Not One More THING!

Our big roll of Mexican and Central American charts came yesterday and we also got our jerry jugs from Tara at West Marine in Corpus! She was so kind to meet us half way, in Portland!
Sue and Larry just got back from Waco (We Ain't Comin' Out!) and it's great to see them again! They loaned us Sue's car and it's been a life saver!! I've gotten a lot of use out of her old Singer sewing machine, too!
I've been trading e-mails with Taste of the Wild dog food. The good news is: they sell it in Costa Rica, but not any of the other countries we'll be visiting! Our cruising guides make Belize sound like Paradise, (and they speak English!) so I'm hoping some of you will come see us....and bring dog food! : ) Everyone loves a mission...especially to a gorgeous place! I remember taking a camp stove down to Bob and Jackie in the Bahamas so they wouldn't have to cut their trip short when the generator on their trawler went out! We had a blast!
We just heard from Sue and Al, who made it to Pensacola. That's where brother-in-law, Apar (Yohannes) is finishing up their new house and their whole family will spend Christmas there! My sister Judy and their daughter Karen will fly in from Okinawa and their daughter Alex will join them from Denver. I'm sorry we'll miss that event, but warm weather is calling us south!
Sue reported that her new non-toxic Shoo Bug tags really worked against mosquitoes they encountered in Louisiana. Sailor friend Kate had told us about them, and I'm kicking myself for not ordering some...at least for the dogs! Yes, they have flea & tick tags for dogs, and you need a different tag to repel each type of bug! Sounds weird, I know, but ck their web-site www.shoobug.com But we are THROUGH ordering stuff, and hope to leave... dare I say it, on Wednesday, Dec. 7th, Pearl Harbor Day. Daren's already planned out our route. We're less than 200 miles from Mexico, and will make stops in Tampico, Veracruz and along the coast to the Yucatan. We set up an account with Skype (since our cell phones won't work outside the US) and called Mom on the computer, and it worked GREAT! You gotta love technology!