Spared, Not Speared

It was huge. A giant Nassau grouper barely hiding under a ledge - looking at us. Michael with spear in hand, decided to spare the giant's life as he was so magnificent. He wasn't that afraid and he was really beautiful in an ugly kind of way (the fish - not Michael!) The snorkeling was wonderful yesterday - seeing a giant crab (with all it's claws), file fish, giant trigger fish, lots of small tropicals, healthy coral and a variety of underwater "land" scapes. The water was a bit chilly - but it was pretty clear. It was great to get a good snorkel in after several days on board.

Barbara participated in a fun yoga class on the beach on Tuesday - almost every woman from the boats anchored here went in and Suzanne on "NautiBear" hosted the class. It was great to be amongst the beautiful palms on a sunny day stretching into poses like "warrior," "triangle" and trees.

New boats come and go from the "swimming pool" so it's fun to watch the bay movies. It's a friendly group of folks - from a variety of countries. There are Germans, Dutch, Italians, French, Brits and US boats anchored here. The Kunas don't come by very often - so the supply of fish, crab or lobsters is limited. We're getting through our meat stock quickly.

Getting ready for our next guests to arrive - Richard and Rene get to the boat on the 14th of December. They'll arrive in Panama City a few days early and Barbara is planning on meeting them in PC to do some provisioning and heading back in a car with them.

The sheets and towels are all clean so once we get more provisions, we'll be ready for the next guests. Their list of things to bring is getting longer.

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