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Day 5 - Photo Journal

We started the day with a visit to a goat
herding community on one of the islands.
We walked from the beach up an arroyo

(dry riverbed) into the 6 family community.

Under an old ironwood tree there was a
pen of goats, mostly females and their kids.

No folks, not on the outside of the pen on the inside.

This poor goat had a cactus stuck to it's chin.
Ever had one of those days!

This picture is of one of the 6 family dwellings in the community.

Looking onto the property of one of the homes.

This is Alma with her daughter (to the right) and niece.
Alma's mother-in-law does needlework and gave this to the group as a gift.

The group had given the community a First Aid kit and other gifts for the families

(Please see Baja Gifts Program - part 1).

Group shot in front of a large Cardon cactus.

On the far right is Larissa and Helena, residents of the community.

After exploring the area we headed over to fossil beach.
In the background is a huge wall of limestone.

Collecting a few seabed fossils.

These two are clearly up to something. That's
right, you know exactly who I'm talking about...
it's Jala and Megan.

The group is tired and anxiously
awaiting to head back to the boat for lunch.

After lunch we head out kayaking,
snorkeling, beachcombing... an afternoon of playing.

Kevyn and Danielle kayak through the arcs
carved out in the sandstone based conglomerate.

The kayakers meet the group to go snorkeling.

Tucked into an arched cove the group dons there snorkel gear.

The water is warm and inviting.

Sea fans and Gorgonian coral are found growing off the rocky substrate.

A school of young Barred Pargo (snapper) swim past.

A Barberfish makes itself available as a cleaner fish.
It picks the dead skin and parasites off the bigger fish.

Late afternoon we spot a Blue whale.

It appears to be feeding off the bow of the boat undisturbed.

The yellow/green line on the 40 fathom
marker of the depth sounder, indicates krill.

After an hour it flukes goodbye.

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