Other Visitors

Fellow Cruisers

Robert & Sushila (note empty wine rack)

Robert ready to perform miracles with food.

Robin in a reading moment

You will have noticed that one of the things that interests us are the people that come and go in the time we have been cruising. There are lots of them if you figure that in a normal year (in my old life) only a few people would pass through and stay at my home. Here we have had people stay with us (very cozy on a 41 foot boat) much of the time. Oh, there have been lots of breaks for us to have alone time but it seems there is always someone to look forward to coming for a visit.

Awhile back I mentioned that I would include a bit about this so here it is.

Recently we first had Robert join us and then Robert returned with Sushila (spouse of Robert) for a wonderful time of frivolity and good food. Robert, you see, is a great cook. A trained cook. Yikes!! We were and still are experimenting with the local fruits and veggies in our mix of meals and Robert upped the amperage on that considerably! We are good at some of our inclusions of local items but Robert made us aware of lots of ways to add to the flow. We enjoyed their company immensely and while boat life was different than what they came to Mexico to do it likely enhanced their trip as well.

Robin was here for a short visit too. While she did not have the luxury of an extended stay we found that her positive energy and open-to-everything attitude helped us all have a great time. A boat is a very small place and it takes this sort of world view to create the right experience. It helps us too because we would otherwise have a tendancy to stay some places even longer than we do. We get comfortable somewhere and the inertia is sometimes hard to change. Having people come in for a time helps us with that. Our attitude is that WE are not the entertainment but rather the facilitators... have boat, will travel.

All down the coast we have had crew volunteers that have helped with that. At this point I have to say that we have been very fortunate in all of those experiences. Again very positive attitudes help make living together in a small place a joy rather than a struggle. Michael, Mike, Fin, Hank, Alan, Sue, Mary and all were tons of fun and added some great spice to what the cruising experience is. It is sometimes hard for us to be in a certain place at a certain time but if everyone realizes that it may require a bus ride or some such to join us wherever we are then it is all coordinate-able!!

One other aspect of this is that we have also met some great new friends while on this trip. A typical bunch (pictured above) were an impromptu trek into Manzanillo to find a Club Social (say it like, "clube so-see-awl") and walk around the downtown area. Lots more on that later.