4th of July, Mexico style

Masquerade is now in Conception Bay, at the anchorage of Santa Domingo. We arrived in Bahia Concepcion on the 2nd and traveled down to Burro Cove for the 4th of July Party. Every year Geary puts on a event for the locals and the cruisers. He provides the palapa, the hotdogs and fireworks, and arranges for a beer truck, everyone else brings a potluck item. Geary lives here year round and also provides weather information on one of the HAM radio nets, so knows lots of the cruisers. This year there
were 16 boats in the cove, and a few other people came in my car from nearby anchorages. The food and company was good. One boat has a karaoke machine and this was brought ashore, Some people were pretty good, some not so good, and some where extremely entertaining (Travis, a 40ish guy did an amazing version of Madonna's "Like a Virgin".) After dark we had a firework show, before everyone headed back to their boats. A good time was had by all.

The temperature changes drastically when entering Bahia Concepcion, the air went up to 100, and the water went up to 90 degrees in the cove. We were introduced to the "Noodle Party", where everyone uses a float so that they can stay in the water using as little energy as possible till they completely prune up! Getting in the water is the only way to cool off, but with the water up to 90, it does not help much. Out of Burro Cove the water was a bit cooler and felt much better. The bio-luminescence
is very active here, we went swimming after dark and the water glowed around us from our movements. Someone said it is like making snow angels in the water. An interesting experience.

We spent a few nights in various anchorages in the Bay, swimming and doing some exploring. We were told of a beach that had scallops, so I went snorkling to have a look. I was able to find some of the free swimming type and started collecting some. These were pretty small, so the batch (14) that I grabbed barely made an appetizer for us! Since they proved to be tasty and not too much trouble to clean, we will have to find some more later.

Heading further north, next stop will be Santa Rosalia.