A few of us from the World ARC have invaded the harbor here in Itapatica. We are anchored out here off the island where there is a sandbar which we visited last night to watch the sunset.
A few of the younger members of the fleet were known to be on the sandbar later calling themselves "beach party". Their names I won't mention but you can probably guess. However, they all made it back to their respective boats in good spirits.
Jeannius, Brown-Eyed Girl, Chessie, and Crazy Horse are here and ready to see the town today. They have a very dominant church at the center of the town which you can obviously see from the water. Last night they had fireworks going off on parts of the island. At least that is what we hope they were. They have various old oil platforms around us here in the harbor.
A few of the other boats went to another island nearby as well. I think many of us were ready to get back on the water and away from the hectic pace of the city. What will happen when we all go home and deal with that every day???!!! We will have to adapt as the Capt says.
This getting out on the bay and finding a little place to anchor with several boats reminds us of our times on the Chesapeake Bay with our friends from MYC. We miss those friends and our wonderful Chesapeake. But we hope to be back this summer to enjoy that part of the world, that bay and our friends and family. But in the moment we do appreciate this part of the world, this bay, and these wonderful friends we have made.
So tomorrow I will write more about this island of Itipatica as we explore further. Who knows what other boats from the fleet may come to invade this exciting little island on Bahia?
Rosemary, Bill and Matt