New Home, New Business, New Friends
[17:56] [Wednesday, May 30, 2007]
So you may have noticed we've been doing a pretty lame job of updating. Please don't think this means we have been slackin' ... or worse.
In fact, we have started a new business on Rio Dulce with the aide and support of Daphne and Mike, the owners of our new home, Tortugal Marina. Over the past few weeks, Brady and I have dedicated ourselves full time to the start-up and development of Rio Dulce Yachts. It seems we are now in the business of selling boats. Daphne and Mike have been invaluable friends since we met them. They have shown exceptional support and offer us help and advice around every corner.
And did we mention we love the place? We fell in love the first afternoon we swung by. Mike and Daphne are both very conscientious people, both about boats and about the environment. They go to great lengths to make sure the surrounding flora and fauna are protected. Where other marinas have made themselves islands of Americanism, Tortugal has remained a part of Guatemala, nestled right on the border between jungle and river. It would be hard not to fall in love!
Other notes: we never did get our dinghy motor back, but we did get a deal on a used one ... and no, it wasn't stolen. Some days God is the sweet kitty we all know and love; others he's the biggest dickweed. Special thanks to Igor and Robert for their help moving our junk back home into storage. Just can't bring ourselves to let go of it yet. ALSO a special thank you to Brady's mom for gifting us with a new digital camera! We should have it next week, and we can't wait.
We won't be doing any cruising for several months, excepting the occasional weekend sail. From time to time we'll post our goings-on, particularly when we have goings-on to report. Discussing going further south with Sol Searcher next season ... Possibly all the way to Panama!
