Ensenada de los Muertos

Ensenada de los Muertos


Well we arrived in La Paz a week ago and have been enjoying marina life for awhile. After a chaotic passage to Cabo San Lucas and a few days in the bustling big city we made our way up the Sea of Cortez. Our first stop was an idealic bay called Ensenada de los Muertos...translated the name is Cove of the Dead. Despite the name which I heard came from some distant past yellow fever epidemic (did I get a shot for that ?), the place was perfect. We were safely anchored for five days as we waited for a norther to blow through before we could continue to La Paz. The water was warm, the sand was white and soft and I must have spent hours looking at the all the shells, rocks and pieces of coral that were washed up on shore. The other bonus was a fantastic restaurant that we visited many times. Cruisers and fisherman are definately their captive audience since there is nothing else around, but we didn't mind. Located an hour or so out of La Paz (by road) the Cove is the sight of a new housing development and golf course. What made this place even more special was that we got to enjoy it now before they "pave paradise and put up a parking lot."