As you might have surmised from earlier posts Josh is our fisherman and he can spend hours at it.  Sue and I often wish he would take his High School  as seriously as the fishing, he spends hours working on lures, even inventing his own designs and if he doesn’t catch fish, he is not a happy camper!   He has even taken to feeding the fish in hopes that they might grow bigger, his latest pet is at least a couple of feet long, a Jack he names – Googies -that has come regularly for snacks.  This Jack has been known to nibble on toes if left dangling in the water a well.

Here in Tenacatita Bay Josh has a couple of equally fanatical fisherman (surfers as well), Dave on Aussie Rules and Matt on Tipsea.  Dave and Josh caught the Dorado below as the sun went down and it was pitch black by the time the fish was landed in the dinghy.  From the smiles you can tell how happy they were!

 

Melaque seems to be the best provisioning town in the area and the only one with a Bank!  It is so great that Laurie (my sister) and Rob have made this town their winter home.   She has all the inside info on where the best meat is, which grocery store to get veggies, what restaurants are good …   They also have made a fantastic home base, a beautiful palapa  over  the upper floor where they live,  with guest suites below.  Oh, and a garden that we are told is a yearly challenge to keep under control.  Rob also put his panga fishing boat in the water and has taken Josh on a few fishing trips, which is always a highlight from him.

We took advantage of a 5 day special to be on the dock in Barra de Navidad for Christmas. Here we: enjoyed a wonderful cruisers Xmas Potluck, hailed the French baker so we could enjoy decadent breakfast treats with our coffee, visited with Laurie and Rob who spoiled us in Melaque, re-provisioned, explored Barra, enjoyed the novelty of being on a dock where we got to enjoy all the Grand Bay Resort’s facilities. (included with moorage)

Next we drifted over to Tenacatita Bay where we went in a biathlon, organized a blind dingy race, made some wonderful new cruising friends, did the daily swim to shore for bochi ball, snorkeled in the Aquarium, watched the baby turtles make their first ocean entry, walked cobbled roads, socialized copiously, hid from hordes of nightly mosquitoes, drank coconut juice and ate fresh fish ….well as you can imagine… it hasn’t been easy, but we are managing!