Back in Golfito Making Plans

We arrived by taxi back in Golfito early last Monday morning after spending the night on the "luxury" bus, which was much less cold this time, thank goodness! You can imagine our state of being when we arrived back at Tierra Mar, although, getting back to the beautiful green, colorful flowery hillsides was welcoming, along with the inviting sight of the gulf and Sidewinder nice and safe. The festivities for independence day began early the next day, as drums could be heard from afar. A community parade marched by and we all cheered on as the kids from all over Golfito tried their best to step high, beat their drums in time, and stay cool; it was fun joining in on the local excitement. We have enjoyed some time to visit with Mike and Jodie on Savannah and had a wonderful "Mexico night" of making fresh tortillas and gorging ourselves on fresh salsa and guacamole made by Heather and drinking beers that kept appearing by way of Steve, both from sv Kate. Ed and Cornelia from A Cappella just arrived and Savannah, Sidewinder, and ACappella are all headed for Western Panama and Ecuador so the planning sessions have begun, helped along by Eric and Cheryl the authors of our amazing Central American Sarana Cruising Guide. We are so looking forward to some high adventures both on and off the sea and hope to leave after checking out next Tuesday. We still do not know details about taking Sidewinder out of the water in Ecuador but we do know that we will be flying out of Quito on November 17. That trip in itself will be awesome. Hope all is well with everyone. Love, Suzi and David