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Back in the saddle again!
Yes, it has been a while We were on hold for a few months, waiting to hear back on some things, but now are full steam ahead! With that in mind, engines have had their filters changed and some other maintenance work, fuel and water are topped up, freezers and fridges full, dry goods augmented, two salt and one fresh water leaks addressed. We are ready to depart. Engine repair Yes, I also learned you have to shut off the fuel tank petcock if you don’t want a warm diesel fuel bath when changing the oil/water separator Don has become a…
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Yes we’re back on the boat!
After being away from the boat for 4 months, we’re back lots of prep work to do here in Panama. Getting ready for work trip and thought I would post this ‘you know you’re a sailor when”
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San Andreas, Columbia, Panama crossing & canal, Italy!
San Andreas is more cosmopolitan than Providencia Leaving the quiet and lovely snorkeling in the small Columbian island of Providencia, we sailed to another Columbian island, San Andreas. More built up, very much a beach town vibe like Ocean City, MD, there was a lot more density. With that comes traffic, crime, trash, a big duty-free shopping district, restaurants, and night life. San Andreas is a good stop for crossing to Panama, as it breaks up a 5 day crossing into two shorter crossings. But, buyer beware: there is a $200 fee that included a Columbian Cruising Permit, agent fee,…
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Providencia is the isla of mosaics
Colors and mosaics everywhere In addition to an amazingly well built boardwalk studded regularly with aquaculture inspired benches with crab, fish, and dolphin patterns, there are amazing mosaics everywhere! Walls, sculptures galore along with painted maps and tiles. Houses are very very brightly painted, and very very little litter is found on this lovely Columbian island. Hiking the El Pico 360 meters high, taking 4 hours, Josh, Don and I had a lovely day hiking for mother’s day. We tried our our scuba gear; epic fail. That what happens when you buy on Craigslist. It’s good equipment but too big…
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Rasta Blue Mountains & Errol Flynn’s river diversion
JahB Coffee Guest House For my birthday, Don rented a car and we drove up to the Blue Mountains to stay at JahB”s Guest House. We went with two other cruiser couples, Mindy & Ron Bixel (S/V Follow Me), and Erin Brown and Kara Muessig (S/V Velos). The drive from Port Antonio through Kingston to the mountains was CRAZY; we should have rented a 4 wheel drive. 5 hours of switch backs, unpaved roads with huge ruts, goats, dogs, bikes, trucks, people. We crossed through water, and transversed a river on a concrete bridge with 4″ to spare in…
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Bond, James Bond in da house as well as Jesus
Port Antonio is da place So the new James Bond movie is being filmed in our anchorage. is pretty plane was practicing it take off into the sunset. [wpvideo TKUygp9x class=”data-temp-aztec-video”] And I can’t wait to see what they’re going to do with this pretty yacht. Church on Sunday We went to Easter Sunday services the New Testament of God church in Port Antonio and boy was that an experience! We needed the entire afternoon to recuperate.The congregation welcomed each and everyone of us, giving us a wireless microphone to share our names and where we are from,…