er.....um, I mean changes to the last post!! I made mistakes. Ok...so when I listen, sometimes I maybe don't listen to all the details and then I make a post that is not quite so complete. So, the cap'n, being the proponent of quite accurate details, sent me the corrected information to post here....
First night in Utila
Second night, laguna el diamante on punta sal (Honduras mainland)
Next morning to Livingston, Guatamala to check in......arrived late in day
Uncomfortable and unsafe to stay there, so continued into the darkening river (really dark!)
(and crusin'chick is wondering if this is where the howling monkeys are??!!)
Arrived in Texan Bay and anchored for the night
Continued in the morning to the town of Fronteras and Tortugal marina.
And as I type this, the cap'n is checking out marina, meeting people who will watch the boat and getting ready to leave it for the summer.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Straight outa the mouth of the Cap'n...
THIS AIN'T KANSAS ANYMORE, DOROTHY!!
Heh. Cap'n says....you just thought Honduras was a bit rural.......Says if I were to look it up in a book, I wouldn't want to go. But if he just took me there, I'd love it. Must be a neat family town...where culture and customs meet an american eye. And makes one realize that not everyone lives like the rest of us do! Love being able to experience that.
So....after traveling to a halfway mark for the first night, he sailed on to Guatamala. Made it to the Texan Bay marina, http://www.texanbaymarina.com/contact%20us.html in time to check inito the country and had planned to anchor there for the night but the winds were kicking up and it was an iffy anchorage, so he plundered on for a few more hours until he found Tortugal marina in Fronteras. http://www.tortugal.com/marinadetails.html
And that's where he is now. Checking it out. Meeting people. Deciding if this is where he wants to leave the boat for the summer. Supposed to be a very protected area, hopefully safe from hurricane winds, with people who will watch and keep check over your boat. Will be tough for him to leave his precious Blew Bayou until the next voyage......so he most definitely will be there until he is reassured and confident that his second best girlfriend will be taken care of!!!
Pics to follow from the cap'n...
Tortulagan marina cinemax!
Blew Bayou in Rio Dulce!
Heh. Cap'n says....you just thought Honduras was a bit rural.......Says if I were to look it up in a book, I wouldn't want to go. But if he just took me there, I'd love it. Must be a neat family town...where culture and customs meet an american eye. And makes one realize that not everyone lives like the rest of us do! Love being able to experience that.
So....after traveling to a halfway mark for the first night, he sailed on to Guatamala. Made it to the Texan Bay marina, http://www.texanbaymarina.com/contact%20us.html in time to check inito the country and had planned to anchor there for the night but the winds were kicking up and it was an iffy anchorage, so he plundered on for a few more hours until he found Tortugal marina in Fronteras. http://www.tortugal.com/marinadetails.html
And that's where he is now. Checking it out. Meeting people. Deciding if this is where he wants to leave the boat for the summer. Supposed to be a very protected area, hopefully safe from hurricane winds, with people who will watch and keep check over your boat. Will be tough for him to leave his precious Blew Bayou until the next voyage......so he most definitely will be there until he is reassured and confident that his second best girlfriend will be taken care of!!!
Pics to follow from the cap'n...
solo raising of the Guatamalan flag! 
Tortulagan marina cinemax!
Blew Bayou in Rio Dulce!
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Home............
whew!! After a full day of travel, with thankfully, no problems, sophiejane and I made it back home about 9pm on Thursday night. And I kid you not......I was literally walking around my house... appreciating the room, the carpet, the smells, my BATHTUB, my bed! Even tho Blew Bayou provides us with so many opportunities for adventure, it's still a boat. And boats are not real roomy! And I have to admit it......I like home. Alot!
Spent Friday sleeping.....and going thru 2 months of snail mail.
Spent Saturday being very lazy and enjoying walking around our property.
Hey!! It takes time getting back into the real world after becoming such professional bums.
One of the sailors we met in Roatan told us that he and his wife try to get one piece of work done everyday.....ex: tending to repairs on boat, diving, cooking....and then taking the rest of the day off! Hmmmmmmmm. Sounds like a plan to me!!
So today, I plan to drive over to the camp and see what needs to be done there. I know all of my flowers have bloomed and the weeds are probably taking over. It's a beautiful Sunday and I think that sophie will be very happy to get back to chasing squirrels!
Cap'n left Barefoot Cay marina yesterday afternoon, pointed in the direction of Utila, his checkout point for leaving Honduras. He spent a few days after I left getting boat ready for travel. When I talked to him last night, he was sitting in the bay at the island of Utila. Plans were for him to leave early this morning headed toward Guatamala, stopping at Punta Sol for the night. Only a 6-7 hr. voyage. He is a lone sailor at this point and I'll be ready to hear he's reached his destination, Rio Dulce, where he plans to leave his boat for the summer.
Will keep you posted as I hear details.......
Spent Friday sleeping.....and going thru 2 months of snail mail.
Spent Saturday being very lazy and enjoying walking around our property.
Hey!! It takes time getting back into the real world after becoming such professional bums.
One of the sailors we met in Roatan told us that he and his wife try to get one piece of work done everyday.....ex: tending to repairs on boat, diving, cooking....and then taking the rest of the day off! Hmmmmmmmm. Sounds like a plan to me!!
So today, I plan to drive over to the camp and see what needs to be done there. I know all of my flowers have bloomed and the weeds are probably taking over. It's a beautiful Sunday and I think that sophie will be very happy to get back to chasing squirrels!
Cap'n left Barefoot Cay marina yesterday afternoon, pointed in the direction of Utila, his checkout point for leaving Honduras. He spent a few days after I left getting boat ready for travel. When I talked to him last night, he was sitting in the bay at the island of Utila. Plans were for him to leave early this morning headed toward Guatamala, stopping at Punta Sol for the night. Only a 6-7 hr. voyage. He is a lone sailor at this point and I'll be ready to hear he's reached his destination, Rio Dulce, where he plans to leave his boat for the summer.
Will keep you posted as I hear details.......
Thursday, April 23, 2009
For the Foodies!
Just a sampling of some of the yummy meals we had!
Now, THAT'S a piece of fillet!!
Homemade tortillas!
Homemade tortillas!
pastilita parreda.....freshly prepared 'meatpie' with pico de gallo. On the side of the road!
Freshly shredded coconut!Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Island Memories!
Infamous ferry ride..the good part!!
Fried chicken for lunch!
LIGHTENING BUGS....OH MY!!
A wistful view into the rainforest
All Idaho ho's should travel with this so close to their hearts~~
Sigh~~~.........another trip of memories aboard Blew Bayou!!
All-Righty then....back to business!
Every person has checklists. We love to be able to check things off checklists. Which, of course, everyone knows...means that you have accomplished that task.
Here was our guest's checklist for this past week:
1) ride on a sailboat without falling in.....check!
2) see things that glow in the dark.....check! (phosphorescent bay and lightening bugs)
3) skinny dip....check!
4) good food...lobster at almost every meal.....check!
5) snorkel in one of the most beautiful spots I've ever seen....check!
6) dolphins.....check!
7) a unicorn.......ok, I do have some wild and crazy friends, and we did our best on this one but all we could pull out of our hat on the last morning, looking at the last page of the last magazine they brought me...was a picture of a unicorn on a tattoo, so.....check check!!!!!
I last wrote of the ferry ride back to Blew Bayou, which was on Saturday night. Sunday morning, we awake to a completely refreshed lisa and the plan was to sail to West End. It was a bit windy and being the smart cap’n that he is….he put our butts in a cab while he brought the boat around the island! Just in case. Again, smart cap’n! While we’re riding, Katie says, “Ya’ll lemme talk so I can be busy…cuz I feel a leetle queasy. Aaaaaah, the irony. She rides the ferry with a steel-like stomach but might not make it in the cab!! Needless to say, her talking did the trick. For those of you who know her, ‘talking’ is the cure for all!!! Breakfast first…..then a little shopping and a walk thru the town. And guess what we found? YARD SALE! Who’d have thunk it? Seriously…some women were having a yard sale and we were right up all in the middle of it –island style!!
Next stop is West Bay. We dinghed to the beaches because this is one of the spots we were asked to leave from before in the big boat. Can you imagine that?
Lots of sun, lots of beach time and we ran into our LSU newlywed friends there. They were going to the same refreshment stand, Tranquil Seas, that we were going to, so the cap’n asked them if they’d like to ride with us. The funny thing? They’re from New Orleans but have lived in Seattle for the past two yrs! So, the PNW ho’s had a lot to talk about with them. We hung out at the bar for awhile and then had dinner down the beach at the Blue Bahia. PULLED PORK PLATTER!! Can you believe we were eating barbeque on the island? But everyone needed some real home food and it totally hit the spot.
Monday morning, we cruised to Punta Gorda and then anchored for the night at Turquois Bay.
Tuesday morning, cap’n left out early headed for the most eastern point, Pigeon Cay. This was also the place I called a screensaver day and it didn’t disappoint this day either. Absolutely gorgeous. Here, we snorkeled and collected a few shells before our cap’n made us a grilled sausage sandwich lunch! Heading back for the marina because the ho’s had to catch their flight out this morning, we stopped at Hole in the Wall bar for some comedy. Back in time for one last dinner of lobster and shrimp and a recap of our days together. We had a blast and let’s just say that the cap’n had quite the experience with a boatload of estrogen….a brand new experience for him!!
I have so many pics that it’s hard to choose a few for blob but here goes. Most should be self-explanatory….HA!!
Here was our guest's checklist for this past week:
1) ride on a sailboat without falling in.....check!
2) see things that glow in the dark.....check! (phosphorescent bay and lightening bugs)
3) skinny dip....check!
4) good food...lobster at almost every meal.....check!
5) snorkel in one of the most beautiful spots I've ever seen....check!
6) dolphins.....check!
7) a unicorn.......ok, I do have some wild and crazy friends, and we did our best on this one but all we could pull out of our hat on the last morning, looking at the last page of the last magazine they brought me...was a picture of a unicorn on a tattoo, so.....check check!!!!!
I last wrote of the ferry ride back to Blew Bayou, which was on Saturday night. Sunday morning, we awake to a completely refreshed lisa and the plan was to sail to West End. It was a bit windy and being the smart cap’n that he is….he put our butts in a cab while he brought the boat around the island! Just in case. Again, smart cap’n! While we’re riding, Katie says, “Ya’ll lemme talk so I can be busy…cuz I feel a leetle queasy. Aaaaaah, the irony. She rides the ferry with a steel-like stomach but might not make it in the cab!! Needless to say, her talking did the trick. For those of you who know her, ‘talking’ is the cure for all!!! Breakfast first…..then a little shopping and a walk thru the town. And guess what we found? YARD SALE! Who’d have thunk it? Seriously…some women were having a yard sale and we were right up all in the middle of it –island style!!
Next stop is West Bay. We dinghed to the beaches because this is one of the spots we were asked to leave from before in the big boat. Can you imagine that?
Lots of sun, lots of beach time and we ran into our LSU newlywed friends there. They were going to the same refreshment stand, Tranquil Seas, that we were going to, so the cap’n asked them if they’d like to ride with us. The funny thing? They’re from New Orleans but have lived in Seattle for the past two yrs! So, the PNW ho’s had a lot to talk about with them. We hung out at the bar for awhile and then had dinner down the beach at the Blue Bahia. PULLED PORK PLATTER!! Can you believe we were eating barbeque on the island? But everyone needed some real home food and it totally hit the spot.
Monday morning, we cruised to Punta Gorda and then anchored for the night at Turquois Bay.
Tuesday morning, cap’n left out early headed for the most eastern point, Pigeon Cay. This was also the place I called a screensaver day and it didn’t disappoint this day either. Absolutely gorgeous. Here, we snorkeled and collected a few shells before our cap’n made us a grilled sausage sandwich lunch! Heading back for the marina because the ho’s had to catch their flight out this morning, we stopped at Hole in the Wall bar for some comedy. Back in time for one last dinner of lobster and shrimp and a recap of our days together. We had a blast and let’s just say that the cap’n had quite the experience with a boatload of estrogen….a brand new experience for him!!
I have so many pics that it’s hard to choose a few for blob but here goes. Most should be self-explanatory….HA!!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Fun in the Sun!!!
Sorry........just have not had time to update. And I will. Soon. We've been going at it a mile a minute and I've got loads of pics to upload but the time just seems to get away from me. My friends are going home on Wed. and I follow suit on Thursday. I promise to get this thing up to date as soon as I get a chance.........
For now I leave you with this beautiful image....cap'n had captured a moth for us at dinner one night and this was the actual release!
For now I leave you with this beautiful image....cap'n had captured a moth for us at dinner one night and this was the actual release!
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