After only a 3 hour motor from Tenacatita Bay, we entered the Barra de Navidad area! All the stories we heard about "Don't worry, if (when) you get stuck on the way in just call on the radio and the dinghys will come running or just wait until the tide comes up!" Rob went very slowly and watching the chartplotter closely, following the course he programmed using the coordinates handed down to us by cruisers before us, while Jan watched for the landmarks to guide us...namely "look to the port of the island and head for the tallest palm tree"! The winds were pretty light (10-12 knts) but pushed us off just a little bit so we rubbed the sandbar. Rob backed us up just alittle bit, lined us up once again with the tallest palm tree and we navigated to the lagoon...with no official grounding! WooHoo... The lagoon only had 24 other boats (down from 60 only a week ago) and we had no problem anchoring in 10 ft of water putting down 100 ft of chain to be sure we wouldn't drag! The waters were calm and very flat all night and we awoke in the same place as where we went to bed! We were greeted by the French Baker at 10am and had FRESH ham & cheese croissants for breakfast....delivered to the boat...It just doesn't get any better than that! We also enjoyed a personal tour by Mike & Barb on"Machrihanish" of the town of Barra and some favorite hot spots. We even explored a VERY POSH hotel, the Grand Bay Hotel, which as a beautiful outdoor pool, surrounded by lush palm and tropical plants, on the 10th floor! This is a definite place we will enjoy an afternoon reading a book, alittle swimming and enjoying life! Our plan was for only a couple of days in Barra, but now, well don't look for our point on the map to change until at least Sunday or Monday! Anyway, I'm sure more will be written about Barra, so check us out later... It's 5:00pm and you know what that means........