After getting out of the muck and mud at Estero Coyote, we continued our journey south past the town of Santa Rosalia to the friendly folks at San Lucas Cove RV Park. We put the boat into the shallow lagoon right behind our camper and settled in for a few days of fishing the waters offshore in the Sea of Cortes. We caught barracudas and spotted bay bass while trolling, but the waters were cold and murky when Mark went spear fishing off San Marcos Island.
On our second day out, we arrived at the mouth of the lagoon to witness a multitude of seabirds feeding. Then we spotted a pod of about twenty dolphins feeding just beyond the birds. As we passed by the dolphins, we cut the motor and we were surrounded by seven humpback and baleen whales feeding on sardines. They submerged and emerged anywhere from 3m to 100m away from our little boat and kept us awestruck by their beauty and enormity.
Later, after the sea lions had gobbled all the fish in the area, we headed to the south end of San Marcos Island. We did some great snorkelling off a reef with puffer fish, angel fish, starfish, sea cucumbers, stingrays, sea urchins and clams.
After packing up the boat, we explored the nearby town of Santa Rosalia with a visit to the famous steel church designed by Gustav Eiffel of Parisian fame. We toured the “French” bakery and feasted on tacos, wandering the streets before stopping at the plaza to let the girls romp.
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