Lisa's Visit (cont)

   Well we arrived in Calita Partida fairly late so we decided that we needed to stay at least one more
day.  It is just impossible to go to an anchorage and
leave the next day.  At least for me it is these days.
We took the dinghy off to the "river" that separates
the two Islands (Partida on the left and Ispiratu Santos on the right) at high tide.  There were
a few fisherman there but they were men of few
words. We took our leave and headed back to the boat.  Lisa took another long kayak ride and I
hung at the boat. (only one Kayak).

   Next day was off the Ensanada Grande.  I hadn't been there yet and boy did I fall in love!!! We had our own private beach with clothes optional.
White sand, clear water and blue sky!
We were anchored alone and then a friends' boat was on  the radio and I said Hi, told them where
we were and we had Company.
This kind of company we love.  It was Marv
and Ardy from Odyssey.  Fellow Gate 11'ers.
They were on their way back  to La Paz
to take their friends back to the airport.
They were hosting a couple that had been friends
with them for at least 40 years. What a hoot.

JASDIP

Marve took a hike on the Island to find the Geo
Cache and too also, I think, plant one of his own. We wound up
having cocktails and snacks on Odyssey then hit
the sack with the sun.
    Next day was a dinghy ride to the next bay where
there is a Blue Footed Boobie Rookery.  We were

Sister in Paradise

rewarded by many Boobies on many nests. It was
delightful to watch them. Back to the boat and
beach for a swim and snacks.
   Ardy and Marve took off but We had just said hi to
Tug Tub as they had been hanging out in Ensanada Grande
as well.  They invited us over for cocktails and a "hot tub".
Yes I did say HOT TUB and I meant it.
They invented a floating hot tub for boaters and we
got to test it out.  It is a salt water hot tube with it's own
heater.  You tether it to the Mother Ship and heat it
up to 105 then take it off it's short tether and let it
loose on it's long tether. One only has to come back to the Mother Ship if one a) runs out of wine
or b) the tub needs to be heated again.
There was a full moon and the wine was
flowing It was a JASDIP evening and
Lisa and I couldn't ask for anything more.

Paul Preparing for out Hot Tub