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| Isla Espiritu Santo 23" x 32" Copyright © 1990 Tony Foster 'Isla Espirito Santo - From the top of a rocky saddle looking west southwest · Sunday 13 February 1994 · a ferocious wind blows everything across our campsite as we pack · Guillermo y Hubo help carry kayaks & equipment across a cactus covered headland to a more sheltered bay · 5 return trips · load panga · round Punta Lupoma in a huge swell · enter sheltered bay on the W side of the island · unload panga in shallow gin-clear water · white virgin sand · lunch · paint tarantula found in Janets boot · make camp · Monday 14 February · walk inland & scramble up boulders to the top of dry hills to the Northeast · find painting site 1 1/2 hours from camp · draw view West-South-West · paint middleground hillside · back to camp in the dark · Tuesday 15 February · Dorie & Janet leave to kayak the West coast · pack equipment & paper & food for 3 days up to the painting site · paint sky · faulty paper · aargh! complete redraw on a new sheet · a solitary raven mobbed by vultures calls like a broken spring · paint sea · make camp among rocks · a solitary night under bright stars · Wednesday 16 February · up before dawn · an owl hoots · paint dawn sky · breakfast · paint all day · a lizard inspects my work critically · noon temperature 106° · a peaceful night beside a small campfire · Thursday 17 February · paint all day · through binoculars I see Dorie & Janet return · at sunset I pack & hike down to the beach & move camp to a more sheltered bay · swim · stand on a pufferfish, ouch! Friday 18 February · a strong inshore wind & high swell prevents us leaving · Jesus y Paco make us a fine breakfast in their fish camp in a cave · wind & swell drop at ll·00 · we pack & leave · kayak 6 miles back to Tecalote Beach · the last day of 31 days kayaking the Sea of Cortes...' |
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