Really Not Much At All

It has been a couple of days (I think so anyway -the days sort of blends together out here) and things have simply been quiet and peaceful. We went for a beach cookout day before yesterday with our friends and had a great time - we had paella cooked over a fire. Mike and our friend dug a hole in the sand and lined it with stones. Then we made a fire in it and cooked the paella over the fire on a grill. It's funny - we spend so much time living off of beaches yet aren't really on them that much. Its hard to explain. We often swim off the boat, and when we go to shore we hike and stuff like that to get exercise. Or we dive, merely using the shore to store our stuff while we are in the water. Then we go back to the boat for beers. Or to a nearby palapa restaurant for beers and seafood. But we spend way less time actually hanging out on the beach then I did in San Diego. Anyway, the cookout was wonderful - delicious food, great company, and a really special locale.

We have also been doing the inevitable boat chores - buckets of laundry, cleaning out through hulls so the toilet continues to function properly, and keeping things spruced up generally. Without a frig, we have managed to be here at anchor for days now without running the engine to charge the batteries. And we are not overly conservative about our power usage - we use this computer, we watch movies, keep the place well-lighted, use our fans, and other things. It is really amazing.

The plan as of today is to spend the rest of the week here, and then check into the marina nearby on Monday. Then we want to take a trip inland into the state of Oaxaca while the boat is safely marina-ed (my newest new word). I have a request into the marina for rates and availability information. We'll see what happens.

So that is really all I can think of for today - not one of the more exciting posts, unfortunately. But even out here, things can at times be mundane and routine, which is periodically sort of comforting. Our plan for today and the next couple of days is for the boat to have a bow to stern cleaning inside and out. I guess you could call it spring cleaning. Cheers!

"No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned . . . A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company." Samuel Johnson

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