February 22, 2015 - Rattlesnake Beach

We were up early today because we wanted to hike the “Hart Trail” which leads to the the top of the hill overlooking the beach and Puerto Escondito harbor. It was a little cloudy (yeah) which helped keep the temperature a little cooler.

We saw some creepy beetles and some small lizards. The lizards actually had a brilliant green underbelly which was cool to see.


Close to the top we could look back at the beach and see the campers parked along the beach. The boats in the foreground belong to the local fishermen. We saw them bring in a ray this morning, but that is the only fish we have seen them catch, unlike the busy fishing beach at Los Frailes! We are parked near the top of the photo, near the blue spot.

Marla and Andrew caught up to us (quickly since I am such a slow hiker!) and joined us for the final trek to the top.

There was a good view of the harbor at Puerto Escondito, too!


The white cross is visible from the highway below, but we were seeing it from above. Looking behind the cross is the road we took this afternoon when we went to the fresh water pools. We took the scooter out of the camping area and crossed the highway up another rough gravel road.

At the end of the road, we parked and began our ascent up the canyon to a small river and fresh water pools.
The trail is marked with small rock cairns, and we did lots of up and downs across the boulders.
At the next to the last pool, we met a really nice Mexican family who we talked to for quite a while. They were from Loreto and having a Sunday swim/picnic. Their little boys were really cute and shared their potato chips with us!

We continued to the last pool and enjoyed a refreshing – some would say cold – swim! The water was really clear and it actually felt good.

After drying off, we started our climb back down the hill which wasn’t always easy, but we made it.

Back at camp, we were planning to see if the fishermen had any fish to sell when another neighbor offered us some yellow tail they had caught. It was a new fish to us, so we readily accepted and ended up cooking it for dinner. It reminded us both of tuna, but it was pretty tasty pan fried with garlic.

We also joined two other couples for happy hour and had fun visiting until the no-see-ums got bad. We enjoyed the sunset colors reflecting over the water. It always seems weird to me because looking at the water we are facing east! I won’t attempt to explain it, I’ll just enjoy it.

Tomorrow we will pack up and move a little further north.

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