Having sit out last years Tsunami in Barra and it being a non-event, this years was a different story. It started out just like last year and all the boats started to clear out of the lagoon. Myself and Hooligan decided just like last year to sit it out in the lagoon and made snide remarks about all the other boats who went to sea. I went ashore to watch the rushing waters at the entrance to the lagoon at the prescribed time. I waited and it was a no-show, so I went back to the boat. A few hours later I went over to restaurant row on the Colomilla side and there was white water rapids shooting by the restaurants. I had my dinghy up on the sand beach in front of Fortino's restaurant where I was purchasing drinking water and the lagoon water rose right up and snatched my dinghy while I was inside. I came out and a couple of locals on a panga were holding onto my dinghy and gave it back to me with my sincere thank you. For the next four days the lagoon had weird currents and lots of surging. There was no damage in the lagoon except for the main water pipe that came up from the bottom and floated across the back entrance to the lagoon with water rushing over it and bending it like it was going to pop. They finally got concrete blocks on it and is submerged back in its original position. My friends Tom and Barbara on Hooligan have forced me out of my habits that I worked my entire life to obtain. First, we went to a very nice Chinese dinner at a house on the canal. Then I had dinner on another friends boat in Santiago. I went to dinner with yet another cruising couple over to the Palma Real. Then I went to a night rodeo in Cituatlan with a large crowd of cruisers. Tom was telling me about a great place that had fantastic filet mignons and knowing Mexican beef I was not to optimistic. So I gave in and went with them to this nice restaurant on the second floor overlooking the bay and Melague. The filet was absolutely delicious with all the trimmings and a gorgeous sunset to boot. The cost of the filet was 150 pesos=$12US. I am now on my northward trek and the anxiousness of seeing my lovely granddaughter will grow on a daily basis.