Adios Margaret and Lloyd

Our guests have departed Astarte and hopefully have made it back to Maine safely. It was fun having them on board and they were good boat guests. Thanks again to them for carrying supplies and goodies to us. We enjoyed their company and getting to know them better.

On Saturday morning before the plane arrived, groups of Kuna men were clearing some brush near the runway. The small plane arrived a bit late but they seemed to be able to get it turned around really quickly – offloaded with about ten people and re-loaded with the same and lots of boxes.

On Sunday, we went up the Rio Diablo and did three hours worth of laundry in the river. It was a beautiful day and we got a lot done. Upon returning to Astarte we hung it all out to dry and used every clothespin we owned (and we own a lot!).

We also did a run into Tienda Eide's because we heard he had eggs and lots of fresh veggies. We were a tad late for eggs – scored some but not all we wanted. Also got some veggies and watermelon.

We got great news via e-mail. Barbara's article with Michael's photos that was published in Compass (The Moody owner's magazine – a high gloss publication) was awarded the Godfrey Rose Bowl award for the most interesting cruising article. Cool! That motivates the writing bug!

Today, (Monday) we'll stay in Nargana and do some repairs and more tidying. Now we await our next guests Lorna and Dave from cold Ohio.

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