Make Me Laugh Again

Up about 7:15, breakfast, the net, and bible reading. Mike is scheduled between 10:30 and 11 am. We will see, I have sent a text About the engine RPM indication. It can be frustrating getting help here in Mexico.

Mike was on the boat in the morning and we went over the issues, one of the guys came down and we got a block and tackle to do the work of the boom vang. We also got our prize for winning third place in the decorations, this was lunch at the Ballena Blanca (White Whale). We went to lunch then came back and checked the weather and finally we sailing!

After that Reneé worked on recovering her emails, and by the time we went to bed she was down to 114,000 emails in her trash!

Up and about somewhat slow today, breakfast, the net, laundry and waiting for people to come by the boat. Mike about the sails and hardware, no show. Cat about the prize for the decorations, no show. Someone to work on engine RPM indication, no show. A couple for dinner, no show (they were an interesting couple. He is the captain, and she was crew. They were together from South Carolina through the Panama Canal (8 months), then took a break for hurricane season and had been back together for a bit. In any case, her tenant back in Canada moved out unexpectedly, resulting is a loss of income. So, she had to change and found a job as crew in the Bahamas that pays and is very light work. They broke up today, so they did not come over.

Reneé has been dealing with an issue with her email, all the messages disappeared. Her email is 4scheuer@gmail.com and she does almost everything on her iPhone and a bit on her iPad. There was a recent update to the IOS, and we thought perhaps that had something to do with it. So, she called Apple support, and they were no help, pointing out that they don’t help with third party software. Then she called Google support, the difference between the two was significant, with Apple, the support person was on the phone within minutes of starting the call, they did not help (two times) but they were right there and stayed as long as they were making progress. The Google support person was the better part of an hour from starting the call to talking to a human being. They were ready to get off the phone as soon as possible. Oh and yes they blamed Apple. One even told her just install the app and then you can do a recovery from inside the app, and “You got this, I have faith in you”.

We got a text from Steve Pepper asking about New Year’s Eve plans and suggested we get together. So, we walked into town and checked a couple places to figure out where we would go, deciding on the Treehouse. Then we headed back to the boat.

Reneé called Apple back and again was connected to a person within a minute or two, and this person suggested looking in the trash with a non IOS device. We could not see anything in the trash from her iPad or iPhone, but on a pc (yes we have one) and on the Mac we could see the messages in the trash, all 126,034 of them. Yes that is a pretty big number. Somehow, Reneé managed to delete everything, Now she has to figure out how to get them back into their appropriate folders. 
At least the day ended on a positive note. Finally off to bed.

Up at 7 am. Plans for today are, get the Boom Vang fixed and reinstalled. Get the dinghy wheels mounted correctly. There is the net at 8:30, the Panama Posse call at 9:30 and the Island Packet 445/465 call at 1pm. We are going to try and coordinate with a couple that is part of the Panama Posse, for dinner as well. This is a very full day for us.

Ok, it is 4 pm, the Net and then the Panama Posse call and finally the Zoom for the IP445/465 group (the net was about 30 minutes, the Panama Posse call was about an hour, and the zoom call about 3 hours). The dinghy wheels are done and … no progress on the boom vang. We are going to get together with Patrick and Lisa tomorrow night. So, 5 out of 6 done or scheduled out of the things we wanted to get done today, sounds pretty successful. Now it is time for a walk.

 

Up at 7 and breakfast and a walk up to the bus stop a quick ride into Bucerias and a walk up to church. Today was communion, a really good sermon. This is the church where the senior pastor speaks Spanish as a first language and English as a second language and the associate pastor speaks English as a first language and Spanish as a second language (He has been in this area since he was 12, he and his wife recently, last week, had their 3rd daugther). They trade off in the middle of a sentence who is speaking English and who is speaking Spanish. It keeps it interesting. At the end of the service they gave us all Bueñuelos which is a Mexican sweet, similar to a churro only not as thick (it is described as a fritter). Very tasty. Then a walk through town to the lunch place Rhythm and Blues (actually breakfast). We walked with Bethany and went through a market in Bucerias it was a huge market.

After lunch we got the bus back to the marina and then waked through the market on the breakwater, finally back to the boat and nap time. Late afternoon (after 4 pm) when the wind had started to die down, we got the boat ready and headed out about 5 pm. The only reason to go out was to pump the holding tank out. We go out more than 3 miles and pump out (this is the requirement in the US). This marina has a pump out dock and it is free, but what happens is the black water is pumped out of our tank and goes to the processing facility which is not quite the same as in the states, then it is drained to the beach about a mile east of the marina. So, we go out 3 miles and pump out.  On the way back we saw a few humpback whales, and lots of birds.

Then back to our slip where we backed in very smooth, tied up put shore power back on and had dinner showers and then a movie. The end to a fantastic day.

 

We got up a bit later than normal. The plan this morning is to listen to the net, have breakfast, and go help on the beach cleanup. Reneé says we should paddle board over. We will see. Later we will FaceTime with Kyle and the family.

We paddle boarded over to the beach, Reneé stood up and I sat down, I am not nearly as agile as she is. We picked up stuff on the beach for an hour or so, then took pictures and chatted with the others that were there then back to the boat. A rather quiet day, naps and FaceTime with kids and grandkids and moms. Then I called my uncle Gary.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas!