So, as of today, I’m now the same age Elvis was when he signed off while sitting on his toilet. I guess if you outlive Elvis, you’re more or less doing something right with your life. At least that’s the way I see it.
So for this birthday, I’m still hanging out in Rio Dulce. We’re putting the final touches on Sjelle’s boat as we prepare to lay it up for the rest of the season, since there’s not much you can do with it without a mast. Luigi was nice enough to let her park it on his creek on his property, so she has a nice free place to keep her boat for the rest of the year. We’re trying to secure a deal on a mast before we leave here, which needs to be today or tomorrow, because we really do need to get out of here soon.
The plan is to head back to Utila for a few days, get reacquainted with things there, and then head over to La Ceiba to see about getting my hull back to normal after being all banged up during the ordeal with Sjelle’s boat. I suspect we’ll be there about a week.
At the end of that week, a friend of Sjelle’s from Denmark, Bergljott, is due to fly into Roatan and meet up with us. She’ll then be sailing with us around the Bay Islands for the next three weeks after that. We’re going to try to get to Guanaja and see some new places in the Bay Islands that neither of us had been to.
Because of the rather recent developments with Sjelle and her boat, I think I’m going to just end up staying around here for the rest of the season rather than try to rush down to Panama. Things may change, but that’s the way it looks right now.
One thing I’m sorry I will miss is meeting up with Steffen, Frederik and Raf, who are scheduled to deliver a boat from Fort Lauderdale to Trinidad sometime in April. I was kinda hoping we can meet up while I was down south, but that’s not looking very feasible at this time. It’s too bad, because it would be a heck of a reunion.
Back at Mario’s for a couple of days, getting the boat squared away before leaving. The cats seem to be glad to be back here, so that’s good. Also getting to see some old Rio Dulce friends that I hadn’t seen in awhile like Paul and Linda from “Miramar”, who’ve just gotten back from a long stateside stint.
In other news, I’ve upgraded my blog script to a newer version that will hopefully filter out all the comment/trackback spammers once and for all. It’s really unbelievable how much a problem it has become keeping these losers for posting all over the site. Could they possibly sell more viagra or porn by posting obnoxious links on my blog??? I highly doubt it. These people need to get a life, and fast.
Oh, and before I forget, I’ve received many very thoughtful emails with happy birthday wishes. Thanks so much to everybody who actually remembered, it’s really quite thoughtful.
Heck, I barely remember my birthday these days.
Comment from: Jodi [Visitor]
Happy Birthday Tony!!! 🙂