What do we do

I am sure you are asking yourselves what we do to keep busy everyday, and we do keep busy. First thing every morning, 9am being first thing!, we have a net over the vhf radio with the other boats in the anchorage. We discuss the weather, tides and currents, request mail service from friends heading back to the states and trade items no longer needed on boats. Other boaters are trading charts of areas they are no longer needing, kayaks that take up too much space and other supposed treasures of the bilge.


Boat projects come right after breakfast. Today we took the watermaker apart and rinsed the filters. That was a rather major project and I forgot to take a picture of Rog upside down trying to re-install the filters. He wasn’t in the best of moods, they were not going back on easily, so it was probably for the best that I didn’t take snap a shot. Next on the list was replacing batteries in our solar lights. Terry from Coastal Passage had to come over to help Rog do that. Meanwhile I have been cleaning up after breakfast and making the bed. Can’t do wash today, not enough water so that can wait until tomorrow.

Sometimes you even have to change batteries on solar lights!

I always do my internet right here at the nav station. Computer is great for checking tides, waypoints, and routes just we are alarmed by coastline charting which is generally less than accurate.

Lunch time is always up for debate, do we go ashore early and eat at the palapa or should I mess up the galley again. What we do usually depends on Rog’s projects and when he will finish. Today I think it will be lunch on the beach. Beers cost $1.50 and we are running short on the boat. Galley is clean --off to the beach we go to play

Mexican train is on the agenda for 2pm today, on the beach and in the shade. There may be a volleyball game but we are not sure if there are enough people wanting to get that much exercise. Lifting beers appears to be more what the guys have in mind.

We usually leave the beach around 5pm to avoid mosiquitoes and no see ums. The bugs love Rog and leave me alone but I am not pushing my luck.

The day is over and lots has been accomplished. Tomorrow we head to the beach to change the oil and spark plugs on the outbaord. She didn't start right up as we were leaving the beach today so we had to row out past the surfline before we got very wet. I will head off to the local hotel to snag an internet connection so I can post these blogs. Off to Bara Navidad on Wed for fuel and the French Baker.


Another day in Paridise, before you know it, it is days end.