This spot is just gorgeous!  We’ve anchored at two islands so far and due to weather (south winds), we’ll stay here until Monday when we’ll start to head down the coast.

We had an amazing 6 mile hike yesterday around Urupukapuka Island (also known as Baker Island) where we are now anchored in aptly named Paradise Bay.  At the end of the day, I went fishing in the dinghy and while I didn’t catch anything, a pod of huge bottlenose dolphins came over to say “hi”.  They jumped and danced and even swam under the dinghy.  Then Ann went out in her kayak and played with them.  Yay!

Looking northeast to the Pacific Ocean.

Someone likes this hike.

A really stunning day.

Ending the day with dolphins.