Getting Better
07 July 2019 | Jacare Yacht Village
Acai
Sunday 7 July 2019
Received notification that shrouds would be done Monday and shipped soon using airfreight company in nearby West Palm Beach. Boat is certain to be sorted by end of week! We've bought into the tooth fairy thing too, but don't smirk, occasionally one finds a quarter under the pillow.
Two days without rain and forecast continues through Tuesday. Could happen, but think that strains the bounds of credibility. May not matter since we're going bike riding on the street. Might not make it past this afternoon.
- Later
They're baaaaack! Brazilians play two man beach volleyball without using hands, like soccer. Very interesting and they're quite good, but please count me out of any sport that requires using one's head to strike solid objects. A possible exception is skiing that Dave Barry said "combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face". We prefer to avoid, almost exclusively, that aspect.
Acai is huge here. It's sort of a brownish purple slushy substance that's OK, but is mainly useful, besides the thrill of a brain freeze, as a filler for all the yummy other stuff they put in the bowl, almost to overflowing. It's worth the death defying ride to our favorite kiosk by the beach where we can sit in hammocks under shading palm trees, listen to the waves, watch boarders take 5 second rides in minimal surf and get sand in all our bodily orifices. It doesn't get any better.. OK, it does, but this is pretty good.
Primary downside of biking here (we consider the adrenalin rush from close encounters with large, semi-controlled vehicles a plus) is the heat generated prior to climbing back in a boat that has been closed up and is much hotter than outside air. Since we usually return as vicious, biting insects are becoming active and opening hatches is contraindicated, it takes awhile to cool down. Fortunately this is also the start of happy hour, so discomfort is only noticed for a short time. It does get better.
Jack & Jan