Turtle Bay

Yesterday we awoke to hundreds of Xantus' Murrelets in the water around the boat. We were underway from Islas San Benito at first light with many other odd sounds coming from the darkness (elephant seals from the beach, assorted seabirds and a dog barking from the fishing boat next to us). We had a sail up for most of the day but still had to use the motor due to light winds. The seas remain pretty calm and it was a good ride all the way to Turtle Bay. During the day we passed a dozen grey whales
heading south as well as thousands of shearwaters (seabirds)in the area. We pulled into Turtle Bay before sunset. Two enterprising young men in a fuel panga pulled up as soon as our anchor was set to provide us with diesel, took our trash and told Michelle that she spoke like a "pura Mexicana". This made her very happy. Shortly thereafter we had an invitation to dinner with Wayne (Moonduster) and Ben and Shawn (Pangaea). We took them up on this and it was nice to visit with them and swap sea
stories. Today we ventured into town, did some local purchasing and will soon be on our way for Magdalena Bay. It's a 267 nautical mile run to our next anchorage so it will be a bit of a haul. The weather forecast continues to be fair so we don't want to dally. Mark