Santa Rosalia to Loreto

We'd seen some damage due to Hurricane Odile up in Bahia de Los Angeles, and were wondering how bad things might be in Santa Rosalia. The whole town is in a large arroyo (gully) and we thought the flood damage might be severe. Luckily for the town, things were not that bad. Some roof damage here and there, and some dock damage. The worst damage seemed to be the museum (partial roof collapse) and the older marina with the wooden docks. We found out that a couple of boats at the older marina broke loose of their lines and crashed through the docks. Two months after the hurricane, one boat was still in a pretty bad situation. In the photo you can see where the dock used to be. Wooden schooner still in the middle of the crash site Two friends from Vancouver, Mel and Pete, met us in Santa Rosalia. They had flown into Loreto and taken a local bus to where we were. The first day we started off with good wind and were sailing along right away. In the afternoon we caught a