Something fishy at the bird dock
06 December 2009 | lovely La Paz
still happy as a clam
"Sarah,hurry and cast off my line...I am going to feed the pelican" says the Captain.
"What?" I say, slightly confused, but never surprised.
Off he went.
Turns out, right near our anchorage here in La Paz, there is a "foul dock" (birds reside there AND the word perfectly describes the stench) there lives among many,two broken-winged pelicans. Elias and Boo decided they would adopt them. After liberating our final two crabs and losing a new found caterpillar (which I'm sure is lying dormant in a creepy cocoon,somewhere aboard this boat :( ) I think they were feeling "petless" So, each afternoon they fish together and try to get food to their little buddies. One evening our good friend,Christy, from "Hello World" came over with a scrumptious delivery of her caramel/chocolate brownies and offered to dinghy Elias and Boo over for an evening feeding. All I could hear was a yelp...then hysterical laughter (I knew it was Christy ,her laugh is one in a million) I guess the one pelican was VERY excited and very hungry.....and tried to eat Elias's hand AND the fish. Hilarious.
I went for the feeding a couple days later and this very same pelican (who actually comes running when Elias calls) was so greedy for fish...he nabbed Pelican#2's fish at the same time as his own....and it got stuck in his throat sideways.If you've ever seen a pelicans throat up close you know it is nearly see thru...now just imagine seeing an entire fish in all its detail.I almost peed myself......again. Its just too much fun being part of this wacky crew.
We are currently motorsailing out of La PAz, on a beautiful sunny day, headed for Espiritu Santu ( an island about 4 hours north)
We visited a fund-raising festival this morning called, Subasta.
We contributed 80.00 pesos for the families of La Paz, to enjoy Christmas with. Savona and Kimberly make my heart melt with pride when they realize how lucky they are to live the lives they do...and how well they treat others who are less fortunate. We talked about all of our family and friends...thinking of you all around this wonderful season. We love and miss each and every one of you _/)_