{"id":872,"date":"2015-09-17T11:56:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T11:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rclouise.whychus.com\/?p=872"},"modified":"2017-09-23T02:01:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T02:01:35","slug":"gaff-and-a-haircut-two-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rclouise.whychus.com\/?p=872","title":{"rendered":"“Gaff and a Haircut, Two Bits”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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    The dark labyrinthine shops in the alleys of Caledonia, where gracious Panamanians constantly advise us not to walk, from the glass and steel towers of power in downtown Panama City. The jellyfish filled \u201cagua mala\u201d of the mangroves from a sparkling color wheel of coral draped with brittle stars. Maglie Orlando Magic<\/a> new balance 993 denmark<\/a> The expat home with maintained perimeters and gorgeous gardens from the home of subsistence Ngobe-Bugle farmers growing root crops of otoe, dasheen, yucca, and name and fishing together as a family with handlines from wooden cayucas.\"DSCN2744\"<\/a>\"IMGP0037\"<\/a> After flying in from Portland, we were late arriving from the south coast of Panama City to the northwest coast of Colon and Shelter Bay Marina because Rogelio\u2019s van blew a head gasket and we sat and considered the diagnostic possibilities and he got a plan in place. <\/p>\n

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    All the tricks we had pulled had worked out, and the yard staff kept the dehumidifier running. The next two weeks were spent putting all the pieces of the boat back together, checking systems, and socializing madly at work breaks, pot lucks, happy hour, and specialized events like this one. Nike SB Check<\/a> goedkoop nike air max<\/a> \"DSCN2639\"<\/a>It was dubbed a \u201cbattery party\u201d by the cancer biologist mate because everybody sat and philosophically engaged the problem of what could be going on with the batteries and their poor charging. We put in the water the day after the travel lift sling broke while launching a tug, so got the brand new ones on our splash. After that, we headed out the north entrance of the canal and headed west (left, towards Costa Rica) to the Bocas del Toro archipelago. We sailed for the first day, then had to motor through torpid rain. Jordan Shoes On Sale<\/a> nike air max 2015 donna<\/a> Enat, an Israeli traveller, came along for the first week.\"IMGP0013\"<\/a> RC Louise and us, we have been moving at a different pace than last season. We have been crawling around shallow reefs into mangrove bays, often not with the recommended \u201csun at your back\u201d but rather without any sun, in pelleting rain, standing on the bow in a bathing suit. There has been either no wind or faint brief breezes or wind on the nose, so we motor a lot. \"DSCN2726\"<\/a>\"DSCN2765\"<\/a> We have gathered up a sultry collection of boat stuff..a rain catcher that takes up the whole bow, a sun\/rain shade that hardly every comes down, proper fishing poles for small estuary fish, the inflatable kayak, snorkeling gear, and a clothes line that rarely gets put away. \"DSCN2708\"<\/a> We have gotten to know our drifter, a light air sail, much better. Memories of flying high across the Bay of Biscay or the Atlantic Ocean surface and we all ache to fly …and will again. For now, the nightly chatter of green parrots and the thrumping howler monkeys warning of yet more rain and the jungle of the Darkland bay by the mainland and paddling with bottlenose dolphins in their breeding ground are enough. Ryan Kerrigan Redskins Jerseys<\/a> We have been wandering around the archipelago from island to island and back again. <\/p>\n

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    Back in Shelter Bay, the sun has been shining the whole time. We are fixin\u2019 a few things, and ready to go to Guna Yala. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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