We decided to definitely make a stop at Progreso, and refuel there. The sea is very calm today, but there is also not much wind, so we are motoring with our last remaining fuel. Hopefully, the fuel station in Progreso will be open when we get there.We saw a huge sea turtle and made a circle around it to take some photos. The poor thing looks like it's tangled in something so we decided to free him up. But every time we approached it with our boat, the turtle would dive in and disappear.
Other than that, not much else is on the sea besides bunch of Portuguese Man Of War jellyfishes, and flying fishes. Those flying fishes are amazing, they can fly for so long, and they follow the waves up and down as they fly few inches above the water.
I'm reading my Artificial Intelligence book, and a section on human mind development talks about how our early childhood experiences and desires shape our future life. That immediately reminded me of a neighbor kid from my childhood back in Sarajevo. His parents would often go to Austria, which meant that he had access to all the cool western-made toys. He had this really nice toy sailboat, and I was drooling over it. I probably bothered my parents with how I would really like a toy boat for birthday. So eventually someone got me a boat, but it was a power boat.When I think about it now, it was a really cool powerboat too. It had two tiny battery-powered outboard engines in the back. But, that didn't quite work for me since I wanted a sailboat. So I made a hole on the top of it, put in a stick (I think it was the handle of a wooden spoon) and cut sails out of grocery bags.
But at that age I didn't understand that sailboat needs a ballast at the bottom in order to stay upright. So when my neighbor came to play with me, and we filled up the bath tub, his boat floated beautifully while mine was just keeling over.
So I guess I'm now being stuck on this boat, and I went on this silly trip all because I'm still trying to prove to my old neighbor that my sailboat is as good as his.
Do you hear me neighbor? Who is being a cool sailor now, huh buddy?
4 comments:
Idea for new photo angle (I am sure you are in deficit with those): take camera, jump off of the boat, while in the air turn around and snap the picture. It will be a memorable shot. (If we manage to see it afterwards)
We in Boerne want to know if you are going to get some soup while you are in Progresso? We are so glad to hear from you and when we don't hear from you - we're sure it's pirates!!!!
V.
P.S. Vicki (sister) wants to know if God really has "fowl" weather gear...
Yeah... how's the cat doing?
Just to let ya'll know there are two amateur sailors who have completed several circumnavigations of Lake Amistad and Port Mansfield, TX who are very jealous of your adventures. Maria is a friend of ours and sent us a link to your site. Happy Holidays and have fun on isla mujeres. KEEP WRITING!!!
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