Where Does Time Go????

December 28th

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. This had to be our least stressful holiday season ever. Of course not being caught up the the American way of Christmas helped a great deal. Our best present was having Zak and Jessica come down for a week visit here in Puerto Vallarta. Great visits, food, and margaritas. They even enjoyed an afternoon of sailing with us on Christmas Day where we saw mating sea turtles and a few dolphins came to play with us. We got back to the marina after sunset and by candle light ate a semi-traditional Christmas dinner that had cooked in the oven as we sailed. Thank you both for the time together, and Jessica for the photo album and Godiva chocolate. Yummmmm.





So, just because I have a touch of OCD I have to get back to our arriving in PV. I left off with us traveling to San Blas for some much needed sleep. The day was overcast with very little wind. After viewing the whales, I noticed a a big brown bird sitting on the bow pulpit. He had a yellow beak and feet. A yellow footed booby??? There are suppose to be blue footed boobies on Isla Isablela which we just left. Another of the pictures I lost. The closer we got to San Blas the more it looked like rain. Then we noticed what looked like bits and pieces of Mangrove plants floating all around making for an interesting entrance. We slowed down to manuver through the plants and noticed two odd looking creatures hovering close to the surface of the water. They were around 8 feet long with back ends that seemed more graceful and fluid while the front was bulky and stationary. They were gray with black spots, a blunt nose, and their mouths seemed to be poised open. Whale sharks???? Odd looking creatures.

After arriving in San Blas, we dropped anchor, watched the sunset as we ate dinner, then crawled in to bed to sleep for 12 hours. What a luxury. Chacala in the state of Nayarit is our next port. A tiny village of less than 200 year 'round inhabitants. We loved it even though the boat bobbed up and down and rolled all night long even with two anchors out. In the morning we discovered the stern anchor had not held and was wrapped around the bow anchor. Another chance to work on our muscle & character building. Fortunately we do have one picture because we sent it from the terrace of Mer de Jade, a holistic health retreat with meditation, yoga, acupuncture, and organic meals. I could teach yoga here!!! We agree this place is a possibility for home one day.

I thought I uploaded a picture, but I'm not seeing it. Think I'll stop for now. Having dinner with other cruisers here in Marina Vallarta. A great place to stay if you don't need to take a land based shower or toilet. More later. Hasta la vista.

D & P