We've been here at Balboa Yacht Club for a few days now, just downstream from the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal. We've been running around getting cleared into the country and getting the paperwork started for us to transit the canal.
Here is Elinore steering us down the main channel with a strong cross current. Mom is giving lessons.
This is what we see from our anchorage - the name seemed interesting as well. The ship traffic is fascinating.
We went up the Miraflores locks to see how they looked up close. Here is a ship locking down to Pacific sea level.
The canal company has a very nice restaurant overlooking the canal - very pleasant way to watch the ships.We are scheduled to go through the canal on April 6th but our agent is trying to get us an earlier date if possible. We don't really want to go through on the 6th because that is Good Friday and we are concerned that by that time, things are really closing down for Semana Santa, at which time the country comes to a stop. We'd like to not have to find officials on a major religious holiday - but, we'll go through as soon as we can and take what we get. Then we'll shove off for the Yucutan Peninsula, Isla Mujeres. Elinore will be flying out on Monday because of much unfinished business/new job interviews in San Francisco. The indefinite nature of our travels does not give her an easy schedule. We will let you know what our actual transit date is so that you can watch it on the webcam if you want. www.pancanal.com is a site with 3 webcams that update every 20 seconds or so and give you a dynamic view of the ships passing through (and hopefully us).
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