Moving OFF THE BOAT
31 March 2014 | Boca Chic, Panama
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We have been here in Panama for a few weeks now. For the last couple of weeks we wake up to the sound of monkeys (mono's in spanish). We have done some jungle exploring and meeting new people. We have now moved off the boat into a rental house up in Boquete, Panama. Boquete is up in the mountains and is much cooler so Leiann is happy no air conditioning required. It has been an emotional time for us and especially for me. After owning Chrysalis for seven years, three years of refitting for the voyage and then have her protect us from many stormy sea’s and take us on an adventure of a lifetime. It’s difficult to express the love that develops between a sailor and his boat. I told my wife I loved her more than the boat (although it was close) and that we could sell the boat and continue our adventure on land. As many of you know Leiann has fought sea sickness for the last two and half years. Add to that the heat, usually 85-95, for a gal in her fifties is difficult at best, she has been quite a trooper. Add to that she is becoming increasing anxious about heavy sea’s especially at night. And our next crossing would be 600 miles, 6-8 days. Well I think you can see why she feels as she does. Not to mention my memory is getting worse. For those of you who don’t know I have a progressive memory problem associated with a brain injury in the past (I know that’s explains a lot). One time recently I forgot to put the oil cap back on the engine and ran it nearly out of oil, ugh. There have other memory lapses that could have been real problems had in not been for Leiann remembering to ask me if I remembered to do this or that. So we will stay here in North West Panama for two months exploring and maybe do some volunteering. We generally don’t believe we end up somewhere unplanned, with out, there being a reason we were brought there. So we are looking around as why God brought us here, I think we are supposed to do something here. I have found a great AA meeting here maybe I’m supposed to talk to someone here about getting sober, it’s a great adventure. We will then head back to the states for the summer and then return to Panama City in October. From there we plan to back pack it into Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Muchu Pichu. We have rented a car and have just started to look about. I am showing the boat today to a fellow from Costa Rica. Stay tuned