Erin and I left along with most everyone at our own time. It was sort of a shame that the group became so fractured, but at the same time it is nice to have some space after being with friends for so long. Bryan and Maggie stayed behind to enjoy that same beach longer, while we planned to meet up with Dave & Ushi. We didn't have any luck finding them where we thought we would at km 92 (92 km from Loreto) but we did find an incredibly beautiful beach to share between us. Once again we were never charged to stay there.
We walked back and forth in the very still, very warm sheltered cove looking at the many sea sponges growing on pieces of shell in the sand. We tried collecting shellfish to augment our dinner, and found one good one that wouldn't open, however when we tried pulling a second one we found open to check that it was healthy an octopus popped out of the clam shell and shot away after dumping ink in the water. What a surprise that was! I also tried hunting sting rays with a spear but found that this beach had none! It was full of fish 4 inches and smaller and tubular. At least there were no super poisonous puffer fish here. There were probably a hundred pelicans here crashing into the water from 4 to 10 feet high and then trying to eat their catches without being robbed by the many gulls hanging off of them. The gulls were ridiculous - always bullying eachother and the pelicans and looking so goofy.
Erin and I parked the tent under a palapa here too. Many other people came by but only one group seemed to stay and they were on the other side of the crescent shaped sand spit beach. This beach, unlike the last, had toilets but they were pit toilets in the worst disrepair, so much so that Erin and I were wary of using them as they seemed to be quickly moving towards collapse. And no one wants to fall in that...
In the middle of the night (11pm? lol) we went out and walked a bit on the beach to witness the firing of the phosphorence. I actually woke up because of a splashing noise that turned out to be fish jumping. Why so many fish were jumping and so continually we're not sure, but my guess is that they just couldn't see where the water's surface was due to the darkness. Even the moon had set. It's amazing how much light a starry sky gives.
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