tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30265263381930409162024-03-19T15:36:09.363-07:00Central America - We Have Arrived!!The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-7876567497415784582013-01-14T07:46:00.001-08:002013-01-14T10:59:47.329-08:00Happy New Year 2013 From Costa Rica!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]--><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy New Year everyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We wish you all good health, peace and love
in 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to all our boating friends,
calm waters and safe travels.</span>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We returned to L.A. in mid-December to
celebrate the holidays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were so
many boxes delivered to the house during our absence and I thought they were
“presents”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, they were full of boat
parts that we can’t obtain in Costa Rica.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, when we packed to come back on December 29<sup>th</sup> to
celebrate New Year’s Eve in CR, we had 5 suitcases with well over 250 lbs. of
“boat stuff”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, two carry-ons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the suitcases contained only ONE
item.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A huge island float that holds 6
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully we’re not lugging this, for nothing!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Our friends joined us on December
30th.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We picked them up at Liberia airport
and proceeded directly to Playa de Coco to provision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We shop at the Auto Mercado, which is an
American/Canadian type of market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Everything is very expensive in Costa Rica, especially at this market.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>$780 dollars later (without ANY liquor in the
basket) we were ready for anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Don’t fret, liquor was already in abundance on the boat!!</span></div>
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New Year’s Eve party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Heaven and earth
needed to be moved to get these reservations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thankfully a friend with a lot of clout made the arrangements for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were told it would be totally impossible
to get in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it was exclusive and
only for hotel guests. As it turned out, it was a very sedate crowd.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a mediocre band and singer. The
food was good and the fireworks were spectacular!! But we needed more so we
decided every time someone said “HAPPY” we would drink.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do I need to tell you what the bar bill
was?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here we are!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> On the 1<sup>st</sup> we were totally out
of commission and recuperating from the party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were able to get our slingbox working and watched bits and pieces of
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On the 2<sup>nd</sup> we took the boat to
Bahia Huevos, a gorgeous anchorage, for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lucio blew up our “Island”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a mere 20 minutes with an electric
pump!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It turned out to be great fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We swam and wiled away the day, returning to
the Marina to find our friend Gary from the Finisterre sitting on the dock
awaiting our landing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rest of the
Finisterre crew, Tom and Kenny, arrived that evening.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our "HAPPY" Island. We named it.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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to the small Italian Restaurant we visited on our last trip here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is nestled in a small boutique hotel off
of a dirt road about one mile off the main street in Coco.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You would think you were in a third world
country getting to this place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even
though we were there before having our friends and the guys with us made it
very special.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so special we hired
a car and went back the next day!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
really are very few places to get a good meal here!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes this a photo from the last blog!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyone was on board The Elysium for a
day trip to Playa Hermosa the next day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We ate, drank, enjoyed our “island”, and returned to the slip to party
the rest of the evening on the Finisterre…with an unexpected guest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ugliest, biggest damn grasshopper we ever
saw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom grabbed it after it jumped into
the boat and bounced off of Jewell’s arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He scared the crap out of us by holding it in front of our faces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women on the boat were screaming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m surprised we didn’t push Tom and his
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made this, it was so yummy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guys are so funny!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't read Debs lips right? HOLY S....!</td></tr>
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Prieta Beach Club, which is a private club.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was quite nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several pools, a great view of the ocean, and
good food and drinks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was so pretty there.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The winds here are unbelievable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We’ve had gusts up to 100 miles per hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing can be left unattended on the boat or
it flies away!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day we took a trip
on The Elysium to Coco and anchored for the day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way back the winds gusted so hard we
had spray from the waves on the fly bridge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One of the very large pillows from the bow of the boat flew away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We put Lucio on the skiff to go and retrieve
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was bouncing around like a cork
in the ocean.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were laughing uncontrollably
as he chased the pillow and finally retrieved it (at least a half mile or more
away from where it blew off!)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The pillow Lucio chased.</td></tr>
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(at least 100 mph) it was very difficult to walk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of our Strata Glass windows (a hard type
of marine plastic) tore away from the hull and we now have a nice (not so
nice!) hole in the gel coat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We removed
all our windows and stored them in one of our guest bedrooms.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It tore right down to the fiber board under the gel coat.</td></tr>
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pretty bummed as they departed at around 7:30 a.m. (their version of “at the
break of dawn”).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We saluted their boat
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singing….we are!) We are back in Costa
Rica. The weather is hot and it’s a bit
muggy, but this is paradise. The rainy
season just ended <span style="font-size: small;">and</span> the entire jungle that surrounds us is varying shades of
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The plush greenery around the marina.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The vast open spaces we see on our way into Coco.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sugar cane fields are all over Costa Rica</td></tr>
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and had guests for three days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The boating world is rather small. In anchorages and marinas along the coast line from Mexico to South America we see many of the same boats. We met up with several of those boaters here in this bay, and a few new friends we met at the Papagayo marina. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was decided by unanimous
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cave woman emerging from Jewell.</td></tr>
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Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, one following the other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They anchored right outside the Marina and
Jewell and I rushed out on the skiff to get the food!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had a gorgeous 16 lb. turkey, stuffing,
cranberries, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans and loads of desserts
made by the various guests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It really
was a feast!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ate, drank, and talked
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela (Riley's mom) from Precious Metal and Henry feasting with Deb.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Gang - Carolyn,Tony and Milea from Macha, Heather, Jewell, Pamela, Henry, Deb and Ron.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #9900cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pamela brought her Blenheim cavalier,
Riley, to Thanksgiving dinner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
just so sweet and well behaved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He and
Aggie used to run around the beaches together in Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had our “doggie fix”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks Pamela.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr. Riley from Precious Metal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I want Aggie to spend more time with Riley, he has such good manners.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #9900cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a small bay very near us and we
went there, anchored the skiff, and went swimming.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were in the water for about an hour when I
felt a pinch on my arm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then another and
another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked like a crazy woman
hitting myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked up and Jewell,
who was about 20 yards in front of me, was laughing and asked, is something
biting you?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out we were being bitten
by little tiny jelly fish larvae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just before the jelly fish began biting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the jelly fish began biting.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #9900cc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Pamela and Henry joined us for dinner one
night in Playa de Coco and we went to an Italian restaurant we saw advertised on a street sign.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We drove onto a dirt road to what looked like the road to nowhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About two blocks in, a few
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fabulous food….really fabulous food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Italian restaurant in a residential section of Coco on a dirt road.</td></tr>
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case you didn’t see any other blog, the Papagayo Marina is on a peninsula with
just the Marina and the Four Seasons Hotel. The property either belongs
to the Hotel or the Marina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The marina
manager took us on a long tour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are about 20 homes that have been built and two or three condo buildings with 5
to 10 condos in each building, priced in the area of $1,250,000 and up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 20-25 homes, all facing the bay or
ocean, which is spectacular, that range in price from $2,500,000 up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some are gigantic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One is about 25,000 sf. The cost of building
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Part of the golf course on the Four Seasons property.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the gorgeous anchorages behind the property.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful views from all angles.</td></tr>
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are condos and the rest single houses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The residents are Canadian and American.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some are full time residents, some are snowbirds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, several hotels and a few all inclusive
resorts are across the bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the
type of place where, if you have some money and you invested here about 6 to 7
years ago, you would have multiplied your investment 10 x’s or more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, it will continue to mature. It reminds us of Punta de Mita in Puerto Vallarta.</span></div>
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tomorrow to anchor in one of the more beautiful ones called Bahia Huevos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The anchorage is surrounded by jungle (with
howling monkeys, deer, strange and exotic birds, and strange raccoon like
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coati (English) Pizote (Spanish) for the raccoon like animal</td></tr>
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<br />The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com4Marina Papagayo, Culebra, Costa Rica10.636989242604699 -85.65284729003906210.5745622426047 -85.731811290039062 10.699416242604698 -85.573883290039063tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-81987400974794781702012-04-23T17:05:00.000-07:002012-04-24T07:59:41.779-07:00Costa Rica! Can you belive it - 1575 Miles!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Three weeks in El Salvador proved to be just the right
amount of time. Although the Estuary was
beautiful, and the friends we met were fun, there was no real boating. So, on March 22, we said adieu to everyone
and left El Salvador. Here’s a picture
of us going over the bar. At the helm,
it was just an E-ride over some big waves.
On the bow, where Jewell was, they were huge, came over the top of the
bow and soaked her. She wasn’t happy!!!</span></span></div>
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over the bar. That screwed us up
completely since we wanted to get to our first destination in Costa Rica in daylight. Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men!! </span></span></div>
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we’ve encountered. For those of you who
boat, we had 8 to 10 ft. waves with the wind on our nose, at intervals of 10
seconds with 3 to 6 foot swells in between and winds whipping up to 30 to 40
miles an hour. It was a nightmare. There was no moon. There was no light. There was no ambient shore light as we passed
Guatemala and Nicaragua into CR.</span></span></div>
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directly to our first stop, the Bay of Salinas.
It was pitch black. At the entrance to the Bay the winds were
blowing so hard that I had trouble holding course. We didn’t know exactly where to anchor. We saw no other boats. Jewell, Lucio and I were panic stricken. I turned around and left the Bay. We went to the next bay over. The same damn problem ensued. It was like a
vortex that we had entered. It was now around 12 a.m. and we hadn’t slept
in well over 44 hours. After a long while of
fighting the winds, we once again turned around and left the Bay. We made the decision to travel another 30 plus
miles to Papagayo Marina. </span></span></div>
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pedal to the metal. It was STILL pitch
black when we entered the Bay of Papagayo.
It was frightening. We called the
marina on the radio and could not get them to answer. The radar showed mountains all around
us. So I watched the radar and Jewell
watched our navigation route. We inched
our way in but couldn’t see the marina. We called them on the radio again and still no answer. Then,
to our surprise, we saw what we thought was a freighter. Ah ha!!!
That must be the Marina. We went
towards the lights. As it turned out, it
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she moved out, we saw the red and green markers for the marina entrance. As soon as we crossed the marina entrance here come the marina guys. Sure can't answer the radio, but enter their territory and here they come running. We went in; side tied on an end slip, and
finally got settled around 4:30 a.m. Once we were settled Lucio said to us he had
been very worried. He was on the front
of the boat and he could see the rocks in front of us. He looked up and saw the top of my head and
could see Jewell looking down at the computer and kept wondering “don’t they
see the rocks?” And he could hear Jewell
saying, “I am not happy about this”. But
then once he saw the marina he was very relieved. We were laughing.</span></span></div>
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the bay. It is huge. Really huge.
We had to laugh because 10 boats could have passed through the channels and
mountains without difficulty. We felt a
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enter the country through customs. They
even made us hang a Q flag. Because it
was Saturday, customs wasn't open. We were
restricted to the boat. But then, another
300 ft. vessel entered the Marina and had enough clout that customs came to
them! We lucked out and got cleared on
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Oman. It was gigantic. Just to give you an idea, they use 50 tons of
fuel in 24 hours at 14 knots. And I
thought what we used was way too much. They
carry a submarine, a helicopter and 4 skiffs (one of them is about 40 feet
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Faith Hill and Tim McGraw and two other mega yachts. This Marina is the only one in Central
America that caters to Mega Yachts.</span></span></div>
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range. The other boats were 40’-50’ or
less and on the other side of the Marina.
So, basically, we were the only boat on the entire dock for boats our
size. And, we were in the same channel
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Rica. There is absolutely nothing in the
area except some beach towns which are about 20 miles away. On the Peninsula is a Four Seasons Hotel. It is completely isolated but has a fabulous golf course and rooms that look
like houses rather than a large hotel.
It is very exclusive. While out
on a motor scooter ride Jewell talked our way through the gates and we really
saw the property and then, later that week, several friends went with us to
dinner at their steak house. It was
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The area just above the marina itself.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The golf center also where the steak restaurant was. Very cool building.</td></tr>
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There are Howler Monkeys all over the hillsides. We hear them howling every night and every
morning. When walking, you see them up
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We met up with our friends Larry and Vicki and tied our skiff to their boat and
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town, reminiscent of a 70’s beach town in California. Full of restaurants and clubs and the usual
clothing stores. They had a great market
for food. We had a terrific lunch and
proceeded back to our skiff. Larry and
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to their boat in Coco. Guess
what!?! It was pitch black. But, we figured we all knew exactly where
Coco was and that we wouldn’t have a problem.
Once again our powers of deduction went awry. The first bay we went to wasn’t Coco. We deduced that the next one over must be
Coco. Larry pulled out his iPhone that
has a GPS tracking system on it. Thank
goodness. We all realized that there were
loads of reefs and rocks along the path.
Vicki put a towel over her head so the brightness of the phone would not
blind us, and from under the towel we heard “a little to port, a little to
starboard, more to starboard” and were in.
WHEW!! What should have been a 20
minute skiff ride turned out to take over an hour. Then, Jewell and I needed to get back to the
Marina. NOT WITHOUT THE GPS! Jewell shouted. So we borrowed Larry’s iPhone and followed
our track out of Coco into the center of the Bay. The water was very rough by this time. And, it was still black outside!! By
the time we reached the Elysium, we were soaking wet. And, tired.
It was after 11:15 when we arrived.</span></span><br />
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were also in the Marina and the four of us went to Hermosa to a “tree house”
restaurant called “Ginger” to celebrate Joyce's birthday. It was
absolutely fabulous!!! Almost all
Americans were there. It was so
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from El Salvador and we got to spend some time with them. They took Aggie again for a sleep over. Zoi insisted they go swimming the next day. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">We
have tried and tried to get Aggie to swim and she puts up such a fight. As you can see she is swimming
around, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">that little
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going back for more!!! Never thought I would see this.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Now, to the not so good part of our trip!! April 1<sup>st</sup>, we were sitting peacefully on the boat and
Jewell saw a bunch of flies flying around outside the door. Then one came in the boat and it turned out
to be a bee. We rapidly closed the door
and Jewell went out another door to see what was going on and we had a bee
infestation up around our anchor light.
We kept everything closed, called the marina and they sent out the
firemen. After they were all suited up
they began their work, but not before I called Jim on Skype so he could be a
part of all the excitement. They used
soap and water and then swept them all up.
It was about 6 inches of bees that wound up in a bucket. OY </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the first we see the bees, on the anchor light.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jim is on Skype with us watching the activity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then if you notice the bees have migrated to the TracVsion dome.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is the BEE MAN!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think the saying is, you never want to keep all your bees in the same bucket? HAHA</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Well April 1<sup>st</sup> just keeps getting better. Since we
were leaving the next day for a week of glorious anchoring in the many bays
around here we needed to do some small provisioning. So Jewell and I took a motor scooter ride to
Liberia (about 25 miles). We lunched, then went
to the market to get eggs and fruit. Then
continued to peruse the area, and had a great time! On our way home we were on the only road that
goes from the Marina to the beach towns and Liberia. Moving along at about 35 mph, I lost control
of the scooter and we went over an embankment.
Yes, we were both wearing helmets.
Jewell somehow did a tuck and roll, and is black and blue with torn
ligaments in her arms and upper back area, some cuts and bruises, but is just
fine, although quite sore. I, on the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just arrived in the hospital.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">My helmet flew off (as did my sneakers) and I was
knocked unconscious. Jewell had a few
moments of real panic thinking I was dead!!
I guess it was not pretty for a couple of minutes. On what is usually a pretty isolated road,
all of a sudden several people appeared and called an ambulance. We went to an emergency clinic first and then
to a “real” hospital. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">We’ll need to
discuss how great America is, how great our medical systems are, and how lucky
we are, another time. But, suffice it to
say, they staved off any infection (I had three massive doses of IV
antibiotics). I needed to clean my
wounds myself (I was missing several layers of skin, so that wasn’t much
fun….and thank God for Jewell). They did
diagnose a concussion. So they took me
for two cat scans, one as soon as we got there and then the next day to be sure
I could leave the hospital, two x-rays of my cheek because they thought it was
broken (NOT!). They also gave me a shot
of Cortisone. I was in the hospital for
about 24 hours. My bill, for the
ambulance and everything: $419.00.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After I was cleaned up a bit. You can see the size of my cheek. Yeikees</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">About 7 days after the accident our friends decided I needed to get out of the boat, and have a little fresh air and laughter. So they took me with them when they went to celebrate Penny's birthday. I was glad I went.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With John in the golf cart going to dinner 7 days after the accident. Damn I heal good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After my near death experience, I felt I needed a Root Beer float. Boy, was it yummy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gang celebrating my outing and Penny's birthday.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marina manager Dan. They really helped us out with all of this.</td></tr>
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called the ambulance. She got his
telephone number but we never found him or the scooter. AND just before the ambulance left, Jewell
went to the motor scooter to get our personal items from under the seat. When she opened the seat she saw the eggs and all 18 of them were intact. I guess that is where I should have had my
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Several of the sail boats left port
before us and we, of course, caught up immediately, passed them all, and
arrived in El Salvador, at the “bar”, around 2 p.m. To cross the bar you must enter during high
tide. Our time was between 2 and 3
p.m. We were right on time. A jet ski (pilot) met us at the beginning of
the bar and guided us through, shouting directions the entire time. The “bar” is very, very dangerous. If you do not cross it properly you can be
capsized. It is especially dangerous for
sail boats. Much more so than motor
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We are now in a beautiful
Estuary. The ocean is on one side and the Estuary is about 9 miles long and a ½ mile wide. On one side of the Estuary are some of the
most beautiful homes and docks. It
reminds me of the Hamptons. They belong
to the very wealthy Salvadorians (of which there are very few). On the other side are palapa huts, made out of palm
fronds, with no electricity, no running water (they collect water during rainy
season in cauldrons). No cars (as it is
an island). They hollow out tree trunks
and make canoes they call Cayukas. The
dichotomy from one side of the Estuary to the other is like the difference
between night and day. It is
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The big excitement during the day is
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People get in their skiffs to go and watch hoping there are no incidents
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The tide goes in and out 4 times a
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high tide for a multitude of reasons.
I’ll let you use your imagination.
If you want more info, call me!!! Also, if you skiff ride during low tide you will get caught on a sand
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down the Estuary to a small village called Herradurra. Being the bright people we are, we figured we
wouldn’t get caught on the sand so we went during low tide. Guess what!!?? We got stuck.
I had three guys in the skiff and they got out in ankle deep water and
lifted the skiff off the sand. We
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fruit and then you are supposed to roast the nut to crack the outer
casing. However, there are toxic fumes
that are emitted from the nut during this process. How they do this commercially I can’t
imagine. Here they wear masks and do the
“dastardly” de-shelling outside of their “homes”. This is why cashews are so, so
expensive. The nut is one fifth the size
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boys can consume. LOTS. I took the boys wake boarding and they had a
ball. When it was time to leave, due to
mass confusion, the boys left in true El Salvadorian style, in the back of a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunter, Grandma and Patrick! We had fun with them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They thought it was cool to ride in the back of the truck. We were very nervous. Oh well we figured it was El Salvador after all.</td></tr>
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The most common food in El Salvador
is Pupusas. They are as prevalent as
are tacos in Mexico. It’s like a big fat
stuffed tortilla filled with beans or cheese or meat or any combination
thereof. Jewell went to a cooking class
to find out how to make them. I’m still
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jewell's home made tortillas. They were pretty good.</td></tr>
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We took our scooter out for a 25
mile ride down the only road that leads to and from the Marina. It also is the road to San Salvador. During our ride we needed to stop several
times for pigs, cows, horses, goats and a variety of other animals as they
walked freely in the road. It was just
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An American called “Island Jan”
built a home on the Estuary. She teaches
the natives how to speak English. We
went to her home for a chicken dinner and picked loads of mango off of her
tree. The mango are so sweet and there
are literally thousands of trees surrounding us. There are also banana trees and other
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A few years ago we met up with a
couple, Collette and Murray, boaters also came in for the rally one year and
decided to build a home here. They
invited Patrick and his friend to come and pick mango. The color of my skin is now orange. But boy are they good. Jewell is freezing some for future use.</div>
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The Rally coordinators try and keep
it interesting around here. We went for
a volcano tour, had a ketchup tasting and a catamaran tour around the Estuary. One day we even went to one of the restaurants
up on stilts. You can only get there
when the tide is high. I can’t believe I
went there. They have no refrigeration but have fresh fish they just caught plus rice and
beer. I did not eat the fish. But Jewell did. And she lived to tell the tale.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What better tasting item than french fries. Hunts won.</td></tr>
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Lucio celebrated his 29th birthday and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feliz Complianos Lucio.</td></tr>
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Aggie met a new friend, Zoe, who
belongs to <i>our</i> new friends Penny and John from the sailboat Contento. In Penny Aggie found a substitute
mother. She doesn’t ever look back when
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aggie going with Zoe, and her mom Penny, on her first play date. They even had a sleep over.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aggie on Zoe's boat. They are best buds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aggie exhausted after a day with Zoe.</td></tr>
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We met lots of people here we will
be friends with for a long time. Here
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gary, Kenny and Tom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jean and Bill who ran the rally and Penny in the middle.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Zoe's parents, John and Penny.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scott and Joyce.</td></tr>
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We leave tomorrow for Costa Rica. A bunch of boats left today and we are all
going to the same locations. The trip
will take us 27 to 30 hours and the sailboats 24 hours longer. We can’t leave to cross the bar until high
tide, around 2 p.m. UGH, and hopefully
will arrive at Bahia Salinas in Costa
Rica around 5 p.m. That’s it for
now. Keep reading and we will keep
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We made the crossing without a hitch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The weather was beautiful the whole
trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only slight kink was when we
saw lights behind us, about 5 miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The bleep on the radar kept getting closer to
us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were on a straight path and
wanted to keep to our course and not divert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We hailed the boat, and then hailed him again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We finally had Lucio try in Spanish and
nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile he is getting closer
and closer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally Lucio tries one more
time and the guy answers by saying Que Pasa?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lucio says “why are you directly behind us?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He yells – OH I move now, I move now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently he was ASLEEP!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The radar is all we watch during an all night passing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aggie is such a good traveler.</td></tr>
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<span> </span>F<span> </span>We made it into Chiapas,
Mexico about 10 am. F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>inding our way into
the port entrance was a chore in itself, between the dredging and all of the
fishing boats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it was
picturesque.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The marina is still
somewhat under construction, hence the dredging at the entrance and no power or
water on the marina dock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is there
and ready to be used, they are just waiting for “the signature” so they can
turn it on. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They’ve been waiting for a
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s Mexico!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Dredger</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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There were about 7 boats that entered the marina the same
day as we and would also be making the crossing to El Salvador.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the last boat came in, they announced that
we cannot leave until Sunday because they are closing the marina for the
dredging to continue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After we all
finished sighing and cursing we decided it was cocktail time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But wait!</div>
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Military and immigration had to check us into port.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They boarded our boat with their drug
sniffing dog (the dog wore boots on the front paws he wouldn’t scratch the
boats???).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They asked us odd questions
about the boat and then filled out enough paperwork to sink a ship!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At one point we thought we might be selling
the boat to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We were finally checked into our last port of call in
Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are only 12 miles from the
Guatemala border.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Now we need to find out where to provision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also need to find out how to check out of
Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Checking out is a must when leaving
the country.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You need to receive your
Zarppe so you can present it to the next country of entry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The marina manager, Enrique, an extremely handsome man, and
just as nice as can be, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>came to our boat
to tell us where to provision and that he and his assistant, Memo, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would take us the next day to check out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They called for a 9:00am gathering time for
all eight boats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One person from each
vessel came to the meeting .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the time
we got every paper we needed it was already 10:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So 8 of us went out
on this adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First to the Port
Authority, paying $7.00 for the use of the water we were floating in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That took about 2 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then to customs to have our passports stamped
and pay $35.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This process only took
about 1 ½ hours<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
port captain, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to check our paper work
and to receive the actual Zarppe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To add
insult to injury, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they could not give us
the paperwork because their computers were down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note, however, there was no problem paying
them the $134 fee after traveling 45 minutes to the bank and 45 minutes back!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This portion took 2 hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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When we arrived back at the port captain’s office to collect
our Zarppe no one was there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were
out for their siesta!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We raised a stink
so Enrique called the Port Captain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
came back about 45 minutes later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
entire process took <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7 + hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this, my friends, is what boaters call
the Mexican “paper cha-cha-cha”.</div>
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Alright so now to our food shopping expedition and a little Mayan
Ruin touring – not difficult right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well
guess again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Deborah, being the kind soul she is, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hired a car for us to get into the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They said they would send their large SUV so Deb
invited 2 others to go with us Scott and Joyce from sv Life is Good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Has she
not seen what I bring back to the boat when I shop????)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The SUV was the size of a sardine can. </div>
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period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There were not really many and
they were very basic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We learned about
the local trees and a bit about the Caçcoa (prounced cah cow) tree that produce
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<br /></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-58578114185999360482012-02-28T08:32:00.001-08:002012-02-28T08:32:48.979-08:00El Salvador Finally In Our Sights. But First, Chiapas Mexico!<br />
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loads of other boating products we needed, some small items for other boaters
that they ordered and we were delivering, put them all in FOUR huge canvass
duffel bags and left for LAX at 9 p.m. for an 11:30 flight, with an eight hour
layover in Mexico City. Believe it or
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we were stopped by TSA. It seems that
our expanders could be weapons (do you think it is possible to pick up a 20 lb.
piece of steel and throw it at someone???) and needed to be checked into
luggage. With only about 10 minutes to
spare, we repacked one carry-on bag with both expanders, threw in some towels
we had wrapped them with, and Jewell did her best OJ Simpson impersonation and
ran with a TSA woman back to ticketing. Jewell had been quite upset about all
that was happening so I stopped on my way to the gate and bought her a present
of a 1 lb box of Jelly Belly’s.</span></div>
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from the doors closing. I started to
worry that Jewell would not make the plane and notified the agent that my dog
was on board and I needed to get off the plane or they needed to wait until she
arrived. Frantic calls were placed to the ticket counter to try and find
Jewell. Just as they were going to call and remove Aggie, Jewell came running
to the plane. Another $150.00 later (for
a 5<sup>th</sup> bag), and with the help of the TSA agent, Jewell boarded and
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our dog, our dog crate, and three carry-on bags and attempted to go through Mexican
customs. (We, however, left the Jelly
Belly’s on the plane. Separating Jewell
from Jelly Belly’s is tantamount to losing a child. Needless to say, I haven’t heard the end of
it!!! “Where’s my Jelly Belly’s” is a
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next!!!! Jewell says I must……so, we
were stopped once again by Mexican City customs. Paid our customs penalties, and were able to put
our 5 bags through to Huatulco, grabbed Aggie, her crate, our three carry ons
and went into the airport. And, guess
what…..we couldn’t go past security without depositing Aggie for transport on
our next flight. Which meant she would
need to be in the crate for our 7 hour stop over and the flight to
Huatulco. We didn’t have it in us to do
that to her. So, we sat outside of
ticketing, which was in the front of the airport right by the front doors. I never knew Mexico City got this cold (about
45 degrees). So, rather than sitting in
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Aggie, went through Security, and boarded our plane. You’re just not going to believe
this!!!! Upon boarding, we smelled
something that was so foul we gagged (as did the other passengers). The holding tank broke. They picked up the center carpet to explore
the problem, and then decided to disembark us.
The floor was very sticky from the carpet tape from the removed
carpet. Every time we took a step, we
walked out of our shoes, which were sticking to the floor. I’m NOT kidding. Back we went, by bus, to the boarding
area. So now where is Aggie?? We kept scanning the tarmac hoping she was
not sitting out in the cold and all the engine noise. Finally we saw her. We were worried and she was sound asleep
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and all was well. Our dear friend Chris
helped us put the expander on the port engine. He and Jewell even let me help.
Yes, don’t laugh, I bet you didn’t know I even knew what tools looked
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I asked Jewell out of kindness if she wanted me to go
with her to the markets to get the provisioning done for the passage, and
usually she takes pity and says “no I’ll go”.
But this time she says yes why don’t you come with me. OY. So
here I am trying to remain interested.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OY! I can't believe I am in Super Che' the market in Huatulco.</td></tr>
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heard us talking about. The Tehuantepecs.
The winds through this pass can reach upwards of 60-75 kts an hour with
waves up to 20-40 feet. They have blown
tankers 200 miles off shore. The reason
for this is the small piece of land that separates the gulf from the
pacific. It is only 175 miles wide. So when the winds start blowing in the gulf
and the Caribbean they funnel straight into the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Here is a
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one foot on and one foot off. Meaning 1
to 2 miles off shore in about 60 feet of water.
The only time it is not necessary is if you have a good weather window
of about 5 days. And then you can take the rhumb line that would run straight
from Huatulco to Puerto Madero. After
our prior experiences, the Universe took pity on us and flattened the T-Pecs
allowing us to take the rhumb line and cut out about 50 miles off our trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Off to the races already.<span> </span>While we were still in Los Angeles lightening
apparently hit the marina and another charger failed and fried our brand new AGM
batteries.<span> </span>We ordered a new charger in
L.A. and on December 17<sup>th</sup> we left L.A. for Huatulco with high hopes
of<span> </span>going south within the week.<span> </span>Two new batteries (not under warranty) came in
from Puerto Vallarta.<span> </span>When the batteries
arrived one was broken.<span> </span>It took another
week to get another one.<span> </span><i>Nothing is easy!!!</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">We spent New Year’s with friends who threw a crazy hat
party.<span> </span>Anyone who has been reading this
blog knows that Kristen brought us a half dozen crazy hats a few years ago, so
Jewell and I thought we’d be the hit of the party.<span> </span>Wrong!!!<span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">With the help and guidance of our new friends Chris and
Gerry, the owners/captain of the Misty Michael, we got the charger and
batteries installed.<span> </span>Then our thruster
relay went out.<span> </span>Oh well, I ran a boat
for 20 years without thrusters so I wasn’t too worried. <i>Oh, if it were only that easy!!</i></span></span></div>
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</span>About an hour out we heard Lucio yell “fire”!!!<span> </span>Jewell yelled “shut down the port engine”.<span> </span>We had a small crack in the exhaust expander
that attaches to the engine exhaust (something that should last 100
years!!!).<span> </span>There was no fire, just a lot
of black smoke from the exhaust.<span> </span>I
needed to bring the boat back to the Marina on one engine, with no stern
thruster.<span> </span>Funny how you lose your memory
and skills when the boat almost runs itself.<span>
</span>It wasn’t as easy as I remembered!!!<span>
</span>We radioed ahead and there were several people on the dock to help us
but we pulled right in, on one engine, without a hitch….Compared to the rest of
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Disappointed that once again we couldn’t get moving
South, we went back to L.A. with our cracked 20 lb. exhaust expander and
ordered two to be fabricated “just in case”.<span>
</span><span> </span>A small reminder as to what the
words are for BOAT…..It’s “Bring On Another Thousand”….but in our case it’s
“Bring On Another Ten Thousand”…..<i>nothing
is easy!!!</i></span></span></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-87991699220938171112011-12-17T08:09:00.000-08:002011-12-17T13:04:41.429-08:00We Are Back To Boating!!!It’s December!! Almost 2012, unbelievable. Jewell and I are getting ready to head back to Huatulco, Mexico to move The Elysium to El Salvador (approximately 270 miles). We’ve been away from the boat for eight months. <br />
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As you know, nothing is easy. A few months ago we received a panicked call from Lucio that smoke was coming out of the transom. It was another battery charger that burned out and also burned out TWO of the beautiful new AGM batteries that last forever. Ha! We have in our possession one new battery charger (one week’s salary) and unfortunately are still waiting for two new batteries (two weeks salary) to arrive in Huatulco. So first they have to arrive and then, get someone to install both on the boat, we’ll be in good shape. Pray.<br />
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Once again we will need to get decent weather to get through the Tehuantepec. Three days of calm weather. (If you remember from previous blogs, we couldn’t get good weather in April so we remained in Huatulco.) The minute our weather men give us the OK, we’re off.<br />
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Many of our friends are already in El Salvador. We’re planning a New Year’s Eve party. By that time, we’ll need all the Tequila we can swallow. <br />
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Aggie will not be joining us for this trip. We doubt if her bladder will hold out for 35 hours….and it is way too stressful worrying about her exploding. We’ll take her back to El Salvador with us for the trip to Costa Rica (we will stop frequently).<br />
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I’m sure this season will be full of Lucy and Ethel (oh, excuse me, Jewell and Deborah) antics. It’s fun. How lucky are we!!<br />
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Happy Holidays to all. Wishing you a healthy and happy New Year. Perhaps we’ll see you in Costa Rica.The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-44683591291071828112011-06-02T13:26:00.001-07:002011-06-02T13:26:36.247-07:00The End Of The Season<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #4c1130; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to El Salvador. You know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men!!! In order to get to Central America, you must travel through the “Tehuanapec” pass, which is approximately 120 miles long and takes you to the tip of Mexico and into Guatemala. This pass is considered one of the most dangerous areas of water in Northern and Central America. When the Gulf of Mexico is turbulent, it stirs up the Tehuanapec, they call it a T-Pecker when it blows and there is a very good possibility you could hit 20 and 30 foot waves. After the mere 12 foot wave we encountered in Ixtapa, the decision was made to wait. We waited and waited and waited but could not find 3 days of good weather that would assure an easy passage before May 30<sup>th</sup> (which is the start of hurricane season). So, damn it, The Elysium is still in Mexico. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;">This is what our weather guy sent to us for these particular days.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">BUOYWEATHER.COM Virtual Buoy Forecast</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"> Location : 15.75N 94.25W </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"> Model Cycle: 2011 MAY 03 18Z </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;"> UTC - 7 Hours </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">5/5 05 N 1 15 - 21 SSW 6sec 7 - 11</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">5/5 11 NNW 347 12 - 25 SSW 6sec 9 - 10</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">5/5 17 N 352 13 - 22 SSW 6sec 9 - 15</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 10pt;">5/5 23 N 5 13 - 30 SSW 5sec 8 – 13</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #a64d79;"><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Adios</span></b></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-89435259156886460342011-04-26T12:47:00.000-07:002011-04-26T12:47:01.512-07:00Huatulco, Oaxaca Mexico April 2011<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I’m wondering to myself if we have enough to blog about. Let’s see. We almost got killed on the skiff (no kidding), Aggie’s ears got glued, we came very close to running over 6 pangas in the middle of the night, a Manta ray tried to jump into our skiff, a small Mexican boat filled with people (including children) tried to run us over and it cost a small fortune to move the boat 440 miles South!! Hope I got your attention.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Our names have changed from Lucy and Ethel to Crazy and Crazier!! Let me explain:</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Marina in Ixtapa (where the Croc tried to eat Aggie) is through a very narrow passage, which is about 25 yards wide, and is so shallow you cannot get in unless it is high tide. Because it is so narrow and shaped like an hour glass, there is lots of wave action and it is difficult and dangerous to enter. How dangerous can it be, you ask? Very!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Arriving back at the opening, we were now looking at 4 and 5 foot waves coming at us.<span> </span>We needed to go, or stay until about 9 at night when it calms down (it was 10 in the morning).<span> </span>We went forward over the first wave, about 5 ft. high.<span> </span>Then the second, about 7 ft. high.<span> </span>Then Jewell started screaming….turn the boat, turn the boat.<span> </span>There was a 12 ft. wave coming straight at us and about to break on the bow of our 11 ½ ft. skiff.<span> </span>I couldn’t turn fast enough.<span> </span>I only got a 150 degree turn in when the wave hit the back of the skiff and carried us, sideways towards the rocks.<span> </span>The skiff was up on one side (I’m not kidding!!!!).<span> </span>Jewell quickly put her entire weight (and thank goodness she’s not a lightweight) onto the port side of the skiff to try to keep it from turning over.<span> </span>We missed crashing into the rocks by about 5 feet!<span> </span>After crying, cursing, and shaking we decided to try again.<span> </span>We waited.<span> </span>Saw nothing more than 3 to 6 footers.<span> </span><span> </span>We started out again and literally flew over the top of a 6 footer and, by the skin of our teeth, <span> </span>with the entire skiff out of the water, we landed with a bang on the other side.<span> </span>Never to step foot or hull in that marina again.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What the wave looked like coming up behind us!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Aggie’s ears. She needed to be groomed. They bathed her, cut her hair leaving large holes in her fur, cut her paws so she looked like…well…like a dog with no fur, and they put cute little pink ribbons in her hair. WITH GLUE!! This was a month ago and the glue is still in her hair. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Jewell was on the boat, at anchor, for two weeks. I was in L.A. and Miami (at the ICA show). The anchorage got very rocky and Jewell moved the boat by herself. She’s now a captain, crew, electrician, mechanic and first mate all rolled into one!!! She set the anchor, not once, but twice. What an accomplishment!!! Even chose to set a stern anchor also!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boat at anchor in Zwat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stern anchor buoy so we know where we put it!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">While at the island we met new friends. Pamela, Michael and Riley. For several years Pamela has run her 42' sailboat, with the help of her Cavalier King Charles, Riley. Her boyfriend joined her for his birthday weekend. Aggie and Riley played as we celebrated Michael’s birthday. </span> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">All of our friends have left Ixtapa/Zwhat for Hualtuco to wait for weather and the trip to El Salvador. We were forced to stay here and get the boat fixed. Now, on the 7<sup>th</sup>, I’m leaving for L.A. and Miami as poor Jewell <b><i>(right!!) </i></b>stays here to keep an eye on things. When I return, we’ll leave for Hualtuco, then to El Salvador, prior to the 15<sup>th</sup> of May.</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And oh, that damn Crocodile visited us several more times when we were in Marina Ixtapa. Aggie barks her head off and the Croc keeps waiting for her to slip up and fall off the boat!!! </span></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-43740717051222856412011-03-04T16:34:00.000-08:002011-03-04T17:46:35.098-08:00New Port of Call Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><b>Those of you reading this blog know us pretty well, so nothing should be a surprise….. Here goes a description of our latest adventures.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><br />
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</b></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-24817415526850832982011-03-03T13:16:00.000-08:002011-03-03T13:24:55.047-08:00Next Stop Manzanillo, Mexico<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><b>We left Chamela on Thursday the 25th of February without any more so-called events. It was an 11.5 hour run to Manzanillo, Mexico. As we approached Manzanillo we literally ran into the Gregory Peck movie “the Birds”. There were so many birds we thought they were going to fly right through the open windows. We ran away from the helm screaming. </b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><br />
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<b> As we plotted our departure to Ixtapa, getting fuel was on our to do list. We were told to go to the other side of the bay (8 miles) to the shipping port for the fuel. Not knowing just where we were going, some friends said they would go with us. Once the port captain gave us clearance, we proceeded. As we entered the port all of the military ships were there as well as the large tankers.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><b><br />
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<b> We arrived at the area were told had a fuel dock. We figureed these tankers are very large and the fuel dock should at least be visible; right? Wrong!! We could not see the fuel dock. We asked around and someone said it was behind a freighter that was getting fuel. Wrong. The freighter was docked there. HOWEVER there was no fuel. Evidently we needed to call someone to bring a truck with the fuel. Then they said we needed to come along side one of the freighters and they would stretch the hose over the other boats until it reached us and we could pump the fuel. I DON’T THINK SO. So we went back to Marina Las Hadas to their fuel tank. </b><br />
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</tbody></table><b> Well we managed to get fuel and get back out to our anchorage without incident. Safely anchored for our last night we went out to dinner with friends who have convinced us we need to go to El Salvador. With a new stop added to our adventure list, we headed for Ixtapa-Zihuatenjo. Written by JC.</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><br />
</div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-89731010369928004372011-02-24T15:23:00.000-08:002011-03-03T07:54:24.971-08:00Our Journey Finally Begins!!<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<b>GUESS WHAT!!!!! Yes we have actually done it!!!! What you may ask? We left PV Tuesday February 22, 2011, three months late, but we started. </b><br />
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<b>As we began our journey we could not even get out of the Marina. A cruise ship was coming in and we were stuck at the mouth of the harbor with all of these boats. It was kind of cool to see all of the activity. </b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><b>Now, anyone that knows us knows nothing is normal or easy!!!! Aggie, our beautiful, dutiful, well behaved doggie refused to do her duties on the boat. We put down paper, pads (with a sample of her urine to entice her) and even a small carpet to lure her. Nothing worked. We couldn’t get off the boat to get to shore. The waves on the coast were humongous. </b><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47;"><b>But, through it all, I am sitting on the back of the boat, looking at the sea and the small village of Chamela, typing this blog, answering e-mail, listening to music, and secure in the knowledge of how lucky a woman I am. Love to all….. DC</b></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-77171678388357962892011-02-10T10:52:00.000-08:002011-02-10T12:59:05.761-08:00The Road to Repair!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Hola, from Puerto Vallarta! I arrived back to Puerto Vallarta yesterday and Deb decided both of us do not need to be twiddling our thumbs waiting for the boat to get repaired, so she is coming next Wednesday and hopefully after provisioning the boat we’ll finally get going South.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">When I had returned to L.A. in late January I ordered more parts than West Marine carries. Everyday something else arrived. Huge boxes, small boxes some had to be signed for, oh wait that was a case of wine (desperately needed). Anyway the boxes kept coming.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just some of the items I brought with me.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">So with our show over it was time to begin deciding how to pack and since Deb is coming later, just bringing in the essentials. I finally got most of the essential repair items packed in extra, extra large duffel bags that were packed to the brim and yikes each were a little over 50 pounds.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">When you come into Mexico they really don’t like you to bring boat parts in with you, so you better have all your receipts and be prepared to give them 15% of what you paid for the part if asked. And prove that you have a boat. So as I gathered my luggage and headed to the red and green light button with Aggie in tow, we held our breath and pressed the button and it turned green!!!!! YEA!!!!! WHEW!!!! What a relief. I was imagining spending a couple of hours in the customs office waiting for them to decide what I had to pay and such. Thank goodness that did not happen.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside a cabinet, these are some of the chargers for the batteries.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The blue one is one of the new ones. So many wires.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Between yesterday and today we have made progress. One charger is working, one to go. Two air conditioners working, two to go and the generator is working, they just have to finish putting it together and CLEAN UP THEIR MESS!!!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">That is all for now, our next post will be a picture of the Elysium all packed up and ready to head south, finally. Oh and the motorcycle is running also!!!!!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br />
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</div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-53415055603239715422011-01-13T15:50:00.000-08:002011-01-13T15:50:21.427-08:00<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Our Blog, January 13, 2011</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OK, I know this probably won’t be a surprise to anyone, but we are still in P.V. Why, you ask? Because whatever can go wrong, IS!!! We have Macerator problems, Davit problems, Inverter Problems, Generator problems, Air Conditioning problems, and charger problems. Other than that, everything is fine….<i><u>just fine</u></i>!! </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Most of our difficulties are stemming from a spike in our Generator. We’ve had mechanic after mechanic, and hopefully will solve our problems soon. We’re hoping to get everything fixed before we leave for L.A. on the 21<sup>st</sup>. Pray and Send money. Only kidding!!!!!!</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #5f497a; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Our New Year’s was fabulous. We went to a hotel/spa owned by a new friend, Lupe Dipp. Many friends were there and we arrived back at the boat after 3 a.m. It was a great deal of fun. Aggie joined the festivities as you can see!!!! </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Blog, December 29, 2010</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deb writing the blog.</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s been a whirlwind of a time for us these last four weeks.<span> </span>You know what they say the meaning of “boat” is:<span> </span>Bring on another thousand.<span> </span>Oh, so true.<span> </span>Eleven days in the boat yard, thirteen new batteries, bow thruster repairs, gel coat on some “scratches”….(I’d like to say that we didn’t cause the scratches, but, alas, I cannot).<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our thruster controls pulled out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dan trying to find out what is wrong. But as I am adding this photo he just fixed it!!! YEA!!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Ten days back in L.A. rushing around…and now we are back in P.V.<span> </span>The weather is beautiful as everyone we know, East and West, are suffering from rain, snow or blizzards.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">We’ve made an executive decision to stay in P.V. until the 4<sup>th</sup> of February.<span> </span>We both need to be in L.A. for a show and it’s senseless to put the boat in a new marina while we travel.<span> </span>After February we have nothing until April.<span> </span>Yea!!!!<span> </span>So, we’ll make our way south and can take our time in each port, if we so desire.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Hope everyone we know and love has had a great holiday and we wish you all a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2011.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #5f497a; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Will blog again after the New Year.</span></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-75859287321094859872010-12-10T15:00:00.000-08:002010-12-10T15:12:39.899-08:00December 10, 2010 Chili Chili Bang Bang! - From Deb<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">December 10, 2010 </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Is it any surprise to anyone who knows Jewell to know that she won the Chili Cook-off!!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But, let me give you a blow by blow. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She cooked for two days. We used our friend Ray’s kitchen. He just happens to own many Mexican restaurants in Phoenix. He and his buddy, Al, kept tasting, and tasting, and tasting and wanted it hotter and hotter and hotter. Jewell decided the only taste buds she wanted to test this chili were mine (smart woman that she is). </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We arrived at the cook-off with 6-7 gallons of Chili. The venue provided the cups, spoons and napkins. Jewell chopped 10 onions and crushed lots of chips to put on top of the chili if people wanted it. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Remember, we’re talking “Jewell” . She printed hundreds of small self adhering labels that said “I love Chili Chili Bang Bang’s chili” to affix to the chest of everyone who tasted the chili and gave us a ticket. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I made Lucio, our Marinaro, a “sandwich board” directing people to our booth. Like the trooper he is, he stood in the front where the tickets were being sold, and spoke to everyone about our chili. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The boat will be out of dry-dock tomorrow, Saturday. Our three days of painting and minor repairs turned into eleven days of torture. We changed all our plans and will now, hopefully, leave PV on the 29<sup>th </sup> to go to Barra de Navidad for New Year’s Eve. Talk to you all again, soon. D</span></div>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-13964183831341667002010-12-07T17:25:00.000-08:002010-12-08T13:46:50.355-08:00From Deb - The Adventure Begins<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #741b47; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">12/6/2010 And, so the adventure begins. Here we are, not even one week in P.V. trying to get ready to GO and we're in the boat yard to get the bottom painted. (Do ALL bottoms need painting from time to time???) Anyway, we have blisters. Lots of them. (Do all bottoms get blisters as they age?) Just painting is no longer an option. Scraping, peeling, resins, Epoxy, primer, West System special something or other....and THEN paint. You know what they say about boats...... </span><br />
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As I sit at the airport I’m thinking about the trip that awaits us - the excitement as well as the apprehension. It is our biggest undertaking yet.<br />
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Sunday 11/21 Well, phase one of our trip has begun. I have left the country and am now in Mexico. After years of talking about this and endless hours of planning I can't believe it is here. Yikes. Aggie and I arrived yesterday and our boat looks the same. The only thing missing now is our captain. Deb will be arriving on Wednesday. We will then begin the actual preparations to get underway to Costa Rica.<br />
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What I can never get over is how much luggage we always manage to bring. All we wear in Mexico for the most part are shorts and sleeveless tops. But we have pounds and pounds of clothing. Yet there is nothing in our closets! I just don't understand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><br />
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</a><span style="color: blueviolet; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: blueviolet; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’ll be posting pictures of Aggie in her new orange life jacket. It is hilarious. We will be blogging more frequently now that we are actually in the swing of busting out of Mexico. It will be bittersweet. But we will cross that bridge when we are closer. Hope you had a happy turkey day. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: blueviolet; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Here is one of the first pictures of the Marina in PV.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OsiliwpG2Zm_79KIVQA3J-3ixlRNxA_8PHguhtbiQvlPI9XvDpDL4jlgGyRhT4bzIfUaXv-_KJOHtLLWCCoHyGJULEDN5EhtBoj1CgbPWD3B9pWmn67RPEITczz0pWsRumUayCKDkTY/s1600/IMG_1738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OsiliwpG2Zm_79KIVQA3J-3ixlRNxA_8PHguhtbiQvlPI9XvDpDL4jlgGyRhT4bzIfUaXv-_KJOHtLLWCCoHyGJULEDN5EhtBoj1CgbPWD3B9pWmn67RPEITczz0pWsRumUayCKDkTY/s400/IMG_1738.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well now that our Costa Rica countdown is now under way, I thought I would let you know what our plans are.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since we are leaving Mexico for a few years, we want to take the time to enjoy some of the ports we have come to know and love and those that we have yet to explore.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This will just outline our trip and I will name places, but as we explore them again or for the first time, I will elaborate then.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4E0YN945xJvkMgq2wdpWZdNkZkGvA_Zzrr2nH6OHwJHRaQt6udXAMzfYf4if2nN4-ZwsWhKxf3qaca7SHfMk_LCie_bwxIIM9BSk3CZJsxwD9pjgC9QpsX8FU406ybzDdGTpzdiJBzcE/s1600/Lois+%2881%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chamela</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8uT3y6IMU1qL0CIp4m6VX3L9dTzqs6m2Wj1T8jwRGz-TUMIc37Y1HnWWeggqZkxPDRKZyLyHYuh2QN9AKNWMJnKUQveAQcykiZm28i2h9w-clDbDwNRMR4rjSXXZl3LPeRpuC5Dr5LU/s1600/IMG_0217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><span style="font-size: large;">Tenacatita </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barra de Navadid – WE LOVE IT HERE</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Manzanillo</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Cabeza Negra</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Ixtapa</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Zihuatanejo</span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The French Baker comes to the boat in Barra. Yummy.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Acapulco</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Puerto Angel</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Huatulco – Where we wait to go through the Tehuantepec pass </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Salina Crux – Officially out of Mexico – Guatemala</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Quetzal – Guatemala</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Bahía de Jiquilisco – El Salvador - Probably not stopping here</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Honduras - Deb says we can dive a coral reef there. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Puesta Del Sol<span> </span>- Nicaragua - Probably not stopping here either</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Bahía San Juan Del Sur – COSTA RICA – the upper part</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then not sure just which way we will head.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">So this is our tentative route.<span> </span>Most places we will stay from 3-5 days but a few like Barra de Navadid we will stay one month, Ixtapa – 1 month and probably 2 weeks in Acapulco.<span> </span>So that is the update for</span> now.</div></span></span></span></span></span></span>The Elysiumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03648052854542758396noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3026526338193040916.post-54556912203146073322010-10-01T20:36:00.000-07:002010-10-07T13:23:30.378-07:00Welcome to our Costa Rica Adventure<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Welcome to our blog Bound for Costa Rica. This blog will follow the travels of The Elysium Yacht and her family and friends from Puerto Vallarta to Costa Rica. Here are the introductions:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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Marinaro – Spanish for boat boy – Lucio.<br />
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Official boat dog – Aggie – the one who gets mostly all the attention.<br />
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Captain – Larry<br />
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First Mate - Vicki<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We brought the boat to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (PV from here out) 4 seasons ago, with the intention of spending one season. Well, as you can tell we loved it. So now we have decided, let’s move on and see what else there is out there. So we chose Costa Rica. Our friends Larry and Vicki were thinking along the same lines and we have decided to do this together.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We have loved our time in PV. We have made lots of lifelong friendships, but we are not getting any younger so it's time to hit the trail and get adventurous again.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Jewell is due to arrive back in PV November 20th - to begin the process of getting ready and Deb will arrive on the 24<sup>th</sup>. We will have some minor work done on the boat (bottom painting, batteries changed, provisions, new navigation system up) and a few other items. We still need to decide about our motorcycle and whether or not to buy another one, so we don't have to ride the same one together. Too dangerous.<br />
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Our potential shove off date is December 1, 2010. Check back in often. Thanks for coming with us on our wild journey!<br />
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Deb, Jewell, Aggie, Lucio and our many guests you will meet along the way. <br />
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