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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.)

Bahia Ballena + Puntarennas

David's trip to Puntarennas was muy successful, and we will have a new sail by next Saturday and a fixed raw water pump by this next Wed. We will probably go somewhere else after the new water pump is installed but who knows where that will be? My hike was very fun, and I did find the monkeys! Lots of them! We howled at each other, but unfortunately I couldn't jump high enough to get into the trees with them. Tomorrow morn we are investigating the golf course, and I am looking for the scarlet macaws that live there. The organic market came to me and I have tons of green food that is so yummy. Love, Suzi

Suzi Philosophizes

Everywhere we go, it seems like the sensational sunrises and sunsets set the stage and return us to the essence of life. Spectacular sunrises heartily welcome a new day, refreshing our mindful intent of experiencing all there is and then going beyond with a spirit of wonder; the incredible sunsets calm the senses, dissolve any frustrations, anxieties, and faulty expectations the ego chooses to embrace during the day, and help us revive any lost sense of just being. Cruising gives me the additional time to remember, but it is still amazing how little distractions temporarily throw away the sense of balance.

David has gone by taxi, bus, and ferry to Puntarennas, and I am sitting on Sidewinder in this pristine bay keeping watch and hanging out. I believe the day will include doing some postures, meditating, cleaning, getting free water from the dock, hiking to the point and finding the monkeys I hear each morning and evening, reading, and writing, all with focus on relaxation. What a wonderful luxury just to Be. Love to all.

Bahia Ballena w/ Lynn & Brad

Photos: Taking Lynnie and Brad surfing in Malpais and Heart´s Bay in Bahia Ballena (#4 & 6), including our trip up the estuary with Brad and Lynnie (#1 & 2). Some very fun days and evenings!

We just walked into the little town of Tambor and found this cute little boutique with computers upstairs. The bay is very pretty, and the beach across from where we have Sidewinder anchored is beautiful, with white sand, palm trees, and clear water. We look forward to meeting the couple who own the land and have been here for thirty years. He is the inventor of the Heart Inverter we have in our boat, and she is a mid-wife and organic gardener who has delivered all the babies in this vicinity and has organized organic farmers all over this area of the peninsula.

We found Lynnie and Brad after waiting with our dinghy for a couple of hours, and it was quite a scene getting our stuff and them out to the boat that afternoon. That morning before they arrived, a really friendly local came out to us in his panga and offered to help us out with whatever we needed, so luckily we had Max available in the late afternoon. By then, though, the tide was going out, and the waves were coming back up. It was quite a scene getting Worm back out through the waves, but we succeeded, and Max brought Lynnie and Brad with all the bags, including three of their own. They were able to leave their rental car with Max´s family, and hopefully it was there when they got back on Tuesday afternoon. Lynnie got seasick shortly after their arrival and was wasted all that night. [Editor's Note: Lynn would like it to be known that she recovered the next day.] There was a storm on the way down to Bahia Samara, and the seas were quite mixed up that next day. We would not have stayed there that night had we not been meeting Lynnie and Brad. The next day was beautiful, and we headed down the coast to look for surf, but it was pretty mixed up and somewhat inaccessible by boat in most places. If the waves had been primo, we would have made the effort to stop. We journeyed all the way down the coast and by the time we got to Malpais, we figured we should continue around the point and up to Bahia Ballena, which was our next destination anyway. We stopped for an hour surf session, and David, Brad, and Lynnie went out. Luckily Brad caught a few waves, and it was a good sunset. Unfortunately there was never enough wind to just sail at a reasonable pace, so we motor-sailed and finally entered Bahia Ballena around 10 P.M. It has been quite a week. We were disappointed not to see Daniel´s friend in Tamarindo because we ran out of time.