Mike and the Sea of Cortez

Coming back over the dunes, I asked Mike to stop for a second so I could shoot this photo of him with a great view of the Sea of Cortez. Pretty cool place we are, down here, eh?

Mom's in the Water

Artie perked up quite a bit when I was fishing. The tide was so low, that I walked out about 250 yards from the beach into the water, and it was still only hip high. Thousands of minnows swarmed all around me. Right smack in front of me was a school of mullet, or Lisa, as the Mexicans call them. About a foot long, but they are plankton eaters, so the only way to catch them would be with a net...not good to eat anyway, so there would be no point. I didn't catch a fish that day because the tide was wrong. Advice from Mike? Fish an hour before high tide until an hour after high tide. That's the best. Right now high tide is in the middle of the night, but I had a super fun time anyway....Mike sat on the beach, read and played with Artie.

Happy Dog

Mike and I rode past Garbage Beach (yep, there is garbage on that part), over the sand dunes, and horsed around on the pretty coved beach there. Cars can't get there, so it is pretty secluded and a nice place to shore fish, read, or play with Artie. Here is a shot of Artie resting in the shade of the ATV after chasing a ball, and just about everything else he could find.

Dinner at Ray's

Couple of nights ago many of the local gringos decided we would all go to Ray's Restaurant. Ray is a Cuban, originally from Havana. The food at his restaurant is fantastic, and the view at sunset is staggeringly beautiful...maybe we will get out there again soon and take some photos of the sunset, instead of corny photos like this one, well...I guess I am the only corny looking one.

Mike and Gary

Two goofy guys in the kitchen

Roadrunner

Mike and I drove out in the boonies a few days ago, and spotted a pair of Roadrunners. Mike said he had never seen two at the same time.

Yesterday took the big boat out with pals Tracy and Gary. Caught eight different types of fish. Usually it is one or two, so this was fun. Greenjack, Pinto Bass, Tile Fish, Red Snapper, Cabrillo, Cortez Grunt, Lizard Fish and Barracuda. A good time was had by all, except for Gary who only caught one fish, end of the day. Tides were low by 11 AM so we had to head back in pronto, and about ten minutes from home we saw an enormous amount of birds diving and swarming. Boy, did we want to get over there and see what all the commotion was about, but that darned tide forced us to just be good and get on in. Here is a photo of a couple of the fish we caught yesterday. They don't look too happy, but we were with some tempura, a fantastic spinach salad made by Tracy, and some baked French fries.