Seemed pretty simple.  A supposed 2 mile hike around the point to get to a marine reserve for some snorkling in the only live coral reef in the Western US.  One catch:  we didn’t find the road.  Hence the Death March through the desert.  Once we actually got to the snorkling area, all was great!  We also found the road, so the walk back was only an hour versus the three and a half hour march through the cactus and mesquite.  When we saw the dead buzzard, one of our party said it all: “That can’t be good”.

Six gringos trying to find their way through the cactus studded landscape.

We looked pretty good for being totally lost!

Deceptively beautiful landscape, but left a lot of scratches on arms and legs

The hike was tough, but the snorkling was great!

Lots of fish

The beach were we went snorkling