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June, 2011
Lagoon Marina,
La Ceiba,
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6/1 |
We are at the beautiful Lagoon Marina in La Ceiba, Honduras. We
will probably be here or in the area during hurricane season this
year. It is an awesome place to enjoy the tranquility and well
maintained grounds and facilities.
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6/2 |
We are privileged to have access to a nice
swimming pool, so we use it daily, at least once a day. |
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6/3 |
We swam today, again. I know you are surprised....I also
varnished the door to our new cabinet we had made in Cartagena (where
we took out our 110 volt ice maker and now have shelves and storage.
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6/4 |
For some exercise, we walked today. We started walking
towards the city of La Ceiba. It was nice just to
casually walk past markets, vegetable stands, and businesses.
We stopped in some and just walked past some. We ended up at the
Paiz grocery store. It is supposed to be the Wal-Mart store of
Central America. We bought some fruits and vegetables, then took
a taxi back to the marina with our goodies. Sights in town.
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6/5 |
Since we are in a marina, we needed to put a zinc on our shaft to help
with electrolosis. The water in the lagoon is not clean,
so early this morning, we motored out into the deep water, and Sonny
jumped in the crystal clear, blue water and put the zinc on. It
took about an hour to get it in place and tight.
Then, we motored back into La Ceiba and back to the marina.
By now, it was after 8 a.m. and we were very hungry. We
still had
some green bananas on board, so we prepared cayeye for breakfast.
It doesn't get any better than that.
After doing some boat chores, it was time for a swim....
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6/6 |
It rained today....nice to wash off the boat and collect some fresh
rain water in our water tanks. But, we sure have enjoyed the
luxury of having water from the dock. |
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6/7 |
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Here is the view from our cockpit that we enjoy
while playing Baja Rummy. |
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6/8 |
Flowers around the marina
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6/9 |
A baby hummingbird was hatched.
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6/10 |
Some of the workers at the marina. The trees near our spreaders
needed trimming, so we got out our boson chair and Jose Louis went up
to trim the branches, with his machete.
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6/11 |
We are learning a lot about about recycling.....
Today, we took our
sewing machine up to a nice area here at the marina and spread out a
staysail that Damon and David on Bruadair gave us. They were
getting new sails, so we took their old one and are going to recycle
it, into an awning on Valentina.
We used some of the same grommets in their sail and added some.
It will be a nice awning for us now. The sail material will work
nicely for an awning and shade.
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6/12 |
Rain....rain....we are finally getting a rain shower this evening.
It is very nice, no wind, just a nice shower. |
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6/13 |
Today I re-stitched some of the seams in our mainsail cover up in the
open area at the apartments.
We need to put some new fasteners on it now.
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6/14 |
It's quadruple day on our telephone, so we made a special trip into
the city to get phone cards. It sure makes a difference.
And, an ice cream, of course. A nice rain shower this evening.
I think the rainy season is near. |
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6/15 |
It's a red letter day for us. Our first social security
check was deposited into our account today. So, I just need to
keep Sonny breathing and we will make money each month.
It will be nice to have a little come in, rather than everything
going out of our account. |
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6/16 |
I sewed a little today. I am experimenting at making winch
covers. Finished one and it turned out good. Need to
make 3 more. |
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6/17 |
We went to town today to shop for vegetables and fresh
fruit. We absolutely love the produce in Central America.
We buy four large mangos for $1, pineapple for $1, papayas for $1.
You can imagine what we are eating these days.
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6/18 |
A nice surprise. Daryl Dollar and his son Donovan came to
visit us today with their Honduran friend, Tita. Daryl is the
son of Kenneth and Leta Dollar, our close friends from Waxahachie, so
it was so good to have Daryl and Donovan on Valentina.
They were in Honduras on a mission trip, building a church about 2
hours away. So, they came an spent the day and night with us
before they went back to the States. Donovan is such a
fisherman! And, he learned to snorkel, dive, and drive the
dinghy.
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6/19 |
We spent the morning swimming in the pool and the afternoon fishing on
the dock. Donovan caught some catfish, one very big one. |
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6/20 |
Our cruising friends for five years from Mario's Marina, Paul and
Linda, of the S/V Miramar retired from sailing and bought a house near
La Ceiba. They invited us to their home and it was so nice.
They have created their small backyard into a garden of Eden, with a
small pool, sitting area under a palapa, kitchen, and plants.
Paul grilled some chicken, Linda prepared a nice salad, I brought
pecan pie and Linda topped it with vanilla ice cream. It just
does not get any better than that.
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6/21 |
We got on the computer, and our old faithful big Dell had a bad virus.
It would lock up and you could not do anything. Paul took
it to a guy in La Ceiba that works on computers and explained to him
our problem. When we picked it up, the bill was $100.
Sonny thought that was quite a lot of money for here to pay for the
service. But, it was 100 lps, which in US dollars is $5.00.
How happy we are! And to have our computer back, It is
awesome.
Paul and Linda loves to drive around, so they were
showing us some of the countryside near La Ceiba and the pineapple
fields for Dole (Standard Fruit). It was the early evening, with
a rain shower from the mountains and a rainbow right in front of us
that went all the way to the ground. "There" is our pot of gold
we have been looking for. |
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6/22 |
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Can you guess what kind of tree this is? |
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It was
loaded......with..... |
Avocadoes |
We went into town to a small alternator shop and in
his backyard, were mango and avocado trees. I could live there.
The avocado tree was packed as the limb above shows.
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6/24 |
This morning Paul and Linda needed to go to town to run some errands,
and asked if we wanted to go along....sure! They are such great
hosts and tour guides; it is helping us find our way around town.
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And, Paul loves to drive , so we
drove out to the east of town today for a couple of hours to see
the beautiful countryside and mountains. The name of these
mountains are, Numbre de Dios, Name of God. How appropriate.
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Along the countryside, were lots of orange trees. We stopped
along the road at a stand selling oranges. The bag of 50 oranges
cost 40 lps.
Or, $2 in US money. They are oranges you squeeze for juice,
green and delicious.
While we were driving around, they told of the story of the local man
they call "Toothless Joe". Everyone in Honduras works...at
something. Toothless Joe goes to different places in the area
with a bucket and shovel and gets dirt along side the road and fills
in pot holes. As people drive by, they give him a donation.
We were probably 40 miles from town, and who do we see?
Toothless Joe, out in the middle of no where, filling potholes.
Then, we went to their home for lunch and a restful afternoon of
watching the hummingbirds....
and a dip in their pool...
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6/25 |
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Not all areas of Honduras are beautiful though,
there are some very poor people, as in every country. This
young girl, probably 8 or 9 years old, is washing clothes with the
wood piled up for their cooking. |
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6/26 |
After we arrived at the marina, we were asked to help out on the NW
Caribbean Net, as this time of year, most of the cruisers head into
the Rio Dulce and cannot communicate from there. We said,
"Sure". We started Mondays and Thursdays on June 13th.
Then, by June 16th, there was no one doing the morning net at all.
So, Sonny and I have been net controllers everyday. I
gather the weather information for him and Sonny does the nets on the
SSB radio every day.
But, now on Monday and Tuesdays, Gene and Molly
on S/V Mariah are going to help out. We are thankful, as we feel
it is important to keep it going. You never know who is
listening. Some only have receivers and need weather or
someone may need
assistance or have an emergency.
Well, Sonny has been beating Greg and I at Baja Rummy the past two
evenings. It is our turn. Or we will have to change to
farkle soon!
The pool was nice today....refreshing. We go in the late
afternoon when the mosquitoes or no-see-ums come out for dinner.
If we stay under the water, they cannot bite us.
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6/27 |
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Sewing again....I am working on
our enclosure in the cockpit. With the rain just about every
evening, it is so nice to be totally enclosed and dry in our
cockpit. |
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6/28 |
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After a trip into town this morning,
we just relaxed and swam today. |
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I finally made some fresh watermelon drinks. It
is more than delicious. I just put some watermelon, no seeds, in
the blender with some ice, water, and sweetener. It is so refreshing.
This could be very habit forming in the heat of the day. |
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6/29 |
Project day on Valentina....We started early and
emptied the quarter berth to check our batteries. So, the boat
is a disaster today. Sonny also put in a switch for our
regulator on our alternator. Now we can turn it off, if needed
while motoring, so it does not continually charge the batteries.
When completed and back in order, we celebrated with....cold
watermelon juice.
We equalized our batteries tonight while we are on shore power. |
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6/30 |
Sonny helped our friend, Phil, take his sailboat to the shipyard for a
bottom job then we made a trip into town. How spoiled you get,
having stores and shopping to handy. Fresh
vegetables....fruit....and, ice cream. It doesn't get any
better than that. |
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"On to July"
Live without
pretending,
Love
without depending,
Listen
without defending,
Speak
without offending.
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