Bad hair day?

Well, yes. I do need a wash and cut. But that's not it. Haven't posted lately because there have not been many lovely adventures to report. We spent some quality time with friends in Bara de Navidad and met interesting and lovely new people, as well. Did do the typical tasks such as laundry, provisions, diesel.... enjoyed walking about the town. So, we were ready to go up the coast just when the weather reports changed from "you know, the usual lovely mx Riviera weather" to "there is an extensive pineapple express (thick cloud cover and rain) and trough that will bring winds between 20-30K to the entire area". So we are tucked safely into Bahia Tenacatita waiting for this weather to blow over (literally!).

We pulled in and anchored in a sheltered part of the bay and went in to try and use a telephone at the big resort here. Turns out there are no phones for the public, only for the guests. We came back to Ceilidh to find that 3 boats had anchored so close to us that we had to ask the one directly in front to motor forward because they were actually on top of our chain and anchor. Go figure. With a blow expected we like lots of room around - so we moved. The next day we also had to move, not once but twice. I am getting a bit burned out on shiny new cruisers. They are lovely people but having to moving 3 times in an anchorage with LOTS of room is a bit much. Ok, ok. Like I said, it is a bad hair day.

Today I played Sarafina and will do again before the evening. We enjoyed a yummy spinach salad for lunch and have more happy vegies in mind for supper. Still have rum for delicious drinks and cold beer in the frig. See, not so bad, eh? Tomorrow we'll do the jungle river dinghy ride again - haven't done it yet this year - and then the next day it's off to Carayis. Looking forward to that because we have never been able to anchor there. So, next post will be more upbeat, I'm sure, and back to reporting adventures. Until then

Love to you all
from the yin side

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Tenacatita

Just a quick update to say we're in Tenacatita Bay (that's just 'up' the coast from Barra de Navidad) enjoying the calm waters and light breezes at anchor. Before we left Zihuatanejo, we stopped at Isla Grande to clean the bottom. Good thing we did: there wasn't a square inch that didn't have 4-6 barnacles clustered in it. Sometimes I wish I had an underwater digital camera ... well, we're going back for the bucks so maybe some new toys are in our future as well.

It's an odd feeling having our roles reversed on this trip. In the past we were the ones talking to and questioning cruisers who had made passages much farther afield than our initial efforts. Now people want to talk to us as if we're some sort of guru with all the secrets. We didn't figure out that the Nike tag line 'Just do it!' applies here until well into our long passages last year (well, in any event, I [yang] didn't, maybe Yin figured it out earlier). I'd love to pass that credo on, but just like us a year or more ago, that's not what the questioners want to hear as an answer. So we answer all the questions patiently and as precisely as possible just like our 'gurus' did for us. Somehow that's more comforting all around.

The fleet here have organized an afternoon swim and walk with an alternative of beach boche ball every day at 1:30 and 2:00 pm respectively. This is followed by beers at the palapa. Cruising is a tough life, but we all have our burdens to bear. Guess I'll have to go in and have another beer today.

love from us both, yin and yang

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Happy 2007 from Zihuatanejo

No postings for a while due to much fun and joyful activities. Peach and Dmitry came and played with us for a wonderful week. Peach visited us 2 years ago for Christmas in Zihua but this was Dmitry’s first visit. No visit to Zihua is complete without various forms of water play.


And if you come to visit and stay on a sailboat, sailing is a must. We were able to hoist the asymmetrical on our sail over to Isla Grande. Snorkeled and chatted and spent the night before returning to Zihua the next day.

Took the bus to a small to town south of Zihua called Petatland and visited the famous Church of "Cristo Jesús de Petatlan" where many miracles are said to have happened.

The area around the church is filled with small shops selling candles, incense, statues of saints and rosaries. We enjoyed a delicious and relaxing lunch at a restaurant just off the town square, cooling down with delicious micheladas (beer with LOTS of lemon juice over ice in a salt rimmed glass – yummm).

After Peach and Dmitry headed back to New York, Rich and I relaxed and played with Christmas finery sent by Heather and Zack.

On new years eve Rich and I went to the beach and helped with a baby turtle release. The babies hatched 30 days ago and were ready to fend for themselves in the sea. After blessing the little fellow I put him down with his friends and watched as he flippered his way into the gentle lapping waves.

We stuck around for the food, music and dancing until 11 pm or so and then went back aboard Ceilidh to watch the fireworks and sip some of the excellent tequila provided by Peach and Dmitry.

We’ll be heading northbound again in a week or so but I’ll post the last Zihua photos before we leave and loose our onboard wireless internet connection. Hope you all enjoy the new year and prosper outrageously.
Love
from the yin side