Blue Ground Range, Belize

We left Cucumber Beach Marina early on Friday morning enroute to the Blue Ground Range, halfway point to Placencia, Belize. For once we had great winds, NE and were actually able to get the sails up and keep them up all day! It was marvelous!

We left our friends Pat and Bill in Cucumber Beach. They have friends joining them on Saturday. We hope we will cross paths once again, though they aren't going to the Rio Dulce, Guatemala until May.

We had a lovely sail down to Blue Ground Range, Belize, a little more than halfway to Placencia. It's been a while since we were able to keep wind in all the sails and still point in the right direction.

I took a curious picture of what looked like a spoil island, that was completely clouded with birds. I didn't think it would turn out, though I zoomed it, but it did. Other than being able to sail, this was the only other event on the way. Oh well, sometimes you have to look for the little pleasures in life!

There was plenty of daylight left to set the anchor before sunset. In the anchorage we were joined by two large cruise ships, well actually they were sort of like Mutt and Jeff in size. We heard them communicating on the VHF, both Captains were Brits or Aussies! Don't you just love to hear them talk? That was pretty much the excitement for the evening, although . . . we did get a visit from a lone fisherman. He came to "welcome" us! Actually, I was hoping to be able to purchase some fish, but he didn't have any.

Though we didn't know it at the time, our friends whom we met in Isla Mujeres, MX, Joe & Kathy on SunDog were anchored on the otherside of the island. They checked in on the SSB radio the next morning. Hopefully, we'll catch up with them in Placencia.

We watched a dvd and went to bed early. Looking forward to getting to Placencia. We are anxious to see our friends Pat & Penny. It's been a long time since we have seen them, our only form of communication being email.

David woke me in the early, early morning to see the Southern Cross, a star formation. It was awesome!

After pulling up the anchor, we will be on our way to the next stop, Placencia, stay tuned!