Villa Marina, Fajardo, PR

[Kevin's Post]Amanda flew back to Phoenix on Wednesday in order to prepare for Jamie's bridal shower (Amanda is the matron of honor) and bachelorette party.  I'll be flying back a few days before the wedding.  In the meantime I've been working my butt off on various boat projects.  It's tough for me to relax at a marina because I want to make the most of the time.  Although looking back at the projects I probably could have done almost all of them at anchor, but some of them are easier with a hose and unlimited fresh water.  For the rest, it is just nice to be able to run to the local marine store when things go wrong (they usually do).  I've polished all the stainless steel deck hardware, removed 4 of the 6 solar panels so I can reseal the hardtop seams, replaced the jib halyard, replaced the main sheet, replaced the dinghy hoist lines, got the propane filled, cleaned the grill, and reorganized half the boat. 

I know, you're probably sick of hearing about the iguanas.  If so, stop reading now, cause here comes more.   This morning I was working on getting the solar panels off when out of the corner of my eye something catches my attention.  It was a huge iguana trying to climb up the transom.  Mind you, the boat is in the slip bow first, so he had to swim all the way around the boat to get to the transom.  I ran to get my camera and when I got back he was still there, but I scared him off before I could get a shot.  Speaking of shooting . . . later this afternoon I heard this pop-pop-pop sound coming from the entrance to the marina.  I look that way and there is this guy on the back of what is probably a million dollar sportfisher with a rifle shooting at the iguanas on the way out of the marina.  Maybe this guy has been on the Disney jungle cruise one too many times.  I guess if you're going iguana hunting, you might as well do it from the back of your million dollar sportfisher.  Some Puerto Rican lady started yelling at him in spanish, so I couldn't tell what the heck she was yelling.  But, he didn't stop shooting, so for all I know she was giving him advice on his aim.