The travel bug in me is buzzing saying in its squeaky, tiny
voice, “Let’s get the move on senorita.” But alas, we are still in Provo
waiting for our boat parts. Before we could receive the new shrouds, we had to
send in the fittings off the old ones to the company making the shrouds. This entailed
removing the rods, cutting off the fittings, motoring through the mangroves to
land the dinghy near UPS, and getting picked up by Commissioner Gordon and
Inspector Gadget. Ok so obviously those aren’t their real last names but I’m
horrible with names so I don’t remember them (but their titles are correct). As
we anchored the dinghy near a road, we see a police SUV pull to the side of the
road with their lights on and see two policemen staring at us. I thought, “Oh
crap. They are going to arrest us for trespassing.” But turns out they were
making sure we weren’t stranded and even offered us a ride to UPS since the
store was closing in fifteen minutes. Such nice guys! We walk in just before
closing time, and we're told we’d have to come back another day since we didn’t
bring a box to pack the parts in. In my head I’m thinking, “Oh hell no. I didn’t
go through a 20 minute wet dinghy ride and walk in ooey gooey mud in my brand
new flip flops for nothing.” Luckily she produced an envelope that we could use
after we explained our situation. Thank you for making an exception UPS lady!! Shipping
was a killer though. It cost $66 for something that would have cost $10 if we
had been in the States. Plus we added in a few bucks as a tip (or whatever you
want to call it) since they didn’t have change or a working credit card machine.
With that taken care of, we just have to sit back and wait
for the parts. We really thought we would receive them early this week at the
latest, but we were told today that the machine that puts the heads on the rods
isn’t working so who knows when we’ll get them.
To pass the time, I’ve been reading, watching movies and TV shows that we downloaded, exercising and going to the beach. On Sunday we had spent a few hours
on the beach at Sapodilla Bay, and when we had got back to the boat, a guy on a
kayak came by saying that his friends were behind him and didn’t know if they could
make it back to the shore. It was really windy that day, and they were pretty
far out after going after a kayak on the loose. We offered to go out on the
dinghy to help, and we towed his two friends most of the way back to their beach
house. They asked if we wanted to stop by for a couple of drinks, and of course
we said yes. All of the cruisers left the island a couple of weeks ago so we
wouldn’t pass up the opportunity for some company. Here again I wish I could remember names, but I only can recall Courtney. They were from Virginia and had rented a beach house for 10 days. They were really nice and funny, and I enjoyed talking to them about their scuba diving excursions and other islands that they had visited. We said goodbye after a couple
of bevies but weren’t ready to call it a day so we headed to Las Brisas,
which is within walking distance of Sapodilla Bay. We shared delicious appetizers
of brie with honey and nachos. David is not one to initiate getting on the
dance floor so I was surprised when he led me to the pool area where a guy on a keyboard
was playing and singing. He was definitely feeling happy from those
vodka/pineapple drinks! We were the only ones dancing, but we had so much fun.
We even got a compliment from another couple, although I’m sure they were just
being nice. After walking back to the beach, we sat on the sand in the cool
evening breeze and listened to the gentle lapping of the waves. These are the
types of days I never want to forget.
Hey Baby Girl. Missing you. Enjoyed the update. Love the dancing.
ReplyDeleteHi Mom. Missing you too. We did a little twirling, a little dipping....it was so much fun.
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