Isla San Francisco is where cruisers go to take pictures of their boats in the Sea of Cortez. Seriously.
Not only is it a gorgeous curved beach with a hook at the Southern end, there is a convenient trail to a ridge overlooking the entire bay so you can get a good angle on your boat, floating serenely in the perfect colors of the water. Here is the classic picture:
Here is the perspective from another ridge:
We waited out a Norther here. Northers are storms that funnel through the Sea of Cortez. The term is loosely used for any system that blows hard from the North. IslaSF was as good a place as any to wait it out, probably better than most in the area. Good holding, loads of room and even in the heart of the blow we could still land our kayak on the beach so we weren’t stuck in our boats the entire time. We were glad to not be in the La Paz anchorage during it.
We were there 6 nights. We hiked everywhere we could find a trail,examined the salt ponds on the island, Carol attempted some kiteboarding (too gusty) and we socialized with a number of boats also waiting out the winds, including the ones we arrived with (thank you Orcinius for the lovely happy hour).
Happy Estrellita.
Here in Seattle, following your blog helps keep the cold and wet at bay. And it takes me back to a couple of years ago when we also anchored at the Isla San Francisco. Give me some of that blue sky!
ReplyDeleteI am so very happy to be out of the grey!
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