Back in Belize

Well in Placencia Belize, which is a new location for us... we have been to the north side of Belize in San Pedro and Caye Chaulker but havent experienced the south side. 

Most Western Caribbean Cruisers really enjoy Belize. They enjoy the short day trips to all the other islands. They enjoy the food... because their are so many nationalities here now... you can find even Chinese food.  We have missed that...

So Placencia is a small expat and vacation community, it is stocked with gringo food.  You can walk to most places... all luxuries. And they have fabulous ice cream..

Also, fellow Texan friends of ours have moved down here for a bit... so nice to see old friends..

We plan to stay a few weeks here...enjoy visiting and Steve is onto another project, varnishing. Yep you read that correctly.. he fought a good fight but he has lost and is taking it very well. He is now dreaming of how good Saga Sea will look.. 

 Lots of big changes are coming up in the near future... some are permanent and some are only temporary.

First the permanent one... our son and his wife are expecting their first child...this comes as good news because like many couples it has been a tough road... but I can report all is going well and we expect the new addition ( Im predicting a girl) in February...  

Steve has decided that long distance deliveries is not for him so we needed to make a decision to either take Saga Sea to the East Coast of the States and find jobs... or leave her in the Rio Dulce and return to Texas for a year...  

We chose to leave her .... because it will keep us uncomfortable and dreaming of being back in our home... if we took her it would only prolong our time in the States... 

The facts are.... we need to add money to the kitty and we want to welcome our grandchild...  so there it is... 

We are not done traveling but I would like to add some flights to Europe and Canada into the mix.  Remember, Im not the sailor... it really isnt fun for me.... I do LOVE living on the boat and at anchor but not the sailing part... so its time for some traveling Tracie's way... which requires more $, darnit ...

So in a few weeks we will take SS back up the Rio Dulce in Guatemala and leave her surrounded by good friends that will take good care of her..  we plan to bring all kinds of new things back to her... like rigging and new "ropes"  ahah. That term really bothers sailors. 

We plan to fly back to the states in September.  Steve is currently looking for work in the GIS field in Houston... so keep your ears open for us...