Something went wrong with my last posting and half is gone so I need to start over sorry!
Tuesday the cruisers in Tenacatita decided on a group ride up through the mangroves. We had studied the tides for several days and learned that Tuesday morning there would be a tide high enough to go over the berm at the mouth of the river. After carefully navigating through rocks that were no longer apparent and we all met on the beach where McHale’s Navy was filmed years ago. The area no longer resembles the movie but at our age who even remembers the movie!! It makes a great story.
Off we went with seven dinghies and a very happy dog that barked a greeting at every curve in the river. The lead dingy had to keep an eye out for oncoming pongas as they travel at a high rate of speed and tend to be reckless
Some even felt brave enough to stand up-- this would not last for very long as the river gets very narrow and the overhang gets lower.
As I mentioned we had studied the tides closely before making the trip, however we forgot to take into consideration that with a high tide-very high- would mean less room between the mangroves and us!! It also meant that the pangas would not be traveling until the tide went down.
There is a small dingy dock at the end of the ride. Always nice to find a place to safely secure our valuable mode of transportation. Rog had been struggling with the outboard engine for days and finally had it running beautifully. All it took was for him to read the manual and change one setting—starts first time every time now.
This beautiful rooster was strutting his stuff by the side of the road.
At the point we enjoyed a moment looking at the bay and the ocean.
While we were enjoying lunch a local ponga brought his daily catch right up on the beach. The net had caught all types of fish which were quickly sorted and taken away. It was possible to buy fish right there but we decided we liked to buy it after it had been gutted and fillet. Maybe someday I will learn how to do it but I am just not ready yet.
These guys really hustled to take the catch to the waiting trucks!
We returned to the boat before the tide was too low to get over the berm. Another busy day. Almost forgot, we have a dinner party on a power boat tonight so I better get going
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