Is it possible that it is time to go to Aruba? We spent all week watching weather reports as Tropical Storm Bret caused issues in the Caribbean. We were lucky that he lost his spunk by the time he reached Puerto Rico and he swung well below us down toward Aruba. We did not even get rain! Just as Bret was making his way into the Caribbean, the next “event” as the weather folks like to call them followed closely and then a third left the coast of Africa. Luckily, the second one (probably Cindy) will swing north and should bless us by sucking all the wind and waves out of our way as we make the three to four day trek to Aruba. After firing our captain, we found some help to assist with the move so hopefully it won’t be too painful! We will fill up with fuel in the morning because fuel is half the price in Puerto Rico as in Aruba so we will get enough fuel to eventually get us to Colombia. Galt is as ready as he is ever going to get for the crossing so now we just have to go. Neither of us are thrilled about being out of sight of land for so long but the good thing is, there’s usually nothing to bump into on the wide open ocean!
I guess the only other madness we had this week was trying to get our downpayment back from Captain Crazy. On Tuesday, he called from Colombia to say my bank transfer information was not working. On Wednesday, he called to say that his phone did not work in Colombia so he could not get the transfer approval code from the bank. On Thursday, he called to say he was flying back to Puerto Rico to bring me cash. On Thursday evening, he called to say he could not find a rental car. On Friday, he called from Walmart and made Bill speak to Roberto. Evidently, one can send a cash wire through Walmart customer service. However, Roberto said the money owed to us was over the Walmart limit and needed to be broken into two payments that had to be done by two different people. So now, Captain Crazy began walking around Walmart asking strangers to help him wire money. You can imagine how well that event went! Next call from Captain Crazy was saying he had gone to pick up a maid from the marina he was staying in so she could help him make the transfer at Walmart. Meanwhile, Bill had located a rental car and told Captain Crazy to go get it but the captain thought his idea was better. Next call from Captain Crazy was from Walmart saying “Walmart won’t help me so I’m picking up the rental car now”. As if we didn’t see that one coming! Our last interaction with Captain Crazy was him texting to tell me he was at our marina and I needed to bring him a receipt for the money. Keep in mind that this man had no paperwork, no contract, nothing and anything that had been put in writing had been done by me. When we walked over to get the money, he asked, “Did you bring a receipt?” to which I responded, “Nope. Give me my money.” I think he could tell from our expressions that we were over the Captain Crazy game for our lifetime. So, money in hand, Captain out of hair, we continue on our way! I’m not even going to say what I usually say at the end of blogs when we are planning a move….I’ll just say, see you next week!
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