The title is a little miss leading, but not much. So we left the states and got to San Carlos in early June...we were still there in to August. What we were planning was to (in June) get the boat moved in to the work yard, paint the bottom, check things out and do a total of about 5 days of maintenance then splash the boat and spend another week readying the boat for sea and spend 4th of July in a great anchorage we know over on the Baja side. That was the plan...military life prepares you for one thing, if nothing else, hurry up and wait. Well, I have only had to hurry up and wait like this a dozen or so times in my 27 year career. This time it is tough, it's our house, and we are at the mercy of one piece of equipment (the only one around). This begs another militaryism, 2 is 1 and 1 is none. So here we sit, boat work done, waiting on the boat yard workers to fix the lift. 2 and a half months and now we will have to speed up our schedule to meet a date for a flight back to Reno. I know, in this cruisers life you are not supposed to have set schedule and that is what we do but we planned out 3 and a half months and fuck it if that wasn't enough.
Anyway, we were still doing great and having some fun along with hard, hot work days. We made it back in the water and now have yet another story to tell friends and the people we meet.
We did meet some great people while hanging out in San Carlos. John and Judy, the owners of a restaurant and bar named Shots. Judy is an amazing chef and John has some amazing stories about all the famous bands he was the producer for. Then there is Troy and Norene, the owner of Hammer Heads. Yes, it's another restaurant and bar (imagine that). Great food, great times, great people, they took us in a bit and loaned us their jeep for some running around. We also had great times hanging out with them at their house and the beach, they are awesome. And then there is Deny, this guy knows everything about boats. We talked about everything there is, mechanically, about boats and he gave me tons of docs and info to keep in my file on the computer. We also ran into Bob from Viva. We met Viva last year while in La Paz and spent last 4th of July with him and others in Burro cove. And many more that were just great.
All in all, being stuck in a place for 2 and a half months can be frustrating, angering, and boring at times but if you just take a breath and slow down, you will be amazed at who you meet.
I once told my mom, while her and Chuck were staying on the boat and had a leaking hatch above the bunk, "it's a sailboat, deal with it", well, we took that and dealt with it...I guess.
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