As we read other people's blogs on their travels, we notice one major difference between our experience and theirs: they're socializing, connecting and making friends. And us? We're naming seals (which by the way are SEA LIONS and not as we guessed SEALS how do we know it? Our NEW FRIENDS told us!!!)
Yes! We made contact! I now have a sense of what it will be like the first time people on earth come into communication with space-peeps! Giddy! We've been chillin' with our peeps & going out! GOING OUT! Two nights in a row at that. Late. Very late. Friday night we (finally) went to a really great local concert. And she sang in Spanish!
My ongoing joke has been "I don't want to go and listen to some old white fat dude belting it out to Hotel California." But long story short...
We made friends! Yes! Indeed we did! And they joined us on a trip! Yes they did! And oh they were prepared... They showed up with a canoe (like a funky fold up kind), fishing equipment (and a SPEARGUN), food, booze, spices (SPICES!), musical instruments (A BANJO - Ayyeee!), snorkeling equipment and stories galore to keep us fully animated til we couldn't keep our eyes open!
Scott (the Outward Bound type of dude) and Kay (who grew up in a commune - how cool is that?) joined us for one full week touring Espiritu Santos and Los Islotes. During this trip we met Damon and Desiree from the Gaya (Gaïa?) and their uber cool steel boat with the funky red sails pictured above. These guys have been living aboard their boat for 9 years. NINE YEARS! They've sailed to Hawaii and the Ecuador making us look like stay-at-home scaredycats!
So... today we hugged and waved them goodbye as they left for their long journey back home to San Fran. And we are now faced with so much space on our small boat! And wondering: could we ever again host people on our boat? It's really not an easy thing to do to bring OTHERS aboard! Even Desiree who's been doing this for 9 years mentioned how they rarely ever do this...
Oh and shall I mention where we're at in repairs?
- Fuel injector lift pump (or something like that, as if I know what I'm talking about!) in our motor - broken.
- High pressure hose for water maker - tore.
- Bird poop on deck - yes. A lot!
- Headache - now on day 3. Ugh.
- That's it. For now. Knock on wood (ouch that hurt my head).
Hasta luego mi amigos y amigas!
