Update from Orca3...

Steve is getting that engine job done . It's going well. The kids stayed back yesterday with our buddy Robert and he took them to the mangroves. they had a great time. Kyle caught some weird fish, and the girls found some more shells. Boy have we got shells, cool ones. We still have Free Style rafted to us to finish the engine job. The kids, Rose, Jenna and I will be going to the mangroves today with the kyack and dingies. Maybe Kyle will catch some halibut. they are smaller than ours at home,
but I understand they taste great!!

Thought I'd give a little look into our daily life : every morning we start the engine to make water ( between 7-10 gallons) that's we can make until Steve adds a cooler for the hydrolics. they are over heating so we can only run the water maker for 25 min. in the morning, then again in the evening for around the same amount of time. sometimes just 15 mins. Steve checks the temperature and then shuts off the watermaker. We will be looking for some fittings and hydrolic hose in La Paz, there were
none in San Carlos. After the big market shop, I have to wash all my fresh fruits and veggies in a bleach bath solution for about 10-15 minutes. and then lay everything out on the deck to completely dry before we can eat any of it. This is to help us not get sick from any bad water they may have grown in. I do a lot of baking , just to keep us fed. way to expensive to buy all that junk cookies ect. lots of muffins and banana bread. Will be baking my own bread too soon, as they don't have nay good
high fiber stuff here. Everyone loves my baking !! They are starting to hang around until it comes out of the oven, nice and hot. I love it.!! Good thing I like to cook, cause I sure do a lot of that. Maya has also been baking and she is very good at it. Emma helps a lot, she really likes to serve the food. quite cute.
I also wipe the boat down every morning that there was dew in it. Free water and it's good to get the salt off. We are getting lots of boat projects down. I have found a new scrabble junkie!! Rose plays just like me - for the points so it makes for a great game. I will be teaching her how to play parquacky- cause she loves timed word games. She has never heard of this game, can you believe it DAna,DAnny Lou, Mom and Auntie SAndy? anyway I am excited about that!!
Well time is up on the computer , we are leaving for the mangroves, will take lots of pictures.