We spent the morning at Isla Rasa where above us thousands upon thousands of elegant terns and Heerman’s gulls swarmed the sky in lieu of the mating season underway here in Baja California. All the while, hundreds of playful curious sea lions barked and lumbered along the beach as we explored a coast that seems to teem with wildlife through land, sea, and sky alike. Transiting the “Canal de Ballenas” in the company of fin whales, we arrived at Bahia de los Angeles. Here we boarded expedition vehicles and headed into the desert to explore the land of the boojum tree.