frangipani flowers

 They smell SO-O good!

beach house

 The owner just parks his boat in front of his house. The house's other side is right on the beach.

houses on the caracol

 The mountains,"Tetakawi" (goat teats) tower over the houses on the caracol in San Carlos.

San Carlos home

 This place has a great view of the water.

a diesel in the galley!

 That's the starter on the floor of the galley. It's back on the engine and working fine - now!

cruisers' brunch

 On sunday we enjoyed brunch with Bob and Marilyn Hicks (Ozborne) and their friends (Trig) all from Portland.

groceries going up!

 Up and down the ladder all day! At least the stuff can be raised or lowered on a line!

The orchid tree photo

 
Here it is! Today, Saturday, the mechanic rebuilt our starter. There was oil in it - maybe from the rising water in the hurricane last August. Anyhow, the engine runs great and we do not need the new battery!!! Hope to be off on Tuesday, at last! We'll cross the Sea under a full moon which will be great.

bottom painting

 Herm is painting Sea Tern's bottom with the ugly dark paint which is not the color he ordered. Anyhow, we expect it to repel barnacles as well as the color we had last time.

the beautiful orchid tree

 This tree with its beautiful flowers is outside our motel door. It's a cheery spot in our otherwise frustrating existence. The computer won't recognise our madem so there will be no email from the boat, nor cell phone either. The starter battery we bought last year is toast and the one we ordered a week ago, promised for yesterday MAY arrive next WEEK! We will be launched on Saturday anyhow and spend the waiting time at anchor.

big shrimp!

 
Tonight we had these scampi (or shrimp?)butterflied, along with esparagus, green onions and small red, yellow and orange sweet peppers. So good!

Herm scrubbing the bottom

 
First he sanded it, then washed it. Tomorrow he'll paint the bottom of Sea Tern. Should look good and keep the barnacles off for awhile anyway. On Wed we'll get a new starter battery as our "old" one (11 months only) has died. Another $350 down the bilge!

Herm on Sea Tern

 In the work yard!

snow - still!

 

Sally and Periwinkle

 
We had a busy, fun week with our visitors from Florida. Here they are in front of our house and the oleander.

hiking

 
We enjoyed a nice hike early in the morning.

snow - still!

The Santa Rita mountains are next to Green Valley where it has been in the 80's this week and sunny all day. However, the snow lingers at 7000 to 9000 ftallyt and I hiked up part way but not as far as the snow. It gets VERY steep up there!

cactus

 
It's the blooming season for cactus. Here's a lovely orange one

San Xavier Mission 1600's

 
We visited the mission, founded by Padre Kino

big tire

 
This is one of 8 tires from the old ore truck. The new truck has 12 ft tires, wider still! They last 6 months and cost $32k. Sally and I visited a lot of nifty places while she was with us only 6 days.

Sally. Periwinkle and javelinas

 
Dog and hog! Peri started barking even though she could not see these criters while standing on her side of the wall!

Easter at the pool

 Here are Sally and Herm enjoying the pool and the sun on Easter Sunday!