If a street performer makes you stop walking,
You owe him a buck.
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It has created some discomforts to us; there have been times when we haven’t been allowed on certain stretches of beaches to walk our little Nikki. Not so bad when you know in advance but when you’ve just kayaked 15 minutes against wind and waves to have to turn around; it’s difficult to explain to a really expectant puppy.
Anyhow – as the name entails, it doesn’t seem that
interesting of a show – unless you are a Redneck… Certainly nothing ‘real’ about it but we’d
love to watch a couple of episodes to see how they made it seem/look since we
know what the true environment was like.
No idea when it comes out. We
heard they should be done filming by early May and won’t be sad to see them go
and have the beaches to ourselves again (yep – we like it that way)… The unfortunate thing about this show has
been to see the destruction of many trees and bushes lining the beach, the
addition of tons of dirt where none would normally be and the trash left
behind. Maybe that’s the true Redneck
part of the show??? Anyone want to TEVO
for us?
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| Redneck seafood dinner Americas-best.com |
Aside from this, we continue our discoveries of the
deciduous jungle with its iguanas crossing the roads, sunning themselves on
golf courses, or looking at you from rooftops, its noisy chachalaca birds loudly
exercising their vocal cords at dawn and dusk. its yellow weaving birds, named
for the intricately woven nests they fabricate, hanging delicately from tall
tree branches, its numerous lizards driving Nikki crazy, its large snakes
enjoying the afternoon warmth along paths, its goats foraging along roads
oblivious to traffic, and its slow and enjoyable living by all the
natives.
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| Chachalaca - thank you Mexican birders |
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| Yellow weaving bird - thank you wikipedia |
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| Nikki on her morning round |
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| Stretching or yoga |
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| Back to sleep |
This lagoon has been a great place to rest. It is so still at night that Déjàlà has moved
less here at anchor than at many of the docks we’ve been to in the past… It has been indeed so quiet and calm that we hear
new sounds in the water that we have yet to understand. We do not know what could possibly make
sounds like thunder or small fireworks exploding under water – fish? Nearby
boat we cannot see? We just have no clue.
The weather has been great – the locals seem to think we are
lucky that it is still this cool (high 60°s in morning, mid 80°s in afternoon
with good breeze to keep bugs at bay) for this time of year – we certainly have
no complaints. Some mornings, fog moves
about quite quickly, one minute showing only two yellow cupolas where a
gigantic hotel once stood, emptying everything else of color except for the
glowing burnt orange ball of an upcoming sun, and seemingly camouflaging the
early morning sounds. The fog parting to
show another sailboat then closing-in again to make you feel like you are the
only one around. It burns rapidly and we
can see the whole landscape come into sharper focus while we have our coffee in
the cockpit.
Other mornings are crispy clear with heavy dew covering
everything. The air seems cleaner, the
dew capturing the dust and any other small flying particles that usually float
around in light air. The lagoon we are
in is separated from the ocean by a large golf course. Even though we are a mile or two from the
beach, we can, at times, hear the powerful waves crashing along its banks. It is a little unnerving to hear such force
being unleashed so close-by.
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