Departing Zihuatanejo
07 February 2009 | Zihua Bay
Gabriellas grandapa
I think I've worn out my welcome here and am starting to get restless readers of this blog, so I better start punching some keys or I will lose my followers. I actually did volunteer to help with the Zihua Sailfest for one day. I did the same thing I did last year which was to shuttle paying passengers to the boats in the parade to Xtapa and back. There were 27 boats taking 162 passengers which adds up to a few pesos for the kids schools. A few days ago I was fortunate enough to meet some wonderful cruisers on a beautiful 51 foot cataraman. They had just gotten back from the Revillegedos islands which are about 230 miles south of Cabo San Lucas. They were in company of Jacaranda which has Chuck and Linda aboard. Chuck was my neighbor at Shelter Island in San Diego many years ago. Anyway, they went diving at the several islands in the group for about 3 weeks and they had the good fortune to ride the giant Manta Rays. I watch a couple hours of video that had them diving with the Mantas and some hammerhead sharks. If you want to check it out go to: www.svbeachhouse.com. I've had both my outboards worked on here by a nice and competent outboard mechanic. And, of course I've been doing my own mechanical work on my diesel on a daily basis. If I wasn't in Paradise I think I would be a little upset constantly tweaking this and that on the boat. I've been eating some delicious dorado(mahi-mahi) almost every other day. There is this cataraman(38foot Lagoon) with three young girls..7, 9, and 12 I think. They have been the radio net controllers each morning and it is the best net I've heard anywhere. These young girls are so professional, yet so entertaining. I think it is the highlight of being in Zihuatanejo this year. I went over to Playa Linda, which is next to Club Med and Isla Grande just to take some photos of Gabriellas favorite animal....the Cocodrillos....Crocodiles in english. So I will post those and maybe some others. I will leave here and sail up to Santiago(maybe stop at the anchorage that has the health spa for women) for a few days before going over to Barra de Navidad so I can hook up the 1st grade class in Collimilla with Gabriellas 1st grade class in Rancho Cordova. That should be a hoot........... I'll try to be a little more frequent with the blog posts and maybe go into my day by day doings in the land of fish tacos. The opening photo is the way my Princess wants me to pose for photos...she taught me that on a ferry ride from Sausalito to S.F.