Under Spinnaker off Cedros

Under Spinnaker off Cedros
Under Spinnaker off Cedros

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Resting in Golfito

We have taken a bungalow in Gulfito in order to rest in more spacious digs. I told Mitch I needed a little less bush and a little more boulevard but the boulevards all seem to be hours of driving from here.

We spent a couple of days huddled below decks trying to decide on a hotel to move to and finally agreed that small town Golfito and a Land & Sea Bungalow were going to make me happy. I don't have to get dressed if I don't want to. I don't have to cook if I don't want to. I don't have to go outside if I don't want to. I wonder if I really have to get out of bed? It looks like a/c and long hot showers were all I needed.

For the past couple of days we have been busy working on an addition to the blog. Please note the map at the upper right, it shows the route we have taken to reach Golfito and there are pictures!! Our intention (can you say 'Road to Hell') is to chronicle our travels on this map but cruiser plans are written in the sand at low tide. Since organizing 9 months of photos has been taxing I think I will try to do this a little more regularly - but no promises.

When we arrived in Golfito it was raining. When we radioed ahead to our destination the guy who answered described it as 'a bit hazy.' It was raining so hard that the water was running so fiercely into my eyes that I could not see the pendant on the mooring. I could not see or hear Mitch who was only 4 feet away. All I needed was to find a bar of soap and strip down to have an unlimited cold shower.

The rain has let up for the past 2 days, only and hour long down pour in the late afternoon. The sun is out and we are making plans to move on. We will be off to Panama early next week. A couple of weeks in Las Perlas Islands in the Gulf of Panama and then a transit of the canal. More excitement ahead.