Sail the sea with The Merry Lee

Hola Amigos,

Can you really fool Father (Mother) Time? We all know that we try to look and act like we are much younger than our actual years. Coloring your hair and plastic surgery are usually the first things that come to mind. Cruisers try to do it in less conventional ways. We will sail our boats thousands of miles over vast oceans. We will carry 40 pound diesel jerry cans several blocks or bags of groceries several miles. We will clean our hull by free diving. We will even try to hide our rudimentary knowledge of technology by doing our taxes on primitive islands with 3G cards and video conferencing our grandchildren on Skype.
Try as you may you can not fool Mexicans when you rent a car in their country. They immediately know that there is a geriatric driver behind that wheel. First of all they put a HUGH Alamo sign on the back of the rental car that translates into Spanish as “ Dangerous vehicle, follow at your own risk.” One of those “Hazardous Gas” signs could be no more threatening. This car is truly frightening. It actually stops at ALTO signs. It pulls over when an ambulance drives by. It doesn’t slow down before approaching cleverly concealed speed bumps. It does not even know that when you want to drive through one of the few intersections with a light that you have to get into the right lane. It obviously is the only vehicle with a working speedometer. What really painfully shows your age is when you adhere to “Don’t park here” signs.

SENT ON OUR IPAD FROM THE HOSPITAL. Sorry, a belated April Fools joke.

Happy Trails With No Signs to you until we Blog again,

The Merry Lee