Landsa not so grotte

Karinya
Tim And Vicki Schofield, Captain Cal 7 and Jess 4
Wed 22 Sep 2010 18:39
28.55n 13.42w
 
Hi all
 
We now are all fully recovered from our 4 day passage, spent 3 days 2 nights at anchor north of Lanzarote  off the island of La Graciosa. It was a fantastic anchorage to relax in, 2 beaches in the bay, warm clear water to snorkel in, weather settled and not too hot. The beaches are very liberal in attitude as clothes is optional, we had one women (not to shabby a shape, which is unusual) walking up and down the beach totally naked as if she were fully dressed, a bit strange, but the kids did not even notice.Me on the other hand did not even need binocs for a change!
We took the dingy into the tiny town, which was good to see, Meg suffered from Land sickness and could not wait to get back on the boat where she felt stable. The kids enjoyed the swiming, Cal is great with is snorkel and starting to try the scuba gear out. Unfortunately his wet suit keeps him too boyant, and I'm not quite ready to strap weights on him yet.
The passgae was ok, just not enough constant wind, we sailed 50% of the time. We keep catching fish every time we put the line in, (Andrew eat your heart out) We have not kept any recently as I dont really eat fish and Vic is not to bothered.
 
We have rented a car for the next few days to tour the isalnd, there is the volcano park, caves, camel desert ride etc. We only have a few days left before Meg flies back to Madrid and home, so going to stay in the marina and enjoy.
 
 
One of the fish
 
First sight of land, Cal was up first still in PJ's
 
Then Meg arrived, Vic and Jess still asleep
 
Jess is up and seems pleased land is in sight
 
Dressed and ready for pulling on the beach
 
This is the Anchorage Lanzarote in the background
 
Jess feeding the fish chocolate muffins