Jay getting his chance to feel the whale

brooke getting friendly with a whale

Moby Dick

Scammons lagoon was named after Charles Melville Scammons who discovered the lagoon where grey whales return every winter to have babies. He nearly slaughtered them all, but fortunately for us this was a long time ago and the whales have made a remarkable comeback. We boarded the pangas (little fiberglass fishing boats) and were taken out to where the whales where swimming around. We got our money´s worth. At one time there were whales all around us. We even got to see a little mating. A few times the whales got curious as to what was driving around them and came closer to get a peek. This is when we had our chances to pet them and be able to see just how massive they were.

Right now we are at San Ignacio, which is a neat little desert oasis/cathedral/palm tree grove and will continue on to the Sea of Cortez. Our plan is to camp near Mulege tonight.

Rough roads, easy living

one of the good roads, we went far left.

After leaving bahia de los angeles we crossed over to the pacific side to explore some point breaks. Upon getting to the little village of santa rosilillita we looked at our map and saw that a point a little north of the town was circled. we didn´t remember why but decided to give it a try. We were pretty darn lucky to get to Punta San Andres due to the roads, one gnarly hill and our low clearance. We pulled up to a beach and less than a minute later the couple that had circled the point a week earlier pulled up behind us in their VW van. We made our way up to the little camp area and settled in.

As we settled, so did the rain. That first night it sprinkled and we had to make the choice of leaving then or sticking it out. We went for the daring route and it proceeded to rain for the next two days! But luckily people brought us water and tortillas when the went into the town as our van couldn´t make it. We caught some great waves at a perfect right point break that everyone that was there kept telling us was perfect for learning. And that is what we did. We saw some squid, soaked in some sun, and were told that we couldn´t tell anyone about the spot. So no one is allowed to say anything about it, I guess. We told them that we were from Wisconsin, but they seemed worried that their little spot of solitude would get overun. This is from the group of 18 that showed up yesterday afternoon. We took an entirely different route out of the area and have no idea how that worked, but here we are in Guerrero Negro. Tomorrow we will go to watch whales, possibly pet them, I don´t even know if whales like to pet? Brooke is betting me to ride one, so we´ll see. From there we will head over to the Cortez side for some flat water relaxing. We deserve the rest.

Jay riding una ola