Gage taking a break at Marina Chahue, Huatulco.
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A bird on a sea turtle in the middle of the ocean! We passsed over 20 turtles on this day - some with birds, some without.
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A view of Trinity coming in over the bar at Barillas Marina Club, El Salvador.
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The confused seas in the bar crossing at Barillas.
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Trinity coming into Barillas, which is 5 or so miles up an estuary.
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Trinity passing Quest, who took all the photos.
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Heading to our mooring ball.
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Hooked up on the mooring ball at Barillas.
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Driving over the bar to Barillas. It was a little rolly, but Steven is a very good driver.
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Gage checking out the bar heading to Barillas. He thought all the rolling was fun. Leif was down below refusing to look.
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A shot forward of Quest and Lazy Bones over the bar.
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The panga in the distance ahead is leading us in.
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A guy fishing as we head up the estuary.
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The boats already at Barillas as we come in.
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A bird making a nest in our boom! We promptly escorted him and his family to be OUT.
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Another shot of the birds. The kids hate it, but Steven shoots these dastardly things with a slingshot!
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The customs guys welcome us to Barillas.
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Looking in towards the fuel dock and shrimp boats. Foreground is Liberty.
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A bird Gage made out of string one morning.
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The ship's cat.
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A shot proving we get Nickelodeon on the boat in Barillas.
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Fiona, our neighbor for a couple of days. Don, the captain, told us Fiona is a national treasure of Great Britain and is 93 years old!
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A shot showing the result of a bird that got into our boat while we were gone one day. Jeez!
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Another shot of Fiona.
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Roma belowdecks on Fiona. This was a purely wooden boat!
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The view sans Roma.
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The wood burning stove in Fiona.
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Don (right) and one of his crew. We hope we meet up with Don again further south!
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A local lizard at the palapas. The kids named him Marl.
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Leif in the swimming pool. Most days, we had the pool to ourselves.
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