Man, oh man.........what a day! Our buddy, Roy, definitely got his money's worth today! He wanted to sail in rough seas?? Wish granted.
Cap'n decided we'd go check out the keys south? or maybe east? of Utila. Heh....my map skills at work once more. Anyway, when we began the day, the seas were quiet and there was no wind. We got to the area and it really looked neat. A small community that was going to great fun (notice I used the word 'was') to walk around and explore in. But a few clouds rolled in, making it hard to see the bottom or the rocks underneath us, so they just put the anchor out till we decided what to do or what the weather was going to do. As those of you who sail know.........the weather is another God that we respect......Meanwhile, the wind started blowing and it was obvious that the anchor needed to come up. But it wouldn't.
Try after try......and then the secondary anchor was pulled out and put in while the cap'n made a dive to look around. And I gotta say..he stayed down waaaaay too long as far as I was concerned. But then again, I'm just sitting in the back not saying ONE word...seriously. I knew better. He saw that the chain had wrapped itself around some coral reef and he freed it but had to come up. And it had caught on another piece of reef after he came up. So, he goes to steer the boat to the left, to the left, to the left, hoping it would unwind....which finally it did!!! He truly put his captain hat on for this one and made all of us onboard very proud! Meanwhile, the Perfect Storm clouds are brewing darker and closer.....so guess what he does? Throws out the sails, turns to our guests and says........."LET'S GO SAILING!!" Sheesh! And we did! He outwitted the storm and sailed right around it with us only getting a bit of rain. Swells were pretty high in my standards....heh....so Sophie and I go down to read. (which means take a nap till we're out of the bad stuff!!) Four hours later we are pulling into Anthony's Key to anchor for the night. And to a wonderful place for dinner! Exhausted and probably sore, the cap'n of Blew Bayou and his first mate ended their day with like I said before.....roy getting the sail he'd wanted with a grin on his face!
Oh....and at dinner, who do we run into? Why LSU fans, of course!! They heard we were from LA and told us they were from New Roads! HA! and the lady stood up and sang the LSU fight song for everyone and then told us a dirty joke............gotta love LSU fans and coonasses!! Small world, eh?
Below are some pics from the last few days!
Cap'n decided we'd go check out the keys south? or maybe east? of Utila. Heh....my map skills at work once more. Anyway, when we began the day, the seas were quiet and there was no wind. We got to the area and it really looked neat. A small community that was going to great fun (notice I used the word 'was') to walk around and explore in. But a few clouds rolled in, making it hard to see the bottom or the rocks underneath us, so they just put the anchor out till we decided what to do or what the weather was going to do. As those of you who sail know.........the weather is another God that we respect......Meanwhile, the wind started blowing and it was obvious that the anchor needed to come up. But it wouldn't.
Try after try......and then the secondary anchor was pulled out and put in while the cap'n made a dive to look around. And I gotta say..he stayed down waaaaay too long as far as I was concerned. But then again, I'm just sitting in the back not saying ONE word...seriously. I knew better. He saw that the chain had wrapped itself around some coral reef and he freed it but had to come up. And it had caught on another piece of reef after he came up. So, he goes to steer the boat to the left, to the left, to the left, hoping it would unwind....which finally it did!!! He truly put his captain hat on for this one and made all of us onboard very proud! Meanwhile, the Perfect Storm clouds are brewing darker and closer.....so guess what he does? Throws out the sails, turns to our guests and says........."LET'S GO SAILING!!" Sheesh! And we did! He outwitted the storm and sailed right around it with us only getting a bit of rain. Swells were pretty high in my standards....heh....so Sophie and I go down to read. (which means take a nap till we're out of the bad stuff!!) Four hours later we are pulling into Anthony's Key to anchor for the night. And to a wonderful place for dinner! Exhausted and probably sore, the cap'n of Blew Bayou and his first mate ended their day with like I said before.....roy getting the sail he'd wanted with a grin on his face!
Oh....and at dinner, who do we run into? Why LSU fans, of course!! They heard we were from LA and told us they were from New Roads! HA! and the lady stood up and sang the LSU fight song for everyone and then told us a dirty joke............gotta love LSU fans and coonasses!! Small world, eh?
Below are some pics from the last few days!
Some of the wonderful fish meals we're having!(for my foodie friends!)
Crazy coonass singing LSU fight song!
Kate just sent me you blog address. Glad to know you are still around, even if sailing around somewhere. Interesting reading. Your sister
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