Mother's Day Surprise

After our return to PV, we hung out with our friends Alan and Suzanne of Delphini, and got back into the routine of doing laps in the pool, working out at the spa and riding the bike. We went horseback riding with Alan and Suzanne at Rancho Campona. My horse was a real jug head, although Linda had a really good one. Alan helped us take the boat first to Oppequimar to remove the old gen set and drop in the new Panda, and then to a slip in Marina Vallarta, where Gerber Marine installed the Panda. What an amazing difference in noise. Before Linda's birthday, I had attempted to have Cat and Jon fly in to surprise her but they did not have current passports. They got them renewed and arranged to fly in on the 11th. We arranged to have Jon show up at the lap pool wearing goggles . Linda was in the pool doing laps when Jon touched her, startling her. At first she did not recognize him, but when she did she asked "Is Cat here?" no, Jon said, just me. Despite Linda's protest, we went to the yacht club for lunch for Jon (and the next surprise) . We hung out for a couple of hours while we waited (unbeknownst to Linda) Cat's arrival. Alejandro, the bar tender took Linda outside where Cat was waiting to surprise her. We all really enjoyed spending the next several days together. We took Iron Rose out to Punta Mita, and ripped the clew out of the sail en route. Nevertheless, we had fun walking on the beach and eating at one of the beach palapa restaurants. The local restaurant could not get the Sun's playoff game on their TV so we went back to the marina after one night. The engine overheated on the way back although it was ok after cooling off and running at lower speeds. We sailed most of the way back under the Genoa. Kim and Dave of Maluhia (our next door neighbor) and John of Scarlett O'Hara, came out to escort us in, although we ended up not needing help, it was nice to have everyone available. We took Linda to dinner at Daquiri Dicks, on the beach for Mother's day. The last day was Cat's birthday, and we celebrated with a nice brunch on the beach before the kids had to fly home. Linda will always remember this Mother's Day.