Feel the Wild by Fox Daniel; Fox Daniel;

Author:Fox, Daniel; Fox, Daniel;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RMB Rocky Mountain Books
Published: 2019-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

Sea Cave

After five hours of smooth paddling, a couple of dolphin pod encounters and several mobula ray breaches, I round the north end of the island and start looking for my next campsite. San Marcos, an island in the Gulf of California, off the Baja Peninsula’s Santa Rosalia, has plenty of beaches where I can land. Inexplicably, as I am paddling toward a desirable-looking spot, my attention is pulled to the end of a giant rock formation where a tiny beach on the side of it is partially exposed. At first glance, there is no justification for me to explore this beach. It doesn’t even look big enough for a camping site, but a little voice inside my head keeps whispering that it might be something special. As a longtime solo traveller, I have learned the value of gut feelings, about the importance of listening to the intangible, about believing and accepting the signs when the world speaks to you. Without much mental resistance, I shift my weight and edge the kayak on its right side, stroke hard with my paddle and turn left. Little do I know what treasures lie just ahead.

Gliding around the edge of the rock formation, my first glimpse of the hidden beauty behind it comes at the very last moment when the tip of my kayak reaches the beach. The back side of the rock reveals itself to be a remnant of a sea cave, a sort of half-shell amphitheatre that faces the beach and shelters a tiny lagoon filled with water that flows in from the sea through a small porthole in the back of the cave. At the centre of the lagoon, where the half-cave’s roof gives way to the sky, is a boulder surrounded by water at high tide. The boulder acts as a focal point, collecting the energy that seems to bounce from every angle of the cave’s walls. The force is seriously strong in this place; no wonder it has called me, pulling me away from my trajectory. This cave is like a magical little planet with its own gravity, perhaps a portal to another world? My stay here will lead me to believe that, yes, indeed it is.

After setting up camp on the beach, I put on my wetsuit, fins and snorkel and grab my spear gun and go fishing. Stepping into the water, I walk knee-deep into the lagoon toward the porthole. I take a deep breath, dive, swim out into the sea and enter a world of enchantment, full of fish and wonders. An hour later, I’m back with my meal and a large smile on my face. I am at peace.

At day’s end, the wind is nowhere to be seen or heard. Everything is quiet; even the birds that have so far chirped without a break. The gulls stand in silence, each balancing on one leg on the rock and one on the beach. A deep stillness permeates the air, as if time has slowed down.

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