Puerto Rico is teaching us much patience. We spent much of this week figuring out logistics such as car rentals and where we can stay when we are off the boat while it is being moved. The prices for hotels and rooms in Puerto Rico are very high, especially for the quality of the room. Summer season has just started in Puerto Rico so rental cars are also very expensive right now. I officially gave up on finding a place to stay when the one hotel that I considered a fair price turned out to be a no-tell motel. Luckily, I always read reviews and found out that the rooms were not only pay by the hour for most of the clientele but also had Kamasutra posters next to the doors! Needless to say, I was very thankful for those review writers. After accepting defeat, I headed over to the marina showers. As I entered, there was a woman who said something to me in Spanish. When I told her I did not understand, she went to English and told me the “showers are just a trickle” which made me laugh because the showers at the marina are a trickle on a good day. After I stepped into the shower, the woman said, “By the way, if you need an Airbnb while you are here, I own four of them.” Seriously! I left the trickle, stuck my head out of the shower and told her I definitely needed an Airbnb so she could send me the information. One of her Airbnbs was only 10 minutes from the marina and all 5 star reviews! Plus, the price fell into my “reasonable” bracket so we snatched it up. You just never know what kind of connections you are going to make in the women’s shower! Trans-men just think we do not want men in the women’s bathroom because they are men. Truth is, women just don’t want to share our bathroom because we don’t want to lose out on the best Airbnb deals! Bill also managed to negotiate a car rental rate that was acceptable (he had to use the phone because evidently men in the men’s room are not as useful as women in the ladies’ room).
On Saturday, Bill picked up our hired captain and brought him to Galt where he will stay until it is time to depart. The captain has us doing chores on Galt to get him in the best shape possible for transport but mostly, he is stressing me out. Captains tend to have a certain Type A personality which is good when you are at sea but not so good when they are ordering around two Aries that own the boat. So, we are all getting to know each other’s communication styles and he is finding out that we are both direct with our thoughts…so we’ll see if he makes it to launch day or not! At one point, the captain asked me, “What is your heritage?” and I responded, “Mostly German” to which he dryly responded, “I thought so”. That sums up our communications. Launch day is still up in the air as we wait on weather patterns but hopefully, all will be well by midweek! Wish us luck with our boat chores as well as our communications this week and I hope you all have a wonderful week!
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