We arrived in Shelter Bay after making our way from Chichime Island with a stop overnight in Portobello.
Lew returned to Cleveland for a few days of work. The girls and I remained in Shelter Bay to catch up on school work, complete a few projects on the boat and enjoy Panama! The girls especially enjoyed the pool at the marina!
On Tuesday, we toured the Gatun Locks at the Panama Canal to get a preview of what we'd see when we transit. It was fascinating to see the Canal in action!
On a couple of mornings we went on a walk through the rain forest to see the wildlife. We saw several types of birds, including a toucan, snakes and the beautiful Morpho butterfly, but no monkeys! We heard the Howler monkey but never got the chance to see it. On our last walk we saw a few different animals - a capybera and a couple that we are still trying to identify.
Lew arrived back to Shelter Bay on Friday. We learned on Saturday morning that we would transit the Canal that evening instead of Sunday evening. We provisioned, completed a couple of projects and headed out around 4pm to make our passage to Panama City. It was very exciting to transit the Gatun Locks last evening and we'll have a full report after we pass through the Pedro Miguel and Miraflores Locks!
Corinne & Crew
BRIZO