Saturday, May 8, 2010

Day 4 of 10







Day four started perfectly....just me and the million or so species of wildlife making every kind of noise and call you could ever imagine first thing in the morning. It was perfect! I grabbed a bottle of water and drove up the hill to see how the contractors were coming with the soiltac test and it looked a bit "wet" still. They had it barricaded to make sure no one drove on it and decided to let it get some morning sun before applying another coat to seal it.

I drove back down the mountain and had breakfast...thanks' Delsi!!

Then took off to the marina site to just relax and cast a few spoons in hopes of catching something. When I arrived I immediately saw about a dozen small birds diving on a school of bait!!! Yes!! Then every so often there would be a big POP on the surface...not positive the identity of these feeding fish, but they moved very fast and I would have to guess rovalo (snook), or jacks! The only problem was that they were about 150yds away and I could not get a spoon or jig close enough to them to entice a bite! Oh well, maybe next time


After an hour or so I came to the realization that I wasn't going to catch anything I packed up and drove back to Kevin's house to take a shower and clean up. I then drove down the gravel road to Chad's Paradise Lodge to wait for my friends the Temple's to arrive. They had flown from Vancouver island British Columbia! It required them to take a 3 hour drive to a 2 hour ferry to another 1 hour drive just to get to the airport in Vancouver! WOW...Then after staying the night in Vancouver they flew to Los Angeles where..they spent the night again...then the third day they arrived in Panama City and yes...spent the night again.........

Anyway, they made it to Chad's and were happy to be there.

I had not seen Josh Temple in quite some time and was stoked to see an old friend in my little paradise. You see Josh is a Captain of several boats spread all over the place, he makes a living "managing" wealthy clients interests as they pertain to the water! He currently runs a beautiful Custom Carolina Dean Johnson 58' boat names the Maximo! That boat spends most of it's time in Puerto Viarta very near Punta De Mita Mexico where Josh and his family have spent the majority of the last decade. Josh lives in a bit of a paradise regularly and it was nice to bring him to ours!

Josh's wife Catherine and their two kids Kalum (10) and Soliel (12) came along for the trip and things were about to get MOVING!!

After introducing everyone to Chad and showing them around the resort the kids and mom decided to jump in the pool to cool off and JT and I decided to have a cold beer or two and catch up on things...basically lie about the big fish we have caught..lol

Around 4 we decided to take everything to Kevin's where we would be staying for 2 nights so that Josh and his family could check out the land and the area. After a fantastic meal of spaghetti!! thanks again Delsi and Anna!! we were off to bed because the next day was going to be a BOOMER!!






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