Bocas del Toro to Palos Lagoon
12 August 2014
August 9 – 12, 2014 Off the dock we go! We motored 10 miles to this beautiful cove where friends Anna, Brian and Kylan (s/v Stray Catz) were house sitting. We enjoyed touring the gardens of the house (we left with fresh rosemary, basil, bird peppers, habanero peppers and a stalk of plantains), lunch on Sunday at Rana Azul and dinner on DreamCatcher with them. Bruce had mentioned to Anna that the flowers on the plantain and banana plants were edible – she arrived with a beautiful appetizer salad made from them that was delicious! We pulled up anchor on Monday – but a couple of miles away our engine alarm went off, so we shut it down and jib sailed back in 2 knots of wind to the anchorage just off their house (we could pick up their wifi). Upon inspection Bruce discovered the fan belt off and in shreds! He quickly installed spare but decided we’d stay another day to take a nap and see our friends, did we mention we’re retired with no schedule??