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.