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We went to the Island of San Marcos. It is the home of an old prison. There were dates carved in the cells as late as 1988, so I'm not sure it's that old. It reminds me of Mc Neal Island just south of Tacoma, Washington. Except that Mc Neal is still open so we can't visit that prison. We went to the dock and stared to walk up the hill to the buildings. Becky started talking to some locals on the dock and the next thing I know, they have told us it's $10 per person to visit. I was having nothing to do with this and said to Jim, Connie and Becky "let's go". After a minute of thinking about it, the local guy said we could visit. He spoke Spanish very quickly and we couldn't understand not one word. Once again, the language barrier is in our way. I guess we need to spend more than 3 weeks learning Spanish. We spent about one hour looking at the remins of the prison and being glad we never had to stay longer than we wanted. When we were leaving, the caretaker came up to us and asked us to pay for our visit. We were charged $2 per person, which I gladly paid. Why the uniformed man at the dock wanted to charge $10 per head and the person in administration charged $2, we will never know, but questioning the unreasonable saved us $32. I'm sure we have spent $32 someplace else where we were less willing to question authority. Aside from the money issue, our day was perfect. We are seeing the world from so many different angles. You might be able to visit here on a two week vacation, as there are many tour boats that come here. All in all, I would say that traveling by boat has given us the chance to see so much more than we could ever have done. What we miss is what's inland from the ports we visit, but that's a small sacrifice for the day to day experiences we are getting. Tomorrow is a work day. There is much laundry to do and we will make an awning to keep the rain out of the boat while the hatches are open. I hate to say there is a down side to what we are doing, but each day it rains on and off throughout the day and night. No big deal if you're at a resort, but if you're living on a boat trying to keep the moisture out while letting the wind in, is a big deal. We are just now starting to get the idea. We never claimed to be rocket scientists. Remember, we have ducked in here to avoid the pending storm that will hopefully pass us by. After that, we will spend a few days exploring the sound, then look for a weather window we can use to keep moving south east towards Panama.

Livin' big & happy on KOKOMO!

Denny