcizt86PjiU6jbmBsMxBT_t15UftGqNyLLzcaRmlXdLLr3O1bWciwyHsmi7pL7FcArVyQoNg_LT2z1qb37VV7llD9iteGzRybZcl2WVzGpBojvt83-eKE5siZJKZvWpVaMJ3VvAPu9dw/s4000/IMG_20231031_093554143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHgpTLh7BtjYWRZbtDY9GLDAodux9mIBFrZLuHcAkphkNPXBbtcizt86PjiU6jbmBsMxBT_t15UftGqNyLLzcaRmlXdLLr3O1bWciwyHsmi7pL7FcArVyQoNg_LT2z1qb37VV7llD9iteGzRybZcl2WVzGpBojvt83-eKE5siZJKZvWpVaMJ3VvAPu9dw/s320/IMG_20231031_093554143.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Another view<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HltjCJy9PMwMcXMLUi3oIzLwnAHoLZmURq8iJWeKLivx6lEmdxJHOlPj1SVA9uZNidCvMIj8-f9mN_IVUHsKhT3v2xcznRbSkuzO0OZwuShyphenhyphenSMqhmUBEHJEJf7QZZdx-sPW4oUsuoJtPNTOWxLs-8guEgrBA9Z4Ug7Sz8GUeZARQdUCQrQgdAOKjHkzg/s4000/IMG_20231031_093558001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4HltjCJy9PMwMcXMLUi3oIzLwnAHoLZmURq8iJWeKLivx6lEmdxJHOlPj1SVA9uZNidCvMIj8-f9mN_IVUHsKhT3v2xcznRbSkuzO0OZwuShyphenhyphenSMqhmUBEHJEJf7QZZdx-sPW4oUsuoJtPNTOWxLs-8guEgrBA9Z4Ug7Sz8GUeZARQdUCQrQgdAOKjHkzg/s320/IMG_20231031_093558001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So then I began fairing the shape out more. I spent all day working on this. I got it pretty good, but not perfect of course. Here is the first coat before sanding...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRh1d_xuvN5iwpQc2OVteep027hqb9HzeNM1RoHWZ3wM7MbUXQY8gheMXmN6uNnuw-zdcgPYT_SFnpHftRLu98YN2QRXHWl9uO5rYnlJN_eNLIXz0gzJuO-nlTh4uowkotTuPs1XOoxomklbCGSbIMwowI2w1sOaUMCLIbsPXcyPdwNt6lMUmtldPVbId/s4000/IMG_20231031_101439634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRh1d_xuvN5iwpQc2OVteep027hqb9HzeNM1RoHWZ3wM7MbUXQY8gheMXmN6uNnuw-zdcgPYT_SFnpHftRLu98YN2QRXHWl9uO5rYnlJN_eNLIXz0gzJuO-nlTh4uowkotTuPs1XOoxomklbCGSbIMwowI2w1sOaUMCLIbsPXcyPdwNt6lMUmtldPVbId/s320/IMG_20231031_101439634.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And I was so involved I forgot to take pictures, so here it is after painting....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwh4ObDmtmGo-p2cIKZ6MWMSoV3F-zYkzC-KPc1Xma4MOR9tOVW7mQ95FQq3wOompSMVa-oQ1Swg0sSVWCj8JqyFN-ODtFepyZT7hAPmV7kiNWe6mkw7RiGLy74jNtW9gzKpYIh9jWjx_rjb10brdv0EQG25x-NSdUW0d7CL88O27Sivc2TcaSxFUruMHV/s4000/IMG_20231101_164235946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwh4ObDmtmGo-p2cIKZ6MWMSoV3F-zYkzC-KPc1Xma4MOR9tOVW7mQ95FQq3wOompSMVa-oQ1Swg0sSVWCj8JqyFN-ODtFepyZT7hAPmV7kiNWe6mkw7RiGLy74jNtW9gzKpYIh9jWjx_rjb10brdv0EQG25x-NSdUW0d7CL88O27Sivc2TcaSxFUruMHV/s320/IMG_20231101_164235946.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In addition, I also put on my Watt and Sea Hydrogenerator. I made two little feet for each side, so I can just put a pin in to keep it hanging on the side. I tested it out on my first sail after getting back in the water and it seems to work out just fine, but I wasn't going that fast. I made about 6 amps in 6.3 knots of speed. With the middle sized propeller. I have a smaller propeller that can go faster, and I hope to test it out at higher speeds to see if I can get 15 amps. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vdD50Wl3W7vfNFXaOb8j4e8gNn9w9Dtjsxg7nSW38aL0hf1oCDp1e84CIyfjmCs7SqbUXYyXnKJa9vspSxQQEhd6mx67gr7FeWR5ji_nqU3hBa0_Cew-2G_flSqSH0JnN29SmpRtjMILaDnJCJ3gqp16PUISRe25hAIgsHrS0u7ml34RUQT7NdGJk1BL/s3840/IMG-20231029-WA0003.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vdD50Wl3W7vfNFXaOb8j4e8gNn9w9Dtjsxg7nSW38aL0hf1oCDp1e84CIyfjmCs7SqbUXYyXnKJa9vspSxQQEhd6mx67gr7FeWR5ji_nqU3hBa0_Cew-2G_flSqSH0JnN29SmpRtjMILaDnJCJ3gqp16PUISRe25hAIgsHrS0u7ml34RUQT7NdGJk1BL/s320/IMG-20231029-WA0003.jpeg" width="180" /></a><p></p><p>So then I painted the whole boat with a new color. Bottom paint is very expensive, so when a friend told me about someone who had 3 gallons of bottom paint (in a 5 gallon bucket that was open) for sail for cheap, I jumped on it, even though its a different color. I got the PPG ABC3 ablative bottom paint, and I hope it works out well. I was able to put 3 coats on almost everywhere and 4 on the rudders and keel. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaYTJaRjzZgCda2MS3NXm3uOmVJyFcXnFjrgEB74Y74dPZjxwHV_qV2xYCstXNw9QJdSWroMhbew5nrsYVz8U9lcO8m-yeGXhYSrcaSa-hgcTNA8oi_Pbod5wQ5BebyTGwrUDGLl1Zq-zmw1AD5UAxnFQeEPcoc1Jooj4wucmyB-83y2N88r8GgOA9XVC/s4000/IMG_20231101_164247095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaYTJaRjzZgCda2MS3NXm3uOmVJyFcXnFjrgEB74Y74dPZjxwHV_qV2xYCstXNw9QJdSWroMhbew5nrsYVz8U9lcO8m-yeGXhYSrcaSa-hgcTNA8oi_Pbod5wQ5BebyTGwrUDGLl1Zq-zmw1AD5UAxnFQeEPcoc1Jooj4wucmyB-83y2N88r8GgOA9XVC/s320/IMG_20231101_164247095.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Then they brought the travel lift over and lifted me up so I could get the bottom of the keel and the other places that were hard to work on or obscured. So I had an afternoon to do that<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ulGZlFIgAnD4AKthjcAwcPoOqkmYCNgRBy-BCtTOo6JAYmp72c-yn-ZwyGqGKeRcSXuDodvOlqxHU-aibPm8YUrOkMyP8EBna2mIiaHCEL9Cs5lx3WaYWTodJZBivCcZ_YcmjYb2-WtHPBNf8eAYLh9bKQyRv-dsrbXh2KqpxZMG-5Kf34zp_8dFeu9y/s4000/IMG_20231102_164823424_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ulGZlFIgAnD4AKthjcAwcPoOqkmYCNgRBy-BCtTOo6JAYmp72c-yn-ZwyGqGKeRcSXuDodvOlqxHU-aibPm8YUrOkMyP8EBna2mIiaHCEL9Cs5lx3WaYWTodJZBivCcZ_YcmjYb2-WtHPBNf8eAYLh9bKQyRv-dsrbXh2KqpxZMG-5Kf34zp_8dFeu9y/s320/IMG_20231102_164823424_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLhOZ3C2P6GUu7VvWMkbT1y7PPAu2XYgjrSEUfraBahi0j9LfqjAHpJDOK1LhQCMrmAjVtywyZbce_oyZPnG9iIcTtSSs6Me87ZnOdHUUXac1jQGWh7sfKoKLSdSs6PWsKzc6Erx0bVcfyDqbodIlmexbcJpWp3FFEnsYVXr6CPDAbBovnacqOO_XsZXL/s4000/IMG_20231102_164825456_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLhOZ3C2P6GUu7VvWMkbT1y7PPAu2XYgjrSEUfraBahi0j9LfqjAHpJDOK1LhQCMrmAjVtywyZbce_oyZPnG9iIcTtSSs6Me87ZnOdHUUXac1jQGWh7sfKoKLSdSs6PWsKzc6Erx0bVcfyDqbodIlmexbcJpWp3FFEnsYVXr6CPDAbBovnacqOO_XsZXL/s320/IMG_20231102_164825456_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZkZTnoAoHjCgdjH166dMfhUJMlNtRTGqYP_uASldDfJPIXc0p4EAUIoRGdt6ip0OaN3orEnb7fRmw2ORXyVIxHzs-wFYQSNuG7bdhVG6ZZUU1V6SLSX8NmUe8hNqVpIQ3qvpEU6xAoWTyzd8E9RW7tR9FELGINNM4M2pf6YXstZfm4oJJjIMWPa_Z1WY/s4000/IMG_20231102_164829547_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaZkZTnoAoHjCgdjH166dMfhUJMlNtRTGqYP_uASldDfJPIXc0p4EAUIoRGdt6ip0OaN3orEnb7fRmw2ORXyVIxHzs-wFYQSNuG7bdhVG6ZZUU1V6SLSX8NmUe8hNqVpIQ3qvpEU6xAoWTyzd8E9RW7tR9FELGINNM4M2pf6YXstZfm4oJJjIMWPa_Z1WY/s320/IMG_20231102_164829547_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And then it was back in the water for me!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UDZ-Rc6OKSeQiPPXZasK3ivNmOWPkKNrRVvni_zWkotTExGSWdKjwpt0JE8-d_oIQBKTICkjsS1RPFoYuO90BQQDXemopzstJjoa6CcNXn-PYegxZoRA4MoV-4MQuaJ8yTN50cQMwo5qHbmwm7kGVY3ALZP8ILASDYZuS9SeEFSH4gxdWMPdeCH8EIEk/s4000/IMG_20231102_164843432_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UDZ-Rc6OKSeQiPPXZasK3ivNmOWPkKNrRVvni_zWkotTExGSWdKjwpt0JE8-d_oIQBKTICkjsS1RPFoYuO90BQQDXemopzstJjoa6CcNXn-PYegxZoRA4MoV-4MQuaJ8yTN50cQMwo5qHbmwm7kGVY3ALZP8ILASDYZuS9SeEFSH4gxdWMPdeCH8EIEk/s320/IMG_20231102_164843432_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> So after getting back in the water I dove and inspected, and discovered that the straps rubbed the bottom paint a bit, like they always do. I don't know how to fix this, because I think it relates to the straps stretching, and thats not going to change. Sometimes they put plastic down in front of the straps, but I think that can sometimes make it worse. So I will just have to live with it. My next projects are to make a better shade structure and to upgrade my batteries. And possibly to get a new running downwind spinnaker. <p></p><p>But I am excited to do a few bigger trips this winter. Maybe Socorro again, and over to La Paz in January to work. </p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-31354006090210125712023-10-07T18:32:00.002-07:002023-10-07T18:32:07.984-07:00A trip up Tomyhoi and Yellow Aster Butte<p> I just did a nice four day backpacking trip up to Yellow Aster Butte and Tomyhoi Peak. Its normally a day hike, but I took four days because its nice that way. The first two days were pretty cloudy, but after a while the sun came out and the splendor of the fall shone out nicely. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsXzfaGoFF3uzyGI-GTnh_3nuuNVY66jbtYGBzyCO1Mf5mDQvJCad8qspeyHAAhatzys1tFKSQi1ksa0CD3cWJ8Hw-6S1xmhRUG3MDHYlA5PPMoZXl0A5vdupUJTOY0E4ziCjnrQJqxKiP4eno2wyD6rwSbvvSb_j8v-9_SrNfKD1305JkqtisKiyPvJ0/s5568/Z50_1124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAsXzfaGoFF3uzyGI-GTnh_3nuuNVY66jbtYGBzyCO1Mf5mDQvJCad8qspeyHAAhatzys1tFKSQi1ksa0CD3cWJ8Hw-6S1xmhRUG3MDHYlA5PPMoZXl0A5vdupUJTOY0E4ziCjnrQJqxKiP4eno2wyD6rwSbvvSb_j8v-9_SrNfKD1305JkqtisKiyPvJ0/s320/Z50_1124.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I heard a few pikas, but I didn't see any, but I did find a few chipmonks, and some mice. No bears or larger mammals, however, besides people and dogs. I was expecting people, but wow are there lots up there, mostly from Seattle or Canada, or something. Few from Bellingham, because I guess the true home-grown bellinghamsters know to keep away from the crowds. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-IXjGR7drxGBokx65zSs7a5dQWJ5hJ8nFlEB2Q7yZWhyphenhyphenXZ9l3DddWKF8Xa6fFhqe-2s3bq9lJm2MAQmJlGpHzljD_JwEh6xzOOPRMtrXN5vV9Z2tvIW65JtiP5v3sCAZKif8qWLENazY09mtnczfPgG0k197uaChqFzGWJ84602hIxwPh7xesBH-ptde/s5568/Z50_1113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-IXjGR7drxGBokx65zSs7a5dQWJ5hJ8nFlEB2Q7yZWhyphenhyphenXZ9l3DddWKF8Xa6fFhqe-2s3bq9lJm2MAQmJlGpHzljD_JwEh6xzOOPRMtrXN5vV9Z2tvIW65JtiP5v3sCAZKif8qWLENazY09mtnczfPgG0k197uaChqFzGWJ84602hIxwPh7xesBH-ptde/s320/Z50_1113.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The colors were great, lots of red blueberries<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LaQv-NOSQBCnb-MJuVtbLeES5hSMPiszrbsE3mZ-vEHJgFeP_0PgnG9ehrQzsCyCsatJoK6Kk0KGshj46uEYIMDZ08PywJFqTDMCDRGFFoEjr7gCSMnpjKkS5r7riIO_gwPNdi_OFOboRnd-DHHtJ2s7PfR7SseACI1t5SOf1Ylu1UD6UBugq7uqgTbO/s5568/Z50_1110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LaQv-NOSQBCnb-MJuVtbLeES5hSMPiszrbsE3mZ-vEHJgFeP_0PgnG9ehrQzsCyCsatJoK6Kk0KGshj46uEYIMDZ08PywJFqTDMCDRGFFoEjr7gCSMnpjKkS5r7riIO_gwPNdi_OFOboRnd-DHHtJ2s7PfR7SseACI1t5SOf1Ylu1UD6UBugq7uqgTbO/s320/Z50_1110.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And of course the white of Mt Baker. I like Baker, but those glaciers up there are really small looking after Alaska. Its neat to compare. I also love the remains of where glaciers were, and up on Tomyhoi there were some striations and moraines visible. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCeHRRoikx49FKbLdkeUPDcbJZzNPnfKgnFGi-dFC_CC6voL-Vq5OdPHkSql4LA1_Y9ssahtlnpEmxFd3rYkqiG1WQVHxkgysGU2OtJr2rzzC8D3k5aSOXdbF8Md6r9x9rt9OjgCF0b9b4Ey_vW5oSpTYPaU8IsmRxwd5Oqub4SNk9FwNFIP4U5HCcXQD/s5568/Z50_1108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCeHRRoikx49FKbLdkeUPDcbJZzNPnfKgnFGi-dFC_CC6voL-Vq5OdPHkSql4LA1_Y9ssahtlnpEmxFd3rYkqiG1WQVHxkgysGU2OtJr2rzzC8D3k5aSOXdbF8Md6r9x9rt9OjgCF0b9b4Ey_vW5oSpTYPaU8IsmRxwd5Oqub4SNk9FwNFIP4U5HCcXQD/s320/Z50_1108.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I hiked Yellow Aster Butte a couple years ago and got a picture of this tree, because I liked it. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFUW5SvOjiD2G5FdlKqDf3t16vafxB1RGvonyPmmVnLuEZrUCfO-KH8gqNKHCQXbkcE9Hyns2KR0ZS-H9WCQCebW1UtL36-2rXjMZ5gSzQrWOf0yqk-CJMDIRwNMT0-IMD0pavWPAwFcIQvQPxGFi651S3h9fatCYnJLzbLSZ5R_QiSQHTWjdotfwkwDV/s5568/Z50_1099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFUW5SvOjiD2G5FdlKqDf3t16vafxB1RGvonyPmmVnLuEZrUCfO-KH8gqNKHCQXbkcE9Hyns2KR0ZS-H9WCQCebW1UtL36-2rXjMZ5gSzQrWOf0yqk-CJMDIRwNMT0-IMD0pavWPAwFcIQvQPxGFi651S3h9fatCYnJLzbLSZ5R_QiSQHTWjdotfwkwDV/s320/Z50_1099.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A few of the colors and Baker in the background.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtXAJgc2WcwmbEmonsh0gpEaN4w_eM7tuqqEfRMeXjw-jNFi78ivQC9z7GgYH3PJolLUPIFQs9oBrv6IbgF_ciVpupzM4whTKh2JLxr2jH9C1-TOPDeHNhY_UkhYJNOFxbG-1wblaWp6QKjzN8dIb7-IQog3Mp5hlPV3GPdvTsZUjpvybl3an4zl6ujn0/s5568/Z50_1098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCtXAJgc2WcwmbEmonsh0gpEaN4w_eM7tuqqEfRMeXjw-jNFi78ivQC9z7GgYH3PJolLUPIFQs9oBrv6IbgF_ciVpupzM4whTKh2JLxr2jH9C1-TOPDeHNhY_UkhYJNOFxbG-1wblaWp6QKjzN8dIb7-IQog3Mp5hlPV3GPdvTsZUjpvybl3an4zl6ujn0/s320/Z50_1098.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>One night it was very clear and the stars were out and I got up to take a picture of the sky. The moon was very bright<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARoLmOfbjyp7FtZ2g5Fla6fdVdP1cuh34N9hu_tFcyW1T4alLmQTfjm0xFfXpq7QCJUgnotrUjf6X2o19brk-nJcFeuHnDWdW91m5KuBNtppxyDSONsK-k7k-l4-PJK8nbI9iVJaTacXbPHQoS1ADSzonutev9Wvb4-H0m59CcuN7qhLqN4d2h9bn_Nj3/s5568/Z50_1091.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARoLmOfbjyp7FtZ2g5Fla6fdVdP1cuh34N9hu_tFcyW1T4alLmQTfjm0xFfXpq7QCJUgnotrUjf6X2o19brk-nJcFeuHnDWdW91m5KuBNtppxyDSONsK-k7k-l4-PJK8nbI9iVJaTacXbPHQoS1ADSzonutev9Wvb4-H0m59CcuN7qhLqN4d2h9bn_Nj3/s320/Z50_1091.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A nice reflection pond<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevIY51qLBW6LOAQ9oE1t3PicJNH91BV4Ol2eMm1G7gVpn-IMMRj454FrJYjSRKdwdSK_EKDvG169v1HKo8um044F7yYGMi1aZW3-bO5Rhf-kfRvQ7Kl1SzzCdWhGVKJ_1gVYDftSkFvraSKLP8n0TQrdbYQ8Fc3VaCTp_paPaQ_JIKsVuGqN0urD6_4HO/s5568/Z50_1071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Here's an overview of the place I camped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aGG56FSZ_lsHoHn8oHC025dpV-H4cTQ3GtSY3e1bMdQsDCxi_ApR65wS_nBdpprsss1f4T-IwusCvfhpQFaPZB7UYQYArTxMWuI719sBG9yR7a11DrXdcNX89gKoHUR0HmRGNN7_Kclqds1bRXzuvZOgq3zER9dUNkPEkIUejjXXvZDX49b0OdTsDnEy/s5568/Z50_1048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aGG56FSZ_lsHoHn8oHC025dpV-H4cTQ3GtSY3e1bMdQsDCxi_ApR65wS_nBdpprsss1f4T-IwusCvfhpQFaPZB7UYQYArTxMWuI719sBG9yR7a11DrXdcNX89gKoHUR0HmRGNN7_Kclqds1bRXzuvZOgq3zER9dUNkPEkIUejjXXvZDX49b0OdTsDnEy/s320/Z50_1048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>On the way up Tomyhoi there is a glacier visible, but its melting away.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpTf9hApdpVVJ0N5TaPuet4ldhx-KbamOZkJW4MBH4FXy82HEYskBjdAjlaxitkhfx3cVlDXzW9yul640TxjSQ5Iooxs1EvY_jGrUU5y-tmBor37P84fqvM8s_a1Dmh2kdoJdSJ6-AZJZ8eMtIWxrrMEZ1EtSrKUstX6Hu7_dOTnIJqkLmDJSxNLdk39T/s5568/Z50_1040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBpTf9hApdpVVJ0N5TaPuet4ldhx-KbamOZkJW4MBH4FXy82HEYskBjdAjlaxitkhfx3cVlDXzW9yul640TxjSQ5Iooxs1EvY_jGrUU5y-tmBor37P84fqvM8s_a1Dmh2kdoJdSJ6-AZJZ8eMtIWxrrMEZ1EtSrKUstX6Hu7_dOTnIJqkLmDJSxNLdk39T/s320/Z50_1040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here's another view of the glacier. Canada is behind, and at the border the clearcutts start. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEE2WSv_coqacqeAnrayFPSMIjIkm0KKZRqRG95GILVbd2SQtPFXaR-70v22XC20N1fe3u-bpFwoBcd71tav9l1ipb0yyCw7x4qMryJe8m3ivNYlKLfDXPYu0z3eGo6TZxeAXtsPpJF4ykmP5OqNqkHY03TNHpfrDFrT_Sqts4Rj5buSWXcyQOQ3ZGx2yi/s5568/Z50_1038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEE2WSv_coqacqeAnrayFPSMIjIkm0KKZRqRG95GILVbd2SQtPFXaR-70v22XC20N1fe3u-bpFwoBcd71tav9l1ipb0yyCw7x4qMryJe8m3ivNYlKLfDXPYu0z3eGo6TZxeAXtsPpJF4ykmP5OqNqkHY03TNHpfrDFrT_Sqts4Rj5buSWXcyQOQ3ZGx2yi/s320/Z50_1038.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I found a family of birds, which I now believe are Ruffed Grouse. They have the slight crest on their heads. They didn't like being too close but were mostly un-ruffled at my presence...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHxFnEftQOIVrVrF_WHrimJ0_DC2LlW9H4gQ1798X-OxEkHgu6PMNGxSoR1uHSXj6KO2BMFXbwnMi-MCMTS5ncmezZjxLEDVCnR6lfu2aAAiKYIYxF1y8K_qUYH1NoFEEbMBOmF3NmVtgoYjo_pGxWw4k2USGXBD-3rPT2Nn5pXYBSk3mBpgZ8flqOM9J/s5568/Z50_1034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnHxFnEftQOIVrVrF_WHrimJ0_DC2LlW9H4gQ1798X-OxEkHgu6PMNGxSoR1uHSXj6KO2BMFXbwnMi-MCMTS5ncmezZjxLEDVCnR6lfu2aAAiKYIYxF1y8K_qUYH1NoFEEbMBOmF3NmVtgoYjo_pGxWw4k2USGXBD-3rPT2Nn5pXYBSk3mBpgZ8flqOM9J/s320/Z50_1034.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>On the way up there were a few spots of difficulty which look so easy in photos, this one was cool looking but also a bit scary, since it dropped very steeply.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVJnO-MeocWaxha0GfHIeEBUPRyQJi1_YF8s-ZEz5-bKQ_QnNuBXudwEzXbhQAe-h9L5XjflhL9XG7nyiVZgF0TZNmjzVvODliXUvFGhEuzN6I88-xqhyphenhyphenS-PLa1rFxCbO-vjuRNfc6HZN37nSejQhpWwoj9NwORcuxdCR4GsYep4DyirXyY_CdvHVPU49/s5568/Z50_1014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5568" data-original-width="3712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVJnO-MeocWaxha0GfHIeEBUPRyQJi1_YF8s-ZEz5-bKQ_QnNuBXudwEzXbhQAe-h9L5XjflhL9XG7nyiVZgF0TZNmjzVvODliXUvFGhEuzN6I88-xqhyphenhyphenS-PLa1rFxCbO-vjuRNfc6HZN37nSejQhpWwoj9NwORcuxdCR4GsYep4DyirXyY_CdvHVPU49/s320/Z50_1014.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>Looking back at Yellow Aster Butte, you can see its quite steep from there too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uI84A-4PscPXVuWtkanLQjFXAz9eYQapHe42zXG3IrS3YRdCtQbloT8gnMQdPTyVNXKibHhHU2d0fh52_khGg27lS7hmNKQr7PucNUDN5D5BUZTxUGKaiFi7K1us1hMXRPGwmXeUmb0s9fua06l-aJpNzbVx2o-g_sQtXOanLM9wZsLzNRtys0ErK5lb/s5568/Z50_1007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uI84A-4PscPXVuWtkanLQjFXAz9eYQapHe42zXG3IrS3YRdCtQbloT8gnMQdPTyVNXKibHhHU2d0fh52_khGg27lS7hmNKQr7PucNUDN5D5BUZTxUGKaiFi7K1us1hMXRPGwmXeUmb0s9fua06l-aJpNzbVx2o-g_sQtXOanLM9wZsLzNRtys0ErK5lb/s320/Z50_1007.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are lots of this steep cliffy stuff up there, and its interesting to try to guess how it formed.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWR8ZX3NEXneQSpXIvSwjFHS9PvbndsIe1geWLyuKeRTq7azGve39xnyIYmws7mHdS1E6xtC8FSFdm8lDmNobAREqhG1wAqhX1OiwPEK-f_R1ZMMzAAXU8zLyoy_fResqzoG9Ee5_M-FGQIS7qgwR2KsY04YONyNp6swVV0LoRrrx3pAf9RsbQ0PlZyDfx/s5568/Z50_0999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWR8ZX3NEXneQSpXIvSwjFHS9PvbndsIe1geWLyuKeRTq7azGve39xnyIYmws7mHdS1E6xtC8FSFdm8lDmNobAREqhG1wAqhX1OiwPEK-f_R1ZMMzAAXU8zLyoy_fResqzoG9Ee5_M-FGQIS7qgwR2KsY04YONyNp6swVV0LoRrrx3pAf9RsbQ0PlZyDfx/s320/Z50_0999.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Baker with some foreground<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The otter paws are very interesting in how they hold things without having fingers. Its just two points of contact, yet the otter is great at holding on to things. I guess with big teeth like that it might be a danger to have fingers that can accidently get bitten. Also, the paws are probably better at holding in heat than a set of fingers. </div>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-11269358151595506692023-09-26T06:52:00.007-07:002023-09-29T18:49:59.854-07:00Cool Marbled Murrelet video<p>Here's a video I took of a Marbled Murrelet eating a Herring. It was in Sitkoh Bay, on Chichagof Island, and its in slow motion, so it took all of about a minute to complete in real time. The bird is pretty small, about 8 inches long, and the herring is about 5 ot 6 inches long, so its a big bite. </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/BtTit7tfpuI?si=oBKIYeZL2u9CsAVA">https://youtu.be/BtTit7tfpuI?si=oBKIYeZL2u9CsAVA</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly, the next day, I found a dead murrelet in the same area, and it might have been the same bird. I think possibly the eating of the fish was too much weight?</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMo6s8vyTOPNNVGoGxDR6jsQF7yBTCc8VIxBf9OSSsDTKAhNs66uGHGrN1sHUGkny8E06kCgXF-DTuUGzrMmhJ1wxWlnscYyrosvtmX9JDrB2e306AaGlfIWYAuyZzUFQzuiSWhUvn8PdTRLkJEDtYq1K6FKVWKm2gj_0xgKRhdNvIiThh_cpy7a5ocxzs/s5568/Z50_7743.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMo6s8vyTOPNNVGoGxDR6jsQF7yBTCc8VIxBf9OSSsDTKAhNs66uGHGrN1sHUGkny8E06kCgXF-DTuUGzrMmhJ1wxWlnscYyrosvtmX9JDrB2e306AaGlfIWYAuyZzUFQzuiSWhUvn8PdTRLkJEDtYq1K6FKVWKm2gj_0xgKRhdNvIiThh_cpy7a5ocxzs/s320/Z50_7743.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here is before it caught the fish<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4OAJWcVZUe5RdQ_PQRrvdc2pzKrPSsLDi9GpvwiVZBEA3OKuvZmDfY61oFMWFRMAd8ij_KD2zCWIaUbpE2YzUlXxZGOPfG6YpUx08RYjVSUeAUKc3mmgKt9uf8KtB28B5mEOrx0Gl-5WfbvvIcTiVD6bSzliN_-06xsX2brshNdip8jCHbnFrq2LNiBP8/s5568/Z50_7748.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm really impressed with how soft the bird is, and the cute little feet<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQREI9zABoyNar6yhzB9ieXDjYNtAmXjaDo0Re_azVt79zlrze2AXwgeeyVLzRYKIsO_4SFsFGreWsjWHqnLCAGzS-bR7FI6_SZPaMCX7r8tmCcqmm5YM_t2YyecjG78-7UdCZzKA2_iConnpwaTRw-ZCyayiHyV_ImWmot75ayuE8_isAs1CLmjLfkc7c/s5568/Z50_7808.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQREI9zABoyNar6yhzB9ieXDjYNtAmXjaDo0Re_azVt79zlrze2AXwgeeyVLzRYKIsO_4SFsFGreWsjWHqnLCAGzS-bR7FI6_SZPaMCX7r8tmCcqmm5YM_t2YyecjG78-7UdCZzKA2_iConnpwaTRw-ZCyayiHyV_ImWmot75ayuE8_isAs1CLmjLfkc7c/s320/Z50_7808.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And also how far back the wings are. They don't extend much further forward. And the tail is so small. Its very different than most other birds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ3MIn8PyUNL1PYQymv7aRotvFYPhAIwv_wMb5w4YM1tJ2vcNbRF5rr9Q5BkR3Vy1XOMZrVdFPZaCDft8obP-OA7ayN1_5UtNbXzVx6Xee9CvAt40l4czggmBj4HSYkhDsW72_uauQXiKQ4twE1Yu7uI13jH3QaLxMuuIpMYCropzMPiXGr7L_6_KY-A9/s5568/Z50_7809.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5568" data-original-width="3712" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmQ3MIn8PyUNL1PYQymv7aRotvFYPhAIwv_wMb5w4YM1tJ2vcNbRF5rr9Q5BkR3Vy1XOMZrVdFPZaCDft8obP-OA7ayN1_5UtNbXzVx6Xee9CvAt40l4czggmBj4HSYkhDsW72_uauQXiKQ4twE1Yu7uI13jH3QaLxMuuIpMYCropzMPiXGr7L_6_KY-A9/s320/Z50_7809.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>I touched the feathers a bit, so they aren't in as nice of condition, but the oil on the feathers really is neat. They are perfect and water just rolls right off.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ResQQPf6MBrtsw0RPBk3gLFnXsNWIdOouG7N5m9me09zf0pDozFspHR_kZxkFTe8O7U2MUo99OSPvwi9y6pRvLrDXFkd-9ugORLufe98aIpunpP6LCzb6YWLFdHywpjAIBCGIR0DZtXNAj3GV8sYKC8gwy6iarH1C7sd0xoZVyWdMs59Dz5czf0GfRXD/s5568/Z50_7810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ResQQPf6MBrtsw0RPBk3gLFnXsNWIdOouG7N5m9me09zf0pDozFspHR_kZxkFTe8O7U2MUo99OSPvwi9y6pRvLrDXFkd-9ugORLufe98aIpunpP6LCzb6YWLFdHywpjAIBCGIR0DZtXNAj3GV8sYKC8gwy6iarH1C7sd0xoZVyWdMs59Dz5czf0GfRXD/s320/Z50_7810.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So it was sad but also very neat to learn about the Murrelet this way.<br /><p><br /></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-73724360944509870512023-09-10T11:39:00.001-07:002023-09-10T11:39:14.054-07:00Glacier Bay Canoe trip!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGEFsHrxvezDm_qhSMoKDet05hAwojzdWr8NUxdmmAcU64Fgsvx0nqBu9uBNNXgQOei_PQ1lkxN8uw4P1N48hVVj2SXUk6E_-2wh0SI5W8na-ikqJihZBPGvBZ1jcBOlWlaBsJtaG6nhNGLDD2XkI_mUzUc_3djf-F8nOMCXEjKZNROPIQ2Rq6g6-5v3N/s5568/Z50_8250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGEFsHrxvezDm_qhSMoKDet05hAwojzdWr8NUxdmmAcU64Fgsvx0nqBu9uBNNXgQOei_PQ1lkxN8uw4P1N48hVVj2SXUk6E_-2wh0SI5W8na-ikqJihZBPGvBZ1jcBOlWlaBsJtaG6nhNGLDD2XkI_mUzUc_3djf-F8nOMCXEjKZNROPIQ2Rq6g6-5v3N/s320/Z50_8250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I did another Glacier Bay Canoe trip, but just before, I stopped in Sitka and got off the Safari Explorer, and I went to the fortress of the bear with my mom. There are some nice looking friendly bears there, both black bears...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QYTJkhl3TTNNt2EOzA6G4XL74MPiBB9eoIAwb72ky5yRF5Xch0Z9CzbEfxS1ZruEIedBYP5vJv6lrsfpzOtoVtE6pvonsNGTBt9PK5JgrvOoZqT7uS7NO-9AlNvoeXQWh8ietVI5Ml_HBBPPQeviT6OW-WixrAo4UW2s4425NRwyrvwa6TjVy3U72gtX/s5568/Z50_8253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3QYTJkhl3TTNNt2EOzA6G4XL74MPiBB9eoIAwb72ky5yRF5Xch0Z9CzbEfxS1ZruEIedBYP5vJv6lrsfpzOtoVtE6pvonsNGTBt9PK5JgrvOoZqT7uS7NO-9AlNvoeXQWh8ietVI5Ml_HBBPPQeviT6OW-WixrAo4UW2s4425NRwyrvwa6TjVy3U72gtX/s320/Z50_8253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And Brown bears! This guy has a sour looking face, but he's a real sweetheart, I think.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqwmAizsEhYreEAH8PXSLkYgwTv5ZHy4eMeSYca1ps0w5-DtDguVpHOtYp9zdAvSAN4zk35rmclCjzsGMDlCjxTu85A8mXUWtll6XS7hGq3o8vpW7PShiO5UKtBKPp6M8z4bxrv1ez31vX4b3zsFzDV7dMzD8XMdjiuiX1KSMqRiFbzvi5A2V-x2JjUse/s5568/Z50_8261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqwmAizsEhYreEAH8PXSLkYgwTv5ZHy4eMeSYca1ps0w5-DtDguVpHOtYp9zdAvSAN4zk35rmclCjzsGMDlCjxTu85A8mXUWtll6XS7hGq3o8vpW7PShiO5UKtBKPp6M8z4bxrv1ez31vX4b3zsFzDV7dMzD8XMdjiuiX1KSMqRiFbzvi5A2V-x2JjUse/s320/Z50_8261.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I also saw a group of Cedar Waxwings! Here is one.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcx6FtJUlPh_vyhr9nkD_YGpdCL8YjqVMhbRuGU_yzSAvE3my65J_hvPqkZh2dsrND8J_cSWl53lzaZVq-_B_h3dp-FRK7J_R4zwwrOQaV64XEVaWx0ZspMmPnV7B70q-z2EUNtAsxVitdje7joZ-EoLvdkuQovLrMxHmnAPw3zqUe26eI3qf1m-bV6Sg/s5568/Z50_8300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcx6FtJUlPh_vyhr9nkD_YGpdCL8YjqVMhbRuGU_yzSAvE3my65J_hvPqkZh2dsrND8J_cSWl53lzaZVq-_B_h3dp-FRK7J_R4zwwrOQaV64XEVaWx0ZspMmPnV7B70q-z2EUNtAsxVitdje7joZ-EoLvdkuQovLrMxHmnAPw3zqUe26eI3qf1m-bV6Sg/s320/Z50_8300.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then the next day I flew over to Gustavus, to get to Glacier bay, the weather was great and we hopped over the mountains.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN_6JYOVmwrMo0e8uxQ7OuHXC9RBhVAWq7Lt0rcU6ZGQzj8fBI2jqsSL7K6_DFPZ6mErLU-P-_6_sS7CbDex5WX2qeR2CHOXlBlrDbrhOOv8Mp5KNFakI4RIlcxGMMWKIIX1rFvArRyOMlki5rNrLrTBOP-0XGQ65sVbDXN8sq1luJTMAWMJT4gU1Dqe5/s5568/Z50_8303.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuN_6JYOVmwrMo0e8uxQ7OuHXC9RBhVAWq7Lt0rcU6ZGQzj8fBI2jqsSL7K6_DFPZ6mErLU-P-_6_sS7CbDex5WX2qeR2CHOXlBlrDbrhOOv8Mp5KNFakI4RIlcxGMMWKIIX1rFvArRyOMlki5rNrLrTBOP-0XGQ65sVbDXN8sq1luJTMAWMJT4gU1Dqe5/s320/Z50_8303.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>It was a great flight and the flats near gustavus are beautiful!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehLp1iL0MpXRqWmbTr1l9X6bFMKhp9pHaE4OmisakrgSkSROPRDaluneBEqIMRUAxeGX9uHGLX0x6f8usUQZ5PAKg5PQqIQ2UdRiqq2w1mKW8ejeN79Q_kXien0xGVzm6WzDfUU5T58mKQL04YYKVi3gCNpkC87jmb_tKOOlOu3SaAhmvjhNLvfpJQ0HZ/s5568/Z50_8316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehLp1iL0MpXRqWmbTr1l9X6bFMKhp9pHaE4OmisakrgSkSROPRDaluneBEqIMRUAxeGX9uHGLX0x6f8usUQZ5PAKg5PQqIQ2UdRiqq2w1mKW8ejeN79Q_kXien0xGVzm6WzDfUU5T58mKQL04YYKVi3gCNpkC87jmb_tKOOlOu3SaAhmvjhNLvfpJQ0HZ/s320/Z50_8316.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then I got on the day boat a few days later and we saw some moose!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBfIvrR3PrNAAHRInIU-f1Bfl-paHQh93b_fPzP-twziXz59KeN5JrsIdCrJUWeaore9s_1v0MJcTPHtNcciYFwojoCNB0FAhMEoKG5B2TVUkaQIOGqd8IjLBL1PiU7X7Tk1TuVZ0xUxJMyxeR2XIN4hsa8LWm9vh7ikOvPrK0NnZwHKJ7bUXVEX2rVna/s5568/Z50_8409.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBfIvrR3PrNAAHRInIU-f1Bfl-paHQh93b_fPzP-twziXz59KeN5JrsIdCrJUWeaore9s_1v0MJcTPHtNcciYFwojoCNB0FAhMEoKG5B2TVUkaQIOGqd8IjLBL1PiU7X7Tk1TuVZ0xUxJMyxeR2XIN4hsa8LWm9vh7ikOvPrK0NnZwHKJ7bUXVEX2rVna/s320/Z50_8409.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And got up on the day boat and got a ride up bay. Here's Margerie Glacier<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe2oJUPo3Qi-eaaaOc3EC1Ta9NBoJu8zDB-xOfCNps9R5MRVKO3pjyLHuSP5RKPJYxgNKfVhwlyhySoJZ3akbye8SRL3VagrYswfJoo5Cp-zxIO3IYlgefMUflh50GBejUnAu32vVV9HFQIketXpsb4fgdgRe0JtHTw1rmm2jsF3bUr6sQ2ziHcQC5tPK/s5568/Z50_8440.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe2oJUPo3Qi-eaaaOc3EC1Ta9NBoJu8zDB-xOfCNps9R5MRVKO3pjyLHuSP5RKPJYxgNKfVhwlyhySoJZ3akbye8SRL3VagrYswfJoo5Cp-zxIO3IYlgefMUflh50GBejUnAu32vVV9HFQIketXpsb4fgdgRe0JtHTw1rmm2jsF3bUr6sQ2ziHcQC5tPK/s320/Z50_8440.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a closer view.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG2yq8j9YBpQVLrgcDc3-XnCDFiW4QaKEqlXpmhM4jQfuL6fS3wQzDdmw9EGykJ4ifrnttPIGp3V28ztxGPz9G1GNNj18UKahBjpTW6gLYVBjwYnMlqSqwJWCWKBO0-goDv3UjgcuWOOdMZq6NihJfqpbMKDndEkgUGlYx5StDqGUE6NPP6ej0_QN1nH5/s5568/Z50_8445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsG2yq8j9YBpQVLrgcDc3-XnCDFiW4QaKEqlXpmhM4jQfuL6fS3wQzDdmw9EGykJ4ifrnttPIGp3V28ztxGPz9G1GNNj18UKahBjpTW6gLYVBjwYnMlqSqwJWCWKBO0-goDv3UjgcuWOOdMZq6NihJfqpbMKDndEkgUGlYx5StDqGUE6NPP6ej0_QN1nH5/s320/Z50_8445.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoWtjkv4puwgY9ld99KkTmKgtEAxK9xc7sB19rWV74pX3CPV-qGTMc8vbnOHdRSxZVxUxRpeFw_ZOhiDsiQieqlhhoJpYaQIY8A4YLC0DOBRWeI-VWOrDQzfVRC2clOOM5aVfDUxxfNS2_lF5rlIrU3JK867uw_DVrP9iOfkZgxt2PuDNPctUm8iUzutC/s5568/Z50_8447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoWtjkv4puwgY9ld99KkTmKgtEAxK9xc7sB19rWV74pX3CPV-qGTMc8vbnOHdRSxZVxUxRpeFw_ZOhiDsiQieqlhhoJpYaQIY8A4YLC0DOBRWeI-VWOrDQzfVRC2clOOM5aVfDUxxfNS2_lF5rlIrU3JK867uw_DVrP9iOfkZgxt2PuDNPctUm8iUzutC/s320/Z50_8447.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Another view. The face is really nice right now.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDmw5BxsOP4Sb70FGsqdGcTSeZ052Xc3nDPPsmntCf4NG0MgLOdEoFwGPTzeoI3gvNA_mi62qHWpVjPo0HLgnaTwX_ZpjLXiLisJvr689xG6CPxyoVVW9To2dSe-eUX0l-90fMgufRsW2Mr2cwac4ylLL17LPBHdEWsGeWwzfAQ8hCrrjiBHnUwF2K2Ku/s5568/Z50_8458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDmw5BxsOP4Sb70FGsqdGcTSeZ052Xc3nDPPsmntCf4NG0MgLOdEoFwGPTzeoI3gvNA_mi62qHWpVjPo0HLgnaTwX_ZpjLXiLisJvr689xG6CPxyoVVW9To2dSe-eUX0l-90fMgufRsW2Mr2cwac4ylLL17LPBHdEWsGeWwzfAQ8hCrrjiBHnUwF2K2Ku/s320/Z50_8458.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>A couple Ice Eagles<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6K9DbJMflaeP8rJgb9kWZidb1jkMUEeCLkC-J_k5-XOZXt00F6rBwz5Cip83dGnBb1YlfGWuVBGAy1w-5ydQP6jJ3Zvv3_2bLPhpYkV0PpxUfy-3N0swqqEj8lWkcEhpNEnmrQi2WcWXMYcsws0F1yiJ0OHcMWjy2SLagtrkze3IC-Qe4inOLDyrquuh9/s5568/Z50_8464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6K9DbJMflaeP8rJgb9kWZidb1jkMUEeCLkC-J_k5-XOZXt00F6rBwz5Cip83dGnBb1YlfGWuVBGAy1w-5ydQP6jJ3Zvv3_2bLPhpYkV0PpxUfy-3N0swqqEj8lWkcEhpNEnmrQi2WcWXMYcsws0F1yiJ0OHcMWjy2SLagtrkze3IC-Qe4inOLDyrquuh9/s320/Z50_8464.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then we got dropped off in Blue Mouse cove, and started paddling. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Tj3pdB_1RdeF8YXiKisdsl6q0o2lzAZZVWcC4kTqY1QuduVJ0Ib3pcKohbkxn5RVtQdQJtY2i9jVkkaIWSdGNmxpZSK7cx209k2K6UY0uHiaJfQW5F-q_pPIGKEIc5mjFaRe0oxCI4eVHR4e507uV-sNApS3rT-UQtGvjbyWpz4o32oqUpmqMs72uwQf/s5568/Z50_8487.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Tj3pdB_1RdeF8YXiKisdsl6q0o2lzAZZVWcC4kTqY1QuduVJ0Ib3pcKohbkxn5RVtQdQJtY2i9jVkkaIWSdGNmxpZSK7cx209k2K6UY0uHiaJfQW5F-q_pPIGKEIc5mjFaRe0oxCI4eVHR4e507uV-sNApS3rT-UQtGvjbyWpz4o32oqUpmqMs72uwQf/s320/Z50_8487.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>When we got in the canoe, we found some Oystercatchers<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSanl4C9AxJEB4wX08M8HOcx7tEG9H90Gl903w8pGGkINsCDDNB5thN_3b--e_w3_es3OB1KfMbubGVaCRdcaeUaYio4CE2dTB6rQQevK1CMWYQMv7SmYdLaR0LdI0RhW_YAuLT9G1hIO59pMxVSbkxP-pzrvnXxMCI2sPuQrIRlnlT0RZgL8lIINeAcxg/s5568/Z50_8492.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSanl4C9AxJEB4wX08M8HOcx7tEG9H90Gl903w8pGGkINsCDDNB5thN_3b--e_w3_es3OB1KfMbubGVaCRdcaeUaYio4CE2dTB6rQQevK1CMWYQMv7SmYdLaR0LdI0RhW_YAuLT9G1hIO59pMxVSbkxP-pzrvnXxMCI2sPuQrIRlnlT0RZgL8lIINeAcxg/s320/Z50_8492.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And then went into a place called Strange Inlet, and found a blind bald eagle, with a blue eye<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7PtI9Sv2DTcZdqS4D2cRFwFbXWv17X6_rycAIYl6BUVFsSQll7-4_LbgKrGxokELx_Yv-XlACuZRzbWrOqcaBQ4poT_0McubRTd4yaAbfhU5nWPJnfYtLe03-_HqNhfT_f3CWQ1SIrpqLqUvM3grazzU-a5K52uWCUB4y2VkNJ_78VLa6mfxmDmRTcp4/s5568/Z50_8503.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7PtI9Sv2DTcZdqS4D2cRFwFbXWv17X6_rycAIYl6BUVFsSQll7-4_LbgKrGxokELx_Yv-XlACuZRzbWrOqcaBQ4poT_0McubRTd4yaAbfhU5nWPJnfYtLe03-_HqNhfT_f3CWQ1SIrpqLqUvM3grazzU-a5K52uWCUB4y2VkNJ_78VLa6mfxmDmRTcp4/s320/Z50_8503.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Its a braided river with some salmon in it, and a bear was roaming around. I think this is the same bear as Danny, Abe and I found in 2019. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NAQXx0eLxfuqAC_ynWiA0kfn06f2Q6_DL2uXHkKx-SH1Ys_sBPRTy3T9pZ_LCC9cQ6XKrNAcdK2jrFgrXzK8CHj1cw_GFu3vcQVeT7d9Bgp6SQafxVsc-M_tMc0NzP_qXce3JPjFhyt4P_HxKIwpoSu4qV2xP8KyXZtyhizF0nnvVTOCdnU489Jet9Sv/s5568/Z50_8513.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NAQXx0eLxfuqAC_ynWiA0kfn06f2Q6_DL2uXHkKx-SH1Ys_sBPRTy3T9pZ_LCC9cQ6XKrNAcdK2jrFgrXzK8CHj1cw_GFu3vcQVeT7d9Bgp6SQafxVsc-M_tMc0NzP_qXce3JPjFhyt4P_HxKIwpoSu4qV2xP8KyXZtyhizF0nnvVTOCdnU489Jet9Sv/s320/Z50_8513.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Jovial and fat, and munching on salmon.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFb6U6RjWWDpzlelXFKbNLGlRL4q6_D2IT2NY6oaSrpV649riC-A9hL5zZJwKVzFNDydix8dS1NHqanAEYjb9f1ERA_T9MjhIxjPfynrioAX6a5JPWjf6stDvQiOYLCLrjMTcg8_nMmacvz_f5777X5Ff-IFpk8hdwW3BYQ-Qudbg9U01UtPI7Yxwo6rZA/s5568/Z50_8528.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlM7Ju55M9cUQqNoPf2vNGEtNiUvNu8RYlTF5WZzs13nSF5fxsoxkDTIraE_PCU0tx_cYaipo6nUpHW4SCL3xQ4DWRKMYBlqoFE_oMgeIrrWGv93wPObSMGji8Dbxgyonhhm2_2YL_2Y5lbkny92DirGE1eIn-PYPy7dXH46cTqVROsTFwUoaE86aohQ7/s5568/Z50_8569.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlM7Ju55M9cUQqNoPf2vNGEtNiUvNu8RYlTF5WZzs13nSF5fxsoxkDTIraE_PCU0tx_cYaipo6nUpHW4SCL3xQ4DWRKMYBlqoFE_oMgeIrrWGv93wPObSMGji8Dbxgyonhhm2_2YL_2Y5lbkny92DirGE1eIn-PYPy7dXH46cTqVROsTFwUoaE86aohQ7/s320/Z50_8569.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>There were a bunch of Harlequin Ducks out<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXpFwvFo8_f9OV5roHz9GCjzZ2889hYB5ecURRwraXT16SJil7X6nXvfvMbvrFcGL5hAEiES9Q-dAeHu8REtD2n7eCjM1CZ-kaPOPH-gSX89fd8zar3nJLNiAYZGRKsWfdL02YtJ87qXQkFevJ2rRlNtHgsrHYqul00-k6oX5-EIWodS6vSS7KfZCKNHG/s5568/Z50_8573.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The grains of the ice.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LQopfTnjNF27uz75uK77rcVWqf_2LAYcOKJobwDBmBEda2iuA5tGm7OsIQ0-0yNieP-2O9WsZ0zlA5pNC-yw6KXCZ97QeoP6Qn8ExtsHB8ueQyWnFtyUIWFBUTTVbqJayUN5VGaqhj5CFPeVzWnxa4YLKuMtitI-aEcsMMBrBt6W2na77GKj4AmP2-Ku/s5568/Z50_8646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1LQopfTnjNF27uz75uK77rcVWqf_2LAYcOKJobwDBmBEda2iuA5tGm7OsIQ0-0yNieP-2O9WsZ0zlA5pNC-yw6KXCZ97QeoP6Qn8ExtsHB8ueQyWnFtyUIWFBUTTVbqJayUN5VGaqhj5CFPeVzWnxa4YLKuMtitI-aEcsMMBrBt6W2na77GKj4AmP2-Ku/s320/Z50_8646.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We went on top of Reid and hiked around and found a nice blue stream<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKa1jxtnKxrjWhTFEpNHpygK0IPSKrLCjHxmDQ2CthxscVdv__Nho3qfNksYRNRkceTdJy9XHUOq4jVjFSryydcTQJgwo3xDa_zzvNr2mN8yp01sUq3O3-3RI1k6G-J_JmU5DTkg74tYk_OLnjGoDxuhYs0mfZuDxrZDIU76N8NwxRyhNekboTXH6uUVZ3/s5568/Z50_8662.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Totally separate now<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDgWgw8kmYS_ltxIg-eMiJyLgnojCHCwEKzZj02GscN2Jem4QjNeU7m6ZBGxntI_O3RIoKXCb-y26aDoUYqNpE2xwv3u5TT7kmX0AW7QVbkLOc7559Qq3EboPAdgbzcpACFlrfOZxRoCJC1t6n_7F5hwr88cPnCCuzIBH-9a-Tx7cVoBjy72NV-rrdiTI/s5568/Z50_8813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDgWgw8kmYS_ltxIg-eMiJyLgnojCHCwEKzZj02GscN2Jem4QjNeU7m6ZBGxntI_O3RIoKXCb-y26aDoUYqNpE2xwv3u5TT7kmX0AW7QVbkLOc7559Qq3EboPAdgbzcpACFlrfOZxRoCJC1t6n_7F5hwr88cPnCCuzIBH-9a-Tx7cVoBjy72NV-rrdiTI/s320/Z50_8813.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We walked around the lake there a bit and had lunch<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuH2HeByq9g70NO7898h7_UxmIZO0TFD7lCoTFwaqt-VfjMFRveAXG6HWY2zKF2wT5KXGDQWRvMsJIsoR2Opx3_37mFU6YW9s5PlXGrpuEfigEsZQN3rQpFytnFGjiBFd0Phh__wZ_S8YCknTnWYjlThVxlQh1SwTFOCBArSqg94wr3-HJfYlYaMPCVIm/s5568/Z50_8818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJuH2HeByq9g70NO7898h7_UxmIZO0TFD7lCoTFwaqt-VfjMFRveAXG6HWY2zKF2wT5KXGDQWRvMsJIsoR2Opx3_37mFU6YW9s5PlXGrpuEfigEsZQN3rQpFytnFGjiBFd0Phh__wZ_S8YCknTnWYjlThVxlQh1SwTFOCBArSqg94wr3-HJfYlYaMPCVIm/s320/Z50_8818.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Looked up at the high glaciers around us<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedCv--SCSiES0INHLXK4zbfSnDOCNfoAVUdxXNPU1hRZZlnz5jucJVZJIvsp2pzkvpIVFwHiOKlCR-c92dz7Ik1od5fLVG-33_Pudu0alFUkhH1featGw8xWOk4A7XZgvNXxvHoPClMi_vcyQw4VPkgnyIiHR2qW9W57BUFtVdXaoa0yzo5DfdHoYtngR/s5568/Z50_8822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgedCv--SCSiES0INHLXK4zbfSnDOCNfoAVUdxXNPU1hRZZlnz5jucJVZJIvsp2pzkvpIVFwHiOKlCR-c92dz7Ik1od5fLVG-33_Pudu0alFUkhH1featGw8xWOk4A7XZgvNXxvHoPClMi_vcyQw4VPkgnyIiHR2qW9W57BUFtVdXaoa0yzo5DfdHoYtngR/s320/Z50_8822.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Here's a wider view<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9pn4A117nIBFxGS1wqmg8STyQIbwIMnv8uvSj0YIoxnIZ9K2pnqZ2-Vyn30z_0nCW5eltY8KPtCz_ql-Y8JgX2IRJ8UIV9aPJWKUpp7YgF2JYtXqxc1PL7sPE1MZd2wAOko4EXSXun0vYT4kVbAJ7dhb3NQaG02sGEnswImUoqbIqN9CUCoroAK6yU7K/s320/Z50_9072.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Overall a great trip. I then went to work on the SEN and now am back on the SFX for the last two weeks. Then I go to mexico!<br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-83888125325603430902023-08-18T22:33:00.001-07:002023-08-18T22:33:09.382-07:00Week with mom 2023<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/g_8y7ro72bU" width="480"></iframe><div>Heres a video from the week of August 12 to 19th. We went from Juneau to Sitka.</div>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-57955292455810276492023-08-11T22:53:00.000-07:002023-08-11T22:53:02.210-07:00More Alaska<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0S6Z1yqjGxSQ466lnAhW3o6hjgjdTD8vBwAqaTK03vHUQTsxMcSXlC7QVOSXPTjwaFWXDqpbM9w9bqt_f9jK-4JINSXtzlHCri6eBjSxFvWT8FrLzHOmidwk6Kp07BKmSHvuqNoFq0qbYldVO_v_nTWXgtDnJalQw_FRhIrLVyplYQweDXYHMp65Shxn/s5568/Z50_2640.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0S6Z1yqjGxSQ466lnAhW3o6hjgjdTD8vBwAqaTK03vHUQTsxMcSXlC7QVOSXPTjwaFWXDqpbM9w9bqt_f9jK-4JINSXtzlHCri6eBjSxFvWT8FrLzHOmidwk6Kp07BKmSHvuqNoFq0qbYldVO_v_nTWXgtDnJalQw_FRhIrLVyplYQweDXYHMp65Shxn/s320/Z50_2640.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Another great week up here in Alaska! With a solitary bubble-netter, we watched herring get eaten.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecyeqS0SrS7I1TeCWLjsnCB6kM2jqhhbAf-AXxgSgdBARDZlV9-UjD8XcYvMUMbLNX_6ZOedE1A2Dv4xAoVq0V1BFXEX45rJz3GRR5YRX8yvLbWNP7ypDsHxdJ8ACpBEhEOeU4bCKgnk56WduH_d7WzoZbgSkVN3ALsxdY8Go3YcxQ7BEmoYO8srDxCdT/s5568/Z50_2798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjecyeqS0SrS7I1TeCWLjsnCB6kM2jqhhbAf-AXxgSgdBARDZlV9-UjD8XcYvMUMbLNX_6ZOedE1A2Dv4xAoVq0V1BFXEX45rJz3GRR5YRX8yvLbWNP7ypDsHxdJ8ACpBEhEOeU4bCKgnk56WduH_d7WzoZbgSkVN3ALsxdY8Go3YcxQ7BEmoYO8srDxCdT/s320/Z50_2798.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And a few orcas as well<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXUW-Ktwaa1XWsbRh_ii3KsgEXFbWX-Gc6GWbMqyIYsi6NqsJx6XFjbVkWYQ0xXbCXVhBOz8SEzEL_-133Yth4C9SnbuimglrH-7KhBPaAP5r8eZrDeopSbe0mELFpTYUtkuygK6H2pLAojccUT_VWz6B_e2r0M31etEgRL1gHZyPIP9e47lBzjHr1WLH/s5568/Z50_2980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqn3nvQQVOATPi8LX9zAIU10Wijpx0bZSasRYAQrgybcfFky4qODs662UhpaGZvuPTiRl-p1vrPjqZKqdKTXO_BAH9KQ6zqUskZI6RZ1IVyiuzM2UKjqVLeS4EoC6cmdy1tPM1B5-4kMfhV392gJVi4CMiC31yp90LaeRp1dfd3mKX6yHCNTsMqnTPRw_/s5568/Z50_3432.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqn3nvQQVOATPi8LX9zAIU10Wijpx0bZSasRYAQrgybcfFky4qODs662UhpaGZvuPTiRl-p1vrPjqZKqdKTXO_BAH9KQ6zqUskZI6RZ1IVyiuzM2UKjqVLeS4EoC6cmdy1tPM1B5-4kMfhV392gJVi4CMiC31yp90LaeRp1dfd3mKX6yHCNTsMqnTPRw_/s320/Z50_3432.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I got to do an awesome hike, up the Grand Pacific Glacier, and into Canada, then back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqZQ_Ih83Sz319V1Qs5Ii80POs8aoobk8hjzBJHIFoj9Du8w0RzfoFwBzDki2Dz5WrKH5AUWAvLhIWmH9mqmDl5SewdMk0k1mdPe-Q0UdpEuj0SOziddeDF1Agdb96_3YeEZoOcwxrFycsRMRlKxizGHphXYzGCEUoBEWUCCS7Gw3se0IiwlEvtCnHiZg/s5568/Z50_3472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxo5QAIDkLY9etGBdi1MTny92cxtSd-iGZXb1s978J38wcj4Nx-hTBNPhZ22kD0gWgdVWdAkaOJESunOIrV-nF7vgfO1z7MGY_lWkJ1dvLMQ-dZWGR9K4Y6y0Jam5Zm2YM8TEIz4c1TmVkeBkNMASNeOa8dw91Bfueb34jbIjuRIs9_6MeK32eSEPVjGG/s5568/Z50_1358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxo5QAIDkLY9etGBdi1MTny92cxtSd-iGZXb1s978J38wcj4Nx-hTBNPhZ22kD0gWgdVWdAkaOJESunOIrV-nF7vgfO1z7MGY_lWkJ1dvLMQ-dZWGR9K4Y6y0Jam5Zm2YM8TEIz4c1TmVkeBkNMASNeOa8dw91Bfueb34jbIjuRIs9_6MeK32eSEPVjGG/s320/Z50_1358.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>So our first week up in Alaska went off quite nicely. I'm finishing the second trip right now, but I'll get to that later.<span> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWLywXWLu5jNlPbHh7LPzp5Ddcu-ahozTpgklYkJ1ElSjUZrubIknbHjXDK6JPIeDxIC-2f3yCMy7c3ArVqCqgcNbXUQuajFOA7-1kyjEOxYnjJj6z0MHK5MT2hQTL1xiqN8_Q7W28VWlXAdt1LMP3-Awop_rm5EAtSWNdasVSs0pBN1QaF47Q6t2A4dx/s5568/Z50_1376.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWLywXWLu5jNlPbHh7LPzp5Ddcu-ahozTpgklYkJ1ElSjUZrubIknbHjXDK6JPIeDxIC-2f3yCMy7c3ArVqCqgcNbXUQuajFOA7-1kyjEOxYnjJj6z0MHK5MT2hQTL1xiqN8_Q7W28VWlXAdt1LMP3-Awop_rm5EAtSWNdasVSs0pBN1QaF47Q6t2A4dx/s320/Z50_1376.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We saw a few whales and had a nice evening spyhopper, here's his nose.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKxtX_vtXGwUNoC4Rx754Jtcg0BzzNGwp2sk8sju0mJgyGpNMQisyOjzpmWCfynzAktOWw6BZDMH_mbYfIrCLwqOubxlAyAnVFAhojyuDapHlfxBsz9h7ITZHjsIgJ6LsmjB-TQagW2Iz7qzrkzGAbdK2RE74cStQqShaJafv6kwguLs-gIdEOi_JTQLb/s5568/Z50_1385.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBZvOXKqbOzpILj5ZId2FpLVYb9qNY-ci-LmaWBuGOSGrdzVqC400UvY9hrAlBcJ73OQKImlchtt3TW2RRef18kSVzf1txzQyWMP1LhIE9yuMoPz1FnEhP-lVTkEIT1DgLhqlGzaGFfU-QZ786qCl4-qEkruysF1-9BNu9zsHlI4rfjOBDaL1ViHK-HMJ/s5568/Z50_2240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBZvOXKqbOzpILj5ZId2FpLVYb9qNY-ci-LmaWBuGOSGrdzVqC400UvY9hrAlBcJ73OQKImlchtt3TW2RRef18kSVzf1txzQyWMP1LhIE9yuMoPz1FnEhP-lVTkEIT1DgLhqlGzaGFfU-QZ786qCl4-qEkruysF1-9BNu9zsHlI4rfjOBDaL1ViHK-HMJ/s320/Z50_2240.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>More bugs up here this year than before, I've been "investing in alaska".... In blood.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFv2Ipl9wZnCSo_uAllYLLwKEyO8rEZl484Tp5ICEDDH4HvAV6Bd-iimzKyknbaoWxv7pKdcnAqlOOi265l6oFsGbbKt2suyXl4jyETmlpk-ejTt8-fvUe8FLS_ln9GWpyAW31Fzn9tFgG8HsQI_iVmD1uciBkInNz60YrObKsL9lwYfP_xq2ZKH9mXdb/s5568/Z50_2302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFv2Ipl9wZnCSo_uAllYLLwKEyO8rEZl484Tp5ICEDDH4HvAV6Bd-iimzKyknbaoWxv7pKdcnAqlOOi265l6oFsGbbKt2suyXl4jyETmlpk-ejTt8-fvUe8FLS_ln9GWpyAW31Fzn9tFgG8HsQI_iVmD1uciBkInNz60YrObKsL9lwYfP_xq2ZKH9mXdb/s320/Z50_2302.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>The bears have been great. At Hidden falls hatchery we had great bears and they were spewing out eggs from the fish and then licking them up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJ2_HftsfUhz3RmFBlMXywszaERSo5CxX_VD28f_pJSHIBmm4ZmYyR11pE6Qvh05o_m6LHIY4wggs0QbpLPOeAjXBPV0PC1V0xOR42WhTTQVhan_0Q89TJJLxnMaU0sKuECFj1TXt8Dc03OOJUBRHLXzFzZNFVaH8OZAkCZCANAgpYPrCIlvre0jk6eU2/s5568/Z50_2375.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJ2_HftsfUhz3RmFBlMXywszaERSo5CxX_VD28f_pJSHIBmm4ZmYyR11pE6Qvh05o_m6LHIY4wggs0QbpLPOeAjXBPV0PC1V0xOR42WhTTQVhan_0Q89TJJLxnMaU0sKuECFj1TXt8Dc03OOJUBRHLXzFzZNFVaH8OZAkCZCANAgpYPrCIlvre0jk6eU2/s320/Z50_2375.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>And at Emmon's Island we had a great sleepy bear.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkIgkjuZU3Dke9gzqEg8OVk6mxhz8DyEO2_aTh7A3kGM76hPFfPMumFCwXeSBPJrpQv4AmojRf7WgzrzulXHRr0AhixX1NQUkyJotvWSZ3yN6J2vdDfXSYg93Apft6ld1tqSVgoiemrdX1hjRNst3KgEt0HdLykSoqRTCNLCBRJ-SEDwv1pyemQTQWKsI/s5568/Z50_2388.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkIgkjuZU3Dke9gzqEg8OVk6mxhz8DyEO2_aTh7A3kGM76hPFfPMumFCwXeSBPJrpQv4AmojRf7WgzrzulXHRr0AhixX1NQUkyJotvWSZ3yN6J2vdDfXSYg93Apft6ld1tqSVgoiemrdX1hjRNst3KgEt0HdLykSoqRTCNLCBRJ-SEDwv1pyemQTQWKsI/s320/Z50_2388.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8036911750822500822.post-51908039370189288062023-06-17T11:06:00.002-07:002023-06-17T11:06:28.797-07:00Hiking up lummi Island<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheH5LJmy6YEbYbqk2iEySfbWC0EUXkQ-Gganbu-YEWp_Q5x3l0A4i6K658LEmKVQzHuFtTlcM7Id3cvxFHHB6189nUOVm6nPMVJLiXYcuI_8kZKxy4JCRXJvWkVcHxSZhTJFRK3CzBB5jWuvGDRirGl58ATLxGcL7HXF-fZrZHmEYFa7R5_YofjkOjiA/s5568/Z50_0766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheH5LJmy6YEbYbqk2iEySfbWC0EUXkQ-Gganbu-YEWp_Q5x3l0A4i6K658LEmKVQzHuFtTlcM7Id3cvxFHHB6189nUOVm6nPMVJLiXYcuI_8kZKxy4JCRXJvWkVcHxSZhTJFRK3CzBB5jWuvGDRirGl58ATLxGcL7HXF-fZrZHmEYFa7R5_YofjkOjiA/s320/Z50_0766.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I just did a nice hike up a hill and back, but I didn't drive to the spot to go hiking. I sailed there! Using my trusty Hobie 16, named the Smurf Scoter, (named after the bird the Surf Scoter, and also my previous Honda Civic, the Smurf Rocket) I sailed over to Lummi Island. I had my friend Teague and my brother Abe, and we took off into the grey breezy day with some chop. We got a bit splashed initially, and then we were kinda chilly by the time we arrived at the south end of Lummi Island two hours later. We beached the boat on a rocky (and low tide) beach, and then had to push and pull and drag the boat up to the high tide line, since we were going to leave it there for a while. We used the sails to help push, and laid down some logs to slide the boat over, and got it up. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XGC6qrF8StDJ2IK4aoKMLmeAkD7743LfGr7WrD5ghzfXmWSo3u1Xauj8p89PrtmB692IWVDU20W6cDA4cHpowirNkhRlEk8U99nT6pJ0RoajJeE6UxcqfjcxLtDWgRCCle3GKD1ToEc-D3cSrWFTtuvnTUMoX_Q94RM3dV0HDmZvMvUFxr4RT-jsmg/s5568/Z50_0809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XGC6qrF8StDJ2IK4aoKMLmeAkD7743LfGr7WrD5ghzfXmWSo3u1Xauj8p89PrtmB692IWVDU20W6cDA4cHpowirNkhRlEk8U99nT6pJ0RoajJeE6UxcqfjcxLtDWgRCCle3GKD1ToEc-D3cSrWFTtuvnTUMoX_Q94RM3dV0HDmZvMvUFxr4RT-jsmg/s320/Z50_0809.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Then it was time for a snack and changing into hiking clothes, and off we went. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlhXVW2BtjC1LlJSOcKzkhjOaVYIPs9RnMjbhHoNRUPyqIOWrrR6wBfZoNPqHa9gTKIFpWEwMgIboN9LXQo6k5EpoV5spNkXTaxo7O7NE8OBknVYnyUmon5bY-k959Gl0lx8f8XcNvYV4YoBSVAZErz3Zoo_IuOmcP2eo_QySFDhU3cQGq-j6UiF5og/s5568/Z50_0829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlhXVW2BtjC1LlJSOcKzkhjOaVYIPs9RnMjbhHoNRUPyqIOWrrR6wBfZoNPqHa9gTKIFpWEwMgIboN9LXQo6k5EpoV5spNkXTaxo7O7NE8OBknVYnyUmon5bY-k959Gl0lx8f8XcNvYV4YoBSVAZErz3Zoo_IuOmcP2eo_QySFDhU3cQGq-j6UiF5og/s320/Z50_0829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Abe and I had previously explored the south end a little before, but by Canoe, and this time we wanted to go further up the hill. The west (or southwest) side of the island is drier and steeper, and has a lot of bald areas, so we stayed on that side. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqmHSfPhTVqYm_bopjDo9wL8CN_1qC4IhLw4Zj9uljIdhBQorOGf_TfNv99uWkWU0o8DnHK82RiiVL6yvfaf8Tat065_MG7fOS8mGKgLHV1lW-Ley3fIDg93rJZctSXSKNAI3f3u8u7bT0ax4MFvYaQ6PtAzbBk2Ne9YZBjpIA1unt8Wf0kl6TfuRng/s5568/Z50_0831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqmHSfPhTVqYm_bopjDo9wL8CN_1qC4IhLw4Zj9uljIdhBQorOGf_TfNv99uWkWU0o8DnHK82RiiVL6yvfaf8Tat065_MG7fOS8mGKgLHV1lW-Ley3fIDg93rJZctSXSKNAI3f3u8u7bT0ax4MFvYaQ6PtAzbBk2Ne9YZBjpIA1unt8Wf0kl6TfuRng/s320/Z50_0831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Along the way I found some Goldback Fern, which I really like. It grows in dry areas and looks like a mini bracken fern, except it has gold on the bottom of the leaves. Probably not really gold though. I don't think Gold (Au) is used in biological systems except for teeth. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOVRUxiXamZrVsAm8hLCGnW35gEfzgx3YE6QANkAUAJG0tQEqJRFHouH9s1Mp1ATI-yJxaLhIac8S-N--LgGSNQqKrT05hkf603qL0vxLqRpRfQM3YJBhWGUauKMK4yLSAkJDLimZcQ9IlllOCj_QSwnI9d7w5dnkB5XMnPmzGGNcGHvoeQzRXbsVDg/s5568/Z50_0835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheOVRUxiXamZrVsAm8hLCGnW35gEfzgx3YE6QANkAUAJG0tQEqJRFHouH9s1Mp1ATI-yJxaLhIac8S-N--LgGSNQqKrT05hkf603qL0vxLqRpRfQM3YJBhWGUauKMK4yLSAkJDLimZcQ9IlllOCj_QSwnI9d7w5dnkB5XMnPmzGGNcGHvoeQzRXbsVDg/s320/Z50_0835.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I also found a dark eyed Junco nest, with three little eggs in it. a cozy little hollow in the succulents. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENLj0u_pbAo56nuThD7XAL3Y4DpOot5rlE1cGKracv8nzqe0i_CM_ZuT5Cy9L7bm004F-bTqHhSd31tfq8gp7Ql2KbqxwDPvfnb6CB_8QJUHc-lkBRwiCxAFuoEnAK0kJtLLh5S2IRH4znadiyg8-LTWBTBujO7VrIPQgLknRyKzpjslkOLhCp4opHg/s5568/Z50_0840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENLj0u_pbAo56nuThD7XAL3Y4DpOot5rlE1cGKracv8nzqe0i_CM_ZuT5Cy9L7bm004F-bTqHhSd31tfq8gp7Ql2KbqxwDPvfnb6CB_8QJUHc-lkBRwiCxAFuoEnAK0kJtLLh5S2IRH4znadiyg8-LTWBTBujO7VrIPQgLknRyKzpjslkOLhCp4opHg/s320/Z50_0840.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We hiked up a ways, then I flopped down on some grass and took a bit of a nap before heading downhill. It was a good hike, and then on the sail back we had nice speed, and made it back quickly.<p></p><p>From Eliza Island to the Post point bouy is 3.9 NM, and we did that distance in 31 minutes, so <br /> an average of 7.5 kts. We sped up about double during the trip back, from maybe 5 kts in the beginning to about 10 or 12 at the end. </p><p>I've been trying to sell the Smurf Scoter, but doing trips like this makes me want to keep it, but in between these trips it sits quietly on the trailer out at Abe's house. It seems to survive the waiting just fine, except the trailer is always in need of repair. I've got about another week in Bellingham before I start the Alaska season, and I'm really looking forward to it. </p>cdlloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02207510734643437599noreply@blogger.com0