An Allbum with no fishing pictures!

We had a very nice couple from Corvallis, Oregon stay with us for four days in late March.  They were working their way home after a voyage to Tahiti.  John and Gretchen took many pictures as they hiked, and canoed around the island.  As you can see, all of these are better than the ones I post, so no need to reply to this post with that comment.

An Album by John & Gretchen
 

Dad caught the big one in Chiriquí!

I can't even begin to best this article, so just follow this link:
http://www.focuspublicationsint.com/New_Site/Visitor16-16/sixth.html#Top

Sometimes there is a lot to be said for not saying a lot......

"we traded these delicacies for an exquisite homemade meal, drinks and good company"

I had forgotten this nice event until Nancy reminded me of it over the weekend.  I think this occurred on February 6th and the 7th.

Late in the day on the 6th we were at the table on the front deck, and watched as a sailboat came from the south and anchored off Isla Gamez.  We watched their inflatable depart their vessel and went back to our cocktails.  About an hour later, four young nice looking people come walking up the path from the beach.

After introducing themselves (Brad, Chad, Tyler, and Nikki) related that they were on a trip around the world, and could they buy some rum.  Its hard to beat a trip around the world story, so we gave them what little was left from the prior weeks fishing charter, and off they went promising to return the next evening for dinner.

Return they did!  They brought oysters, two wonderful fish, coconuts, and a couple of lobsters.  We had a great meal and even better conversation listening to their adventure to date and plans for the months to follow.

Their Panama Island blog is:  http://sailbrokencompass.blogspot.com/2010/02/pamama-islands.html

Their website is:  http://www.sailbrokencompass.com/

We wish them well and will continue to follow their progress.  Great kids on a great adventure!

Picking up the T.O.P. Cat in Costa Rica

I have been going back through some older photos that I have taken as we continued to equip our lodge on Isla Parida.

We drove from David on November 24 to Golfito, Costa Rica as the T.O.P. Cat was to arrive the following day from Ft. Lauderdale.  I had never been to Golfito, and as you can see from the pictures, it is somewhat less glamorous than I had anticipated.


Paperwork was completed the following day and we were transported out to pick up our World Cat.  Back to the Banana Bay Marina late in the day, we remained overnight, and left the following morning for Isla Parida.

A beautiful 90 or so mile trip on Thanksgiving Day. 

Fish Cleaning Station

We started the work on Monday  to build a new structure for cleaning fish, permanent location for our grill, and smoker which is on the way.Pictures that follow, more or less detail the 4 days that it took Steve and I to complete.  We decided initially to put some extra effort into detailing so as to keep a consistent standard with the rest of the lodge.  We were fortunate to have enough of the roofing material left over from the recent re-roof of the lodge to keep a consistent look.
 We will fish next week!

Thanksgiving has come and gone.