New underwater Camera
20 January 2012
Trying out my new camera, I came across this juvenile Damselfish with brilliant blue dots on dark blue (occasionally called "Jewelfish" because of these gem-like dots).
Yesterday, we received an email from Karen and Pat.. arriving next Tuesday and they informed us that they were watching an episode of Paul & Cheryl Shard's tv show on the travel network and it showed them flying into Panama City last winter and then they flew to Corazon de Jesus where they were picked up by their friends on "Diesel Duck". So, they got to see first hand what to expect on their trip... As they put it; "it was so cool to actually see exactly where we're going to be and the best part was at the end of the show in the credits, they listed a thank you to a list of boats and "Lions Paw" was on their list. We played the video back to try and see if we could spot your boat but we couldn't but obviously you guys were there, we thought it was pretty cool anyway"...
If you remember, last April on our Blog we did mention that we had a sighting and a chat with Paul and Cheryl. They are from Port Credit and they built their first boat called "Two Step" at the same time that "Diesel Duck" were building theirs. They went from the Bahamas to US for 10 years before venturing further. They wrote a book called Sail Away and now have a series called Distant Shores on the travel network. We told them not to do a series on the San Blas because too many people were finding their way here and it was changing before our very eyes. Cheryl assured me that it wouldn't make any difference because the San Blas were too hard to get too!... I told her of our sailing adventures and said; "Well it couldn't be that hard. We're here and it's our first sailing adventure away from home". Anyway, I think Karen and Pat took a video of the TV show and I'll have to get a copy so we can look at it together next time we're home.