Hey Y'all, Karen & I spent a few days on the Chagres River. This is the river that feeds the man made lake Gatun for the canal. The river is part of the rain forest and is full of birds and monkeys.
I've tried to upload all the photos but it has taken 1 hour to put these on the blog. We ran up and down the river to look at the wild life. Plenty of Toucans and parrots. We looked for this trail that was suppose to be at a certain location and we could not find it. I guess I'm not much of a nimrod or pathfinder. Well without the trail we could not get to where the monkeys are located. I kind of thought that they would travel to the edge of the river but they don't. You can here them just inside the jungle but you can't see them. Well not to be out done by a bunch of Karen's relatives I found a few inlets that go inland. One of these are in the guide book so I guess I wasn't the first, anyway up one was suppose to be an old concrete bridge( not there) and no monkeys. We went up and down these inlets and could here the damn things but could not see them. We where so disappointed that we could not get monkeyed. I guess y'all don't know what monkeyed is, so here goes. Being monkeyed is when they either move over the top of you are you move under them.When they see you they get all excited and all bodily functions start to happen. Some of this is thrown at you plus leafs and sticks. Well for 2 days we could not get monkeyed. Now remember I'm not going to be out done. The day before we left late in the evening we jumped in the dingy and went to an inlet that we could here the monkeys. Guess what we were under a troop of howlers. The first thing that happened was they became excited and started to monkey around. After the first splash Karen is howling as loud as the monkeys letting me know that she wanted me to back the dingy up. We hung around fer a little while just to say we were monkeyed. I don't think we need to do that again.
We are setting in the marina waiting on parts again and can't leave just yet so I can't say when the next update will be so.
See Y'all Down the Road
Mike & Karen
Hey Y'all, Karen & I spent a few days on the Chagres River. This is the river that feeds the man made lake Gatun for the canal. The river is part of the rain forest and is full of birds and monkeys.
Mike, I think it was nice to Karen allowing you to visit your relatives, even if they seemed to be hiding from you! Don't feel too bad, there are still a few of us in Key West that welcome Karen anytime and if she brings you along, we will not hold it against her! Got an advance reading copy of the new book, Car Wash Blues, so, again, have Michelle contact me and I'll send it to her to pass along. Please tell your extended family Bob and I said hello. And thank Karen for all the emails. Be safe. What broke this time? Miss we ya!
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