Yep, we're still here in Tenacatita. We've been here for almost three weeks now, and won't be leaving until next Saturday. Over the past week or so we've accumulated a few great stories to share - the best one being about "Commando Rich".Last Monday was one of the boys on "Ketching Up"s birthday. For his special dinner he wanted to have a beach bonfire and BBQ. So that's exactly what he got. His Dad and brothers all gathered a bunch of wood and palm fawns and started a fire to roast hot dogs on. After it was all over, they moved to palms well away from the fire, put lots of sand on the fire and the fire was basically out. After some quick showers to get the sand off everyone we went over to "Ketching Up" for some birthday cake.
Rich had to run back to our boat to get something we forgot. On his way back, he noticed the fire was going again, and it had grown (it was now dark). Fearing the fire had now spread to the dry grass above the beach, he raced back to "Ketching Up" yelling for Noel (Mr. Ketching Up). Once Noel saw the fire going again, he grabbed a couple of buckets and jumped in the dinghy with Rich. With our 15 hp engine on, the two of them flew towards the beach. Now keep in mind that it's dark and nobody could see the waves breaking or where the beach really started. Noel says "it was great - we're flying towards the beach, I kept thinking, he's going to slow down any second - then wham - we hit the beach at full tilt! - It was AWESOME!". Rich was thrown into Noel and the engine had popped up still running full throttle. Noel said all they needed was some face paint and he would have felt like Rambo storming the beach!
The fire wasn't really as bad as it looked, but what had happened is that someone had put the palms back on the fire and got it started again then walked away. A few of buckets of water later the fire was completely out. Over the past week the story of Commando Rich has spread thru the anchorage thanks to some great story telling by Noel.
More Later -
Rich, Deb, Kyle & Ryan
S/V Oasis
p.s. Here is a picture of the town of tenacantita, 3 mile dingy ride up a mangroved lined river. I can't wait to hear stories of that one. signed, Carolyn
2 comments:
Hey guys,
Glad to hear all is well. Fill us in on some more funny stories- I'm sure Rich occupies most of them. Be safe and God bless. Tristan says hi to the boys.
Great story Debbie!
Rich's list of things to bring on the next sailing adventure:
1) Night vision goggles for midnight dinghy rides.
2) Incriminating photos of Debbie to prevent her from posting stories about me on the blog.
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