journal entry for dec. 19
up at 6am after not much sleep from all the banging as we rolled a lot in the surf. i wanted to capture first light, that elusive time before sunrise, the moment hard to pin down as first light. off in the distance was mismaloya looking like a bowl of fog. it was quite cold and the wind whipped my hair and stiffened my fingers. as the stars drew back i could see greater contrast in the landscape. by 7am the first panga came by and then a long line of pelicans drifted off the land low across the water, their wings barely touching. roosters have been crowing since i first got up and an occasional dog barks. the clouds lift and then it happened - another sunrise turns the sky soft pink to orange, a color i want to fall into. the day has begun. more pelicans fly by now, in pairs. lights are turned off inside the houses dotting the hillside and it's not yet 8am. a panga motor hums in the background.
we decided to motor over to yelapa for breakfast which means we made it by noon. a small bay with mooring balls only and expensive - 200 pesos for all day so we only stayed a couple hours.
reanchoring we decided on a nice spot just south of las animas. we have a sea breeze during the day and land breeze at night. little rolling so we slept better. just as i was prepping my kayak we saw a whale fairly close by and i tried to kayak over but i was way too slow. it felt good being back in the kayak. i tried to clean the boat bottom after i kayaked over to quimixto but there's too much surge.
