Day Two, Turtle Bay
12-13-12
Thursday
We got up this morning and were met by
Enrique in his ponga, with our friends Hillary and Johnathan (from
Australia). We went into the little village, and found an internet
spot and notified family & friends of our location and plans,
while they hunted down a place to take a shower. I was happy I I
could to let family & friends know where we were. We haven't made
tons of progress, because of storms, but glad were safe and sound.
We were dropped off at the dock, (if
you dare call it that). More like boards here and there nailed to
some pylons and weathered rotted boards to boot! We got out of the
ponga, and climbed the rusty stairs up to the dock and I just kept
thinking, (I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS)............ I'm so far out
of my comfort zone, I should be walking backwards!!!
We walked through the little village,
the houses are little shacks, with bright colored curtains, closed
shut....every window. I'm thinking it's because of the dust made from
the roads with just dirt. Oh, and everyone in town was driving a car.
We were the only people walking. We passed several little homes that
owned 2 cars. I was totally shocked! Yet when trying to acquire a
battery for the boat, No one had one! How can that happen when the
town is full of cars???
We made a stop at the phone store for
John and Hillary, when you could see it was starting to sprinkle and
the sky’s getting a bit dark. I just felt really strong we should
go back, which we did. By the time we got to the pier, the wind was
really crazy and they were moving the floating dock. I could see our
boat out on the water bobbing like a toy. It made me feel sick!
We got to the stairs and the worker
told us to go to the other side of the pier and a guy would pick us
up there. Darrell went down first, (I was trying to decide if I was
really going down those rotted metal stairs)......Hillary wasn't to
happy either. They were rotted out rusty stairs, several missing here
and there and when you hit the bottom, the entire set of stairs was a
swinging set like a swimming pool ladder. I got almost to the bottom,
(the creaking and wind and ocean slapping), when the worker Edwardo,
yelled, ALTO! He had us turn around and come back to the pier, (now
shaking and waving back and forth). We climbed down another set while
Darrell, (now in the boat), went to the other side with the driver.
We climbed in and took off to our individual boats. When we arrived
at their boat, the water was slapping so hard we couldn't get them
into their boat without going to the side of the ship and when the
waves pushed the boat high enough, you had to shove off from the side
and hope to hit the railing on your boat. By the time he got us onto
our boat the wind was so bad and the waves so high, he told us to get
out NOW, to the other side of the island. We started engines, and the
boys ran up to pull up the anchor. The weather hit so fast and hard
that we didn't have time to put jackets on. Only our life jackets.
Our Bimini ripped and we were fighting the sheets from blocking
Darrell's vision. I grabbed the material and just stood at the helm
with Darrell because we couldn't disconnect it. The boy's were
struggling to get the anchor up. We were all soaked to the skin. We
were in 30k winds, waves and choppy water, in pouring rain for about
half an hour getting to the safety of the other side of the bay. I
came down stairs and got on my knees and thanked Heavenly Father for
our safety. The Bimini was a total loss, but can be fixed.......whew
(I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M DOING THIS)
Dinner over, kids watching a movie, I'm
dry, hunkered in my bed under the covers, safe and warm.....LIFES
GOOD!
Leaving tomorrow, for
Cabo......(weather permitting), may bypass and head straight for
Cabo! I'm praying we bypass and hit Cabo. Just sayin......
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