When we left El Salvador we were told no one leaves this late in the year, it's the rainy season, it rains every day. Since we left El Salvador the first of July, it rained most days, sometimes very hard. But, I can only count the times it has rained all day on a few fingers. Mostly it's been hot and sunny. At night or in the afternoon, a squall will come through and give us a brief show of wind and rain. Sometimes thunder and lightning will accompany this weather. It is all most always short lived and while we don't want to see lightning, we welcome the rain; it cools the boat and rinses the salt off everything. I guess it depends on where you're from, but if you're from Tacoma Washington, losing a handful of days in a year to weather is no big deal. The people that have been here before tell us that October and November bring the real rain, but their not from Washington, so we'll see. Living in paradise does come with risk - lightning! I used to welcome lightning from the living room of our house; a lightning show was something to see. But when it's cracking in the same bay as your boat, there is a different prospective of the power and destruction lightning can bring. We personally know of four boats this year that have been hit. When that happens, it takes out most of the electronics on the boat. We have heard it called “the $20,000 set back”. We knock on wood each day that this won't happen to us. Feel free to knock on wood for us while reading this. Right now, its 7 am and 80 degrees, it's overcast with a light breeze from the north. I'm outside in shorts. The starboard water tank leaks, the port winch needs to be cleaned and one of the things that tighten the outboard to the dinghy needs to be greased.

Life isn't perfect on Kokomo, but it's good!

Denny

After we anchored here we swam to the beach and walked around. Sound Effect came and anchored so we swam to them. The wind just started to pick up with small white caps, so we decided to start swimming back to Kokomo. I was having a hard time swimming back with the current against me and the strong winds, but Denny had his fins and snorkel gear. So Jim jumped into his dinghy and towed me back to the boat. What a nice guy! I love to be in the water as it lowers my body temperature and I'm comfortable (for about an hour).

Today, after we did some boat chores, we went over to another beach and anchored the dinghy. We swam a bit and waded in the water. It was like our own private pool. Very relaxing.

Becky