We take a few days in The Village to clean and restock Hiraya. We catch up with some of the friends we met in Santa Rosalia and make new ones. It isn’t soon before we feel the desire to find that solitude again. Kirby is headed over to La Ventana and we are going to tag along.
Looking at the chart there looks to be a lot of reefs surrounding the anchorage yet again. However we are getting more comfortable with the way the dinghy handles the anchoring so we set off.
We have a lovely sail over with the wind building in such a short time. It is only a few short miles to La Ventana. But as we are approaching the entrance we find our selves going way to fast and pass the entrance! There is that current again. We are not use to the idea that the current moves so fast through these areas. Some to do with how close the islands are to one another pinching the channels but also there is up to a 20 foot tidal change at the top of the sea and we are 2/3 to the top so it makes sense that the water will be moving faster and stronger. It just hasn’t become second nature yet.
Fast sailing over we almost miss the entrance and have to sail back about a thirds of the way to the Village in order to make our tack into the reef area. The anchorage is tucked behind an island and bordered by rocks and reefs. On our second attempt however we make it. We feel that release but this time we feel it as soon as we entered the anchorage. The boat now responds nicely to the gentle turn of the helm. We begin to relax and see Lodos anchored up ahead, Kirby on her deck with coffee in hand.
We are the only two boats anchored with not much room for more. We feel secluded and in our own little world. We enjoy a visit with Kirby and lounging around being lazy. If this is what summer is going to be like then I am so happy I am here! It’s warm. We paddle around the reefs and stare down at the fish swimming about. There is a turtle that pops his head up to say hi pretty regularly as well. 
Two boats come in midmorning and it is a tight fit. But everyone talks to each other and gets situated and we all feel good. The crew on Double Duce Matt and Amy and their kiddos Jon and Olivia. Also Sara on Ikigai. The next morning Kirby left to run back over to the Village. Sara invited everyone over to dinner. We had a delicious meal of curry mussels over at Sara’s with the Double Duce crew. Lots of laughs and tender stories were shared.
The next day Double Duce left and Sara quickly followed. Leaving us alone in the bay. We enjoyed a long hike up over the island to the fisherman’s cross. It was gigantic! We noticed the different plants growing almost as if some one had planted them. It was beautiful. From the top we had a 360 degree view of the Sea and all of our summer adventure grounds. We returned to Hiraya for a lovely evening then a special treat of swimming in the bioluminescent.
Ok, the truth is Sam swam and I clung to his back terrified that a shark was going to eat me. Or something was going to get me. It was complete darkness aside from the blue green glowing organisms coating the surfaces of the fish, the swim ladder, and us. Even through my terror I could see the beauty, I could see the magic, I was happy to be there even though I could have passed out by hyperventilating.
After I calm down and we are all cleaned up we notice a trimaran coming into the anchor. At night even? This would be Stephen. On his vessel Nice Tri and he has a little cat named Sweety Pie.
We soon needed supplies and also got an invitation to return to the Bay for a birthday party for a few of the Lady’s. The party is going to be at La Mona which is across the bay from the Village. Not much farther so we raise anchor and sail away. Getting pretty use to this maneuver as well. Heck, We might just become sailors after all. We did radio over to Steve to tell him we were leaving and to watch out. He cheerfully said he’d be on deck with his cup of coffee and a fender. 
Thankfully we didn’t need the fender but could have used the coffee! We sailed out of the anchorage the wind shifting ever so slightly. We just rounded right out and had a straight shot to La Mona. Didn’t touch the sails once until we dropped them at our anchor spot in La Mona.