First night in Barra

    So after 1750 miles and 4 days of driving we made it to Barra de Navidad. The boat made the summer OK a little more mold than in past years but they have much more rain here. We got to spend the night in Mazatlan with Mike and Leilani of Lanikai and had a great visit, they are perfect hosts and made the stop much more fun. When we got to Barra we stayed for a couple of days with Jim and Susan of Windward Bound and again we lucked out with perfect hosts and great company! The first night we spent on the boat Terri and Eric of Mija said come with us and we are going to watch a turtle release. They were going to pick up a couple of people in Colimilla, one of the guards here at the marina and his family. Well the family ended up being  most of the town and we got BOARDED!

So off we go with a truck full of as many kids that can fit in the back of the truck with most our boat stuff that had not made it to the boat, to go release turtles

 WOW

A Great time  was had by all !!!

the grids they set up to keep track of the nests

Turtles coming out of the nest

 

 

 

 

the date of the laying of the eggs, how many,  and the possible hatch date

 

"Tortugas!"

watching the turtles

they have dug a long way up thru the sand. 

Turtles in a bucket

the gentle hand off to set them swimming

a little crawling both for humans and turtles

their first taste of the water

" I have a bucket of turtles"

 Video to follow!

Mike & Julie