Some gusty south winds kicked in today and are going to be around through tomorrow. The anchorage population went from six to twenty because of it. There are only a handful of bays with protection from the south along this stretch of coast and this is probably the best of the bunch.

The ten foot by ten foot market here in Agua Verde got their weekly supply of fruits and veggies yesterday. This is the sort of thing that gets cruisers around here pretty excited. We went in today and scored a bag full of mangos, making both the kids very happy.

A lady rowed by on a kayak this morning collecting bags of garbage from the boats in the bay and doing a pretty good business. Half an hour later a plume of black smoke was rising up from just behind some bushes on the beach.

Kid Boat Truth: A parent’s back will always be at least ten shades darker than their chest due to acting as a human umbrella all day long.