Went with John, David and Gary for a jaunt across the island today in a little rent a car. The weather was
really wet and rainy up high. We spent most of the trip in the clouds but it was better than hanging around
the ship watching for chafe on the docklines :-)
Actually while we were out one of the docklines chafed enough to part. When we got back they had
rearranged a bunch of the lines to reduce the chafe.
The pictures of our jaunt are here.
The center of the island is very rugged with steep narrow valleys and very lush vegetation. There is a
national park somewhere up there, we saw the sign in the mist.
When we came back down to the NW corner of the island we saw some amazing surf, it was breaking
20-30′ high!
I also have tomorrow off so I hope the weather is good so I can just sit and drink cappuccinos and surf the
net :-)
Thanks for reading.
KJ
P.S. It appears that we will be leaving Las Palmas on Thursday to go to another island in the Canaries. We
will be leaving for Senegal some time after Dec 21 when our new pro crew member and mate Veronica
will be joining us.
P.P.S It’s Wednesday morning and I’ve had a great 3 hours doing emailing, chatting and hanging around in
a little Cafe on the waterfront. The sun is shining although the sky has a misty watery look to it. The
electronic sign on the promenade says 21C so not too bad for December 16 :-)
Going to do some shopping at the big 7 floor department store they have here. Probably won’t buy
anything but hey It may be the last Big Store(tm) I’ll see for a while.
KJ
P.P.P.S
Check out this late afternoon shot!
Finally a chance to enjoy some sunshine on the beach on a far away island.
Not a snow shovel in sight :-)
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