Yesterday after arriving at Juncalito we met our immediate neighbors, Carl and Chris from B.C., Canada. They’re also on their first Baja trip, in a 37 foot motor home and staying here for a month or more. Turns out Carl retired last year and bought a 28-foot Lancer sailboat as his retirement gift, which he towed down here on a trailer from L.A. behind the RV. His wife doesn’t like sailing, so he’s always looking for interested crew and invited us to go sailing with him today. We hesitated less than half a second before accepting! So this morning we went for our run and took showers, then hooked up with Carl to walk about ½ mile to a remote cove on the other side of the hill where he keeps his dinghy anchored. The 3 of us got in the dinghy and motored to Puerto Escondido where his sailboat is anchored in the bay. The weather was perfect, sunny and mid-70s with a 5-6 knot wind when we went out. As you can see from the photo, this adventure made Bob very happy! We sailed for 3 hours, including circumnavigating the small island about ½ mile off-shore from Juncalito beach where we’re camping. By the time we returned, the wind had picked up considerably, and we made the trip back in the dinghy with white caps and spray blowing over the bow. It was a lovely day.
On our return walk to the campground, we noted from afar that two RVs had moved in practically right on top of the Chalet and we were feeling a bit grumpy. The closer we got, the grumpier we got. Then we noted one of the RVs looked familiar! It turned out to be our “old” Baja friends Jim and Jan from Penticton, who we first met at Catavina and with whom we spent lots of time at Bahia Concepcion/ Santispac and whose kayaks we’d used there. They had taken off for a trip into town, so we haven’t seen them yet, but the second RV belongs to close Canadian friends of theirs with whom they are now traveling. I expect we’ll have a great happy hour reunion after we go back to Puerto Escondido to post today’s story and check our email.
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