We went for a long dingy ride today to see the mangrove swamp like we have in Fla. What we do not have in Fla are 8 ft waves entering the swamps. The waves would break when they came over shallow water. We had a chart of the area and I thought we could find a way through the breaking waves. We tried several entrances but all had breaking waves and no apparent way through. Finally I thought I found a way through. The waves would get steeper as the water got shallower and then they would break. We were riding the waves along and the water was getting shallower and the waves were breaking. Then we ran aground and the Admiral said I told you not to do this and get me out of here. About that time I decided she was right and was turning around when a wave broke over the side of the dingy getting everything wet. The motor was in the sand and the waves were breaking. Fortunately I knew to stay headed into the waves and gradually worked our way back out to deeper water. As we worked out we returned back through the rough surf we have just come through. The waves were steep before they broke. The water got deeper and the waves stopped breaking, we did some airborne trips over the tops of a couple of waves then all was OK. At this point the Admiral said the journey was over and we were heading home. She was not in a mood to negotiate so I did the right thing and went back to Adventure, so much for the mangrove swamp ride and seeing Crocks etc.

We returned to Adventure and did a bunch of maintenance projects and had a nice day. The Admirals mood improved and all was well. We finished watching season # 4 of the Soprano's after our spagetti dinner, the Soprano's is a tale of the worlds most disfunctional family.

We are going to Golfito tomorrow, it is a 65 mile ride and if all goes well will take 7 to 8 hours. We plan to start early so hopefully we'll arrive before 3PM.

Keep sending those emails, we like to hear what is going on in your world.

Capn Dave, Admiral Karen, Brodie and Princess