Here are some of the images of 1995:

March

In 1995, there was lots of rain in the spring. The shed went up in March when Hutch and I were there. It rained a bit when we were there and made for some very interesting scenery.

• A Rainbow appears over the Sierra la Asamblea with desert flowers in the foreground
• A ground rainbow appears later over Campo Bwana...or is it an Aura
• The frame goes up, compliments of Roger's generator
• The roof goes on with Hutch's help
• El Alacran...A scorpion that Hutch gave a headache
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April

In April, Geoff came down. We fished and caught loads of Sierra and a few nice Yellowtail out at the Seamount. Tides were high. Loco Mike was down. Chuck was there and he got lots of Sierra too.

• The boys display their haul of Sierra and Yellowtail caught out by North La Poma.
• Geoff shows off a Yellowtail
• Geoff fishes off North La Poma
• Bruce and Mike pull up to Seamount Reef
• Seamount Reef is high and dry at low tide: Sea Lions and birds take advantage
• Crabs hang out above the low tide line on Islote La Poma

May

In May, Dmitria and Ramona came down. They both caught Yellowtail out on the south end of La Poma. We must have caught 30 that day. It was a bit rough on the way in. They vowed never to ride with me again. We did make it in though, didn't we. Either you take command of the waves or they take command of you...I prefer the former. Valerie and Kerry were there in May too.

• Wind erosion undercut the trailer footing between April and May
• A Band-tailed Lizard suns itself on a rock next to the trailer
• Ramona admires a nice Yellowtail Dmitria caught south of Islote La Poma
• Kerry fights a yellowtail out on the Seamount
• Kerry displays the fruit of his labor
• Kerry and Valerie enjoy the beautiful May weather at sea
• Memorial Day sunrise

October

In October, Chuck and Terry drove down in Chuck's new Jeep Cherokee. The shocks blew on the way down. The cross-member tie-rod on his steering broke on the way back. Chucky-boy had no steering. The Gonzaga road is a bad place to have no steering. On 95% of it, you loose your steering and you go on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride for 4 or 5 seconds before you die. Fortunately, Chuck picked the other 5%. He ended up unceremoniously stuck on the flats between Campo Miramar and the 5 Islas Cafe. What could be the best thing that could happen? A tow trailer could come up the road and sweep him back to civilization. Yeah fat chance of that. Lo & behold, Roberto and Herman were driving a Silverado off-road checking-out the road for the Baja 500 and towing an empty trailer, just for practice. I'd say Chuck's luck was a little better than average. He should have went to Vegas and bet his life savings on longest shot they had, because his odds of hitting the jackpot were a heck of a lot better than living through a steering failure and getting picked up by a tow trailer that just happened to be driving along!!

• While Bruce and Dean dive off La Poma beach, the tide goes out, the boats are left high and dry
• Bruce hauls-in a Sicklefin Smoothound shark
• Chuck's truck in the flats near Campo Miramar: our trucks are on the road
• The 5 Islas Cafe and proprietor Rene
• Roberto and Herman tow Chuck's busted machine
• Cathy at the scene
• The trailer and completed shed

Christmas/New Year's

I went to the Midwest over Thanksgiving. Hobbs came down over Christmas and a good time was had at Tonia's party. The bass fishing was good, the Yellowtail was not. We only got to fish half the time. We did go out to Isla Lobos to see the Sea Lion colony. We also checked out a big, smelly dead (Finback) whale that washed up on the beach south of Los Delfines.

• Mark Hobbs shows-off a nice Spotted Bay Bass he caught
• Ed makes friends with Mr. Whale...upwind
• Hobbs and Cathy in the trailer after dinner
• Isla Lobos landing and welcoming committee
• Another day, another dollar at Isla Lobos
• The big bulls hang around together, no arf
• The big bulls run from Mr. Hobbs
• Twilight over Isla San Luis
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