New Years Eve

The overly crowded beach

Richard in the Lagoon

left over from the movie McHales Navy 1997

some of the other boats in the Anchorage . The mega yacht is somewhere upward of 120'

No big plans for tonight, we will just watch all the fireworks around the bay. You know Mexicans and their fireworks

Well another day in paradise. We went and hung out in the lagoon for a while, for those of you who know, very “river like” we just anchors the dingy pulled up and ices chest and floated for a while. Then we when to palapa and had a cocktail, 1 margarita and 1 mojito 60 Pesos (4 dollars US). Then when we where done with that we went and hung out on the overly crowded beach. Check out the pictures.

For tomorrow we are going back to Barra de Navidad to fill up with water and dingy gas. (Bay have we been burning thru that) need a bigger tank in the dingy 5 gallons in just not enough. From there we are trying to decide weather to start heading back to PV or go south to manzanillo? Decisions decision what to do. It is still in the 80’s during the day and low 70’s in the evening. We have not had to run air condition. We did hear from Lost Elvis and it is in the 90’s in z town.

Any way hope all have a Fab new year and lets hope 2009 is a prosperous year for all

a day in Tenacatita , Jalisco, Mexico

What an amazing day, we went thru the “ Jungle river trip” in Tenacatita and ended up at the other end of the bay. We enjoyed fresh ceviche on the beach , did a little provisioning ( we were out of beer) and some fresh produce and came back to the boat read and relaxed . The rest of the pictures are in no particular order

The canopy of mangroves on the river cruise

a panga passing us on in the river

a happy dingy driver

The entrance to the jungle river. it is like the " jungle cruise at Disneyland

A happy passanger

More Pictures

Richard and Elizbaeth our first night in Barra at the Sands

Lost Elvis and Sea Gnome anchored in the Lagoon at Barra de Navidad.

Pretty funny to come all the way here and see boats from our home harbor. Most of you from Newport Beach will recognize Deerfoot from the mooring field by the harbor master

Northern Romance out of Alaska , Thank you for a wonderful Christmas and Birthday dinner. We had, ham. turkey. mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and way to much Grey goose and soda for the birthday girl. Thank you John for a wonderful evening

The point off of Melaque exiting Barra de Navidad

the Beach in the lagoon at Barra.

Another KP in Barra, Trish and Bill. It was a pleasure to meet you

Tenacatita and other

Sunday December 28th 2008. We arrived in Tenacatita about noon after a very pleasant sailing into the bay. We anchored around Punta Chubasco. There is about 20 boats here in the anchorage. We took a small cruise round the bay. The water is incredibly clear. The fish just hang out at the surface but we have still to catch a fish on this trip.

We ran out of beer so we have to drink rum and coke instead. Oh Well.

He had the ham bone from Northern Romance ‘s Christmas dinner and I was supposed to make split pea soup but my split peas sat in the boat too long and had bugs so we tossed them and made ham and beans for dinner last night. I also made home made Foccacia Bread to have with the ham and beans.

richard on a beach in Tenacatitia

Heading to Tenacatita

Sat December 27th
Well it is Saturday December 27th are we are getting ready to way anchor and head to Tenacatita. It is about 2 hours north by sailing boat. We will pass the Tamarind Golf course built up in the cliffs several hundred feet above sea level. We intend to do the Jungle cruise on the dingy and snorkeling at the “aquarium” a dive and snorkel spot so lush with fish it is like being in an aquarium.

Misc Pictures

The Anchorage in Barra




Richard Sailing off the coast of Puerto Vallarta

Dolphins swimming along with us






















the golf course on the lagoon in Barra. ( for you harvey)

The Sands

Dave from Shooting the Moon , with Elizabeth and Richard on the night of our arrival in Barra

Eric, Thea, Randy and Dave at the Sands Hotel bar

Christmas eve 2008

Christmas Eve Sunset, from Piper lovers bar in Barra de Navidad

Barra De Navidad

We arrived in Barra de Navidad on Monday December 22, 2008 We departed from Puerto Vallarta on Saturday and had a leisurely sail stopping in Chamela and Tenacatita overnight in each spot.

WE are currently anchored in the lagoon next to our friends Randy and Thea on Lost Elvis.

We are new to blogging so please forgive any errors on posting. Trying to also post some pictures