Lightning and Thunder and Squalls - Oh My

A night of unlimited lightning and booming thunder as we sat anchored in San Bernardo made for a sleep deprived night. The rain and boomers continued most of the morning. Then it changed to rain. More rain. And more rain. A full wet day which meant we didn't move on to Panama as planned. Instead, it meant laundry (thanks to all the "free" water). That meant the bucket load got multiple "rinse cycles" but never got dry. So we remain with lots of wet stuff onboard. We anticipated that the rain would stop by afternoon - but it never really did until dusk (which meant the fear of mosquitoes loomed).

The fruit and veggies we bought at the locals market is starting to go (all at once) - so we are cooking things as we have to…so menu planning is a bit easier! We used the eggplants, the avocado, some carrots, onions, red peppers, spice peppers…and lots of the tomatoes. One watermelon down and one pineapple gone. Made a pineapple upside down cake (with some of the pineapple) yesterday and invited Tumshi for an afternoon dessert. We'll miss the fresh fruits and veggies once we get into Kuna Yala.

It was a quiet night - but the rain began again this morning (Tuesday). But as soon as there is a break with enough visibility to get out of the reef - we'll move on. It'll looks like a wet motor sail - there is very little wind with the exception of the squalls. That's not how we wanted to move - but we don't have options as we do want to get closer to airports and communication as quickly as possible.

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