JAIME HACIENDA IS BACK!

If you're lookin' for a cool Panama hat, Jaime is the guy to talk to. The Panamanian land baron took time away from his busy schedule for a mellow day on the water. Good times.

VAGABUNDOS DEL MAR

Bahia Concepcion on the second day of our 1,100+ mile adventure from San Clemente to  the East Cape.

99% of the road was good, two lane highway but we did run into a few spots that were washed out after the recent hurricanes.

Donnie and Debbie's pot-of-gold at the end of the rainbow.

The fishing was unusually slow this time around.

Captain Cabo at the wheel of his Whaler.

The reflection tells it all.

Snorkeling at Cabo Pulmo in 82-83 degree water.

LA ABUNDANCIA, BAJA SUR

Pics will have to wait because of limited bandwidth here. Our trip was amazing, 14 and 12 hours of driving in two consecutive days with a night at the "Rice and Bean" motel.
Baja is mucho green, looks like Hawaii with cactus. Water is in the mid-80's and we've been busy getting all set up here at the casa. There was very little hurricane damage here but tons of sand has vanished from in front of the home. Adios amigos.

FLIERS, FLIES & FOG

Hamilton Cove, Little Harbor, Buttonshell and Avalon, four stops in four nights. Yes, we did a lot of moving around for various reasons. Our plan was to spend one night in Avalon and then head to Little Harbor for the rest of the trip. Avalon was packed because of an air show the next day so we settled in at a bumpy Hamilton Cove. In the morning we were off to Little Harbor. Unbelievably, there were no other boats there. The anchors were set and soon we noticed a few kelp flies, or should I say they noticed us. We swatted until the sun set and decided two days of this would be too much. The flies won and we left the next morning, back to the front side. Our departure for Dana Point was aborted because of dense fog so it was back to Avalon for our final night, a day in the life for a couple of ocean-going vagabonds.

Sunrise from Hamilton Cove.

Our private air show at Little Harbor.

Little Harbor

The reef doing its thing at Little Harbor.

This is why we extended an extra night.