One last taste of La Cruz...

This morning we paddled out of the harbor and up to a point west of us to do some snorkeling.  It was a bit cloudy bit still and perhaps because of that it was a remarkable session.  We glided over sting rays, their diamond shapes just barley discernible in the sandy bottom with just their eyes poking up.  They would startle as we passed over and glided off in a smooth but hurried hover away from us.  The sandy bottom captured and mirrored the motion of the waves above looking like so many other wave forms.  Near the shore the waters turbulence raised some slit that made the scene look like the beginnings of a sand storm over the desert as seen from a airplane.  

As we approached the rocky point we saw more fish, some pufferfish, a few parrotfish.  Then on the reef we saw lots of sea urchins and some live coral.  It struck me how very different sea-life was from land lifeforms, so alien.  It’s hard to believe that is what we evolved from.  If that’s where we came from and I believe that it is, I wonder where were are headed evolutionary wise as a species?  We might have to get off of this planet to find that out and in order to do that we’re going to first have survive this planet.  Along with an amazing array of highly evolved and specialized life on our planet it also has a long list of evolutionary dead ends.  After causing so much extinction, our species may be in the unique position to think our way out of it's own extinction, or not…



A bit later, back in the harbor and back on land, we went to the Sunday, harbor-side market in La Cruz today to pick up some fresh veggies and anything else that looked good.  

It turned out to be a happening scene with live music, lots of arts & crafts and plenty of savory food.  It's a crazy mixed up world that we're living in.  Sometimes it's best just to relax and enjoy the music...

Tomorrow morning we head out to spend a week exploring some of the smaller anchorages and harbors in Banderas Bay.  Depending on the wind we’ll probably start at Boca de Tomatlán, then Quimixto and on to Yelapa and possibly back to Punta Mita.