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| Tiburon is the largest island in the Sea of Cortez at 27 miles long and 21.5 miles wide, with no population, although a scattering of Native Indians do have some remote settlements on the North end of the island. We did not see anyone the whole time we were there, so we had the anchorage to ourselves. Dog Bay is a large Bay with interesting beaches and plenty of large unusual shells for the picking. We had pleasant hikes along the beach and up to the small 'church' with the usual collection of Virgin Mary pictures and candles inside, and the very photogenic sea gulls perched on the roof. | |
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| This is the view from the North end of Dog Bay where this natural arch provided welcome shade and a great view. The other side of the arch also looked over the sea and we watched sea turtles swimming in the clear waters. | |
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| These two photos were taken on Isla Esteban where we were hoping to spot the 2 foot lizards which live here. We had a hot hike through the valley and saw plenty of really spectacular cactus (Greg is dwarfed by this one on the left). We did not stay for long since the anchorage was deep with a rocky bottom and rolly. We would have liked to explore further since this was a really beautiful island. | |
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| This view of the valley invited you to walk further to explore, but the heat drove us back! We retreated to the white pebble beach that had interesting rock formations along it's coast line and many sea gull nests just on top of the pebbles, you had to watch where you stepped to avoid them. | |
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When we first came ashore the sea gulls were very aggressive, standing their ground and squawking at us, and this was the reason why. We spotted several small chicks protected by many adult gulls, each making their warning signs as they saw us approach. |
