Still in Bahia Ballena

Our editor in chief is on vacation and this is the first of my real blog entry. Wish me luck! We are at an internet cafe and it is closing in about 15 minutes. Yesterday my blog entry was lost due to a glitch in the power during the afternoon storm we had, so you can see, this is not an easy task. We´re still here, with a newly repaired raw water pump and looking forward to a hefty, newly repaired staysail which David is picking up tomorrow in Puntarenas. He´s becoming quite the expert at getting to Puntarenas from here......an hour bus ride early in the morn, a ferry ride across the gulf of Nicoya, and a taxi ride to wherever he needs to go. I am left watching our trusty boat and trying to enjoy projects of my own. Besides all of the things on the To Do list, David so diligently created early one morning, we managed to enjoy the awesome wildlife at the golf course while David played 18 holes with me cheering him on. I know he would have loved to have been golfing with any of his buds, many of you who are reading this right now. Wish you were here; this 9 hole course is really nice. There are scarlet macaws being sent back into the wild here, big iguanas, beautiful birds and gorgeous flowers. We also went driving into the countryside and visited a new friend´s house. The pictures of the monkeys are from the hike I took when David first adventured to Puntarenas. Soon we will see Mandy sail into the bay and we will continue our journey with them down through Costa Rica and Panama. Love to all of you and hope all is well with everyone. Thank you for following with us on our adventure. Suzi and David (Jean Stevens, email us cause I have lost your email. Thank you for all of the comments. Massage Michael, we both miss you! Hope all is well.)