Passage to San Blas

The pictures are now uploaded to the Passage to San Blas page.

Los Roques and Bonaire

I finally got to posting some pictures from Los Roques (and nearby Aves Barlovento) and Bonaire. Enjoy!

Pt. Reyes Cleanup

Toto, we're not in the tropics anymore!

Last week we got an email alerting us to a beach clean up at Pt. Reyes. Like most windward shores, the north side of Pt. Reyes collects a lot of debris. Unfortunately I got the schedule wrong by one day and when we showed up at 9:30am the parking lot was as empty as the wind swept beach. Fay and I looked at each other and decided we didn't need instruction on how to pickup plastic. The 53F wind was was blowing a steady 15-25 knots (35 when we later visited the lighthouse) so we bundled up, grabbed two shopping bags and started walking the beach. The beach was actually surprisingly clean compared to many windward shores we saw in the Caribbean. None the less we were able to fill two shopping bags with bits of plastic, and a few bottles, in about an hour. The largest piece was a Japanese fishing float, the smallest was a toy figure. In between were lots of pieces of shattered plastic, tooth brushes and bottle caps.

By coincidence, Manuel Maqueda of the Plastic Pollution Coalition spoke today at the St. Francis Yacht Club. There is excellent information on their web site, particularly regarding the myth of plastic "recycling" and why once created, plastic is forever.

Pictures of Los Roques

I posted a few pictures from Los Roques. Pictures from Aves, Bonaire and San Blas coming soon. The pictures can be found under Where we've been.