The trip from Los Suenos to Panama City was interesting. The first day was pretty rough and all three of us felt bad. After that things got a lot better. We saw a lot of trash (large trees, logs, brush and 4×4 pieces of wood) in the water du…
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Los Suenos, Costa Rica and Holding.
We have been back on the boat for 3 days and have only had sun this morning.
Julie and I replaced the search light in the rain yesterday. Julie held the umbrella and the light and I reconnected the wires and bolted it down. This search …
Costa Rica
Well, we are back on the boat and everything looks good except for some mold and a leak from the missing search light that had plastic and tape over it. Problem is when it rains here, it really rains. So we are talking everything out of the …
Heading Home and Change of Plans
Spent the last couple of days getting the boat ready to be by herself for a month. Pulled the search light off the boat (with Glenn’s help) and will take it back to the states for refurb. It somehow had gotten water in it and the electrical …
Trumbower Visit to Los Suenos
Glenn and Judy Trumbower arrived last Wednesday (8/31) afternoon from Annapolis, Maryland. Glenn, Julie and I worked together at Lockheed when Glenn was a Commander in the Navy. Many years ago, about 20, we used to go visit them an…
Mike & Julie Metscher Visit to Just Believe
We had a great visit with Mike and Julie, this was their third attempt to get to the boat. The first was cancelled due to business, the second was cancelled due to illness and the third they made it and we had a great time. Mike was my COO a…
Getting Settled in Los Suenos and Boat Work
We have spent the last 5 days working on the boat as well as exploring the area. We took a trip into Jaco a couple of days ago and had lunch at a really nice beach restaurant that specializes in lobster. Every Wednesday they have an all-you-…
Trip to Los Suenos
The trip from Papagayo to Los Suenos was an interesting trip. Our plans were to do the first 80 miles of the trip on Monday and then do the other 60 miles or so on Tuesday. We left Papagayo before 6 am with the help of the marina manager, Da…
Back at Papagayo
We came back to the boat from Texas last Friday and brought Just Believe back to life. We had closed the large through hull valves and turned off all the power except for the refrigeration and the SAT GPS. I was worried that lightening might…
Betty Hurst Visit, Final Days
We went to the Four Seasons Friday everning to show Betty the Panninsula and then had dinner at the Golf Club. This was the best food we have found on the Four Seasons property. While we were having dinner a Coati (Costa Rican Racoon) came o…
