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underwater caribbean

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Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

s/v Reach

underwater caribbean

birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

birds of Central America

birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

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underwater caribbean

birds of the US & Bahamas

birds of the Caribbean

birds of Central America

birds of South America

butterflies/moths

travel photography

Map

Lightroom Albums

s/v Reach 2008-2018

Insects

Come in all shapes and sizes….

Banana spider (Copy)

17-year cicada (Copy)

Wheel bug (Copy)

Spider wasp (Copy)

Cicada killer wasp (Copy)

Cicada (Copy)

Scudder's bush katydid nymph (Copy)

Halloween pennant dragonfly (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Umbrella paper wasp (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Four-spotted pennant (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Spiny-backed orbweaver (Copy)

Wasp (Copy)

Red velvet ant (Copy)

Banana spider (Copy)

Bee (Copy)

Green lynx spider (Copy)

Green lynx spider (Copy)

Blue eyes (Copy)

Banana spider (Copy)

Zipper spider (Copy)

Zipper spider (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Hoverfly (Copy)

Hoverfly (Copy)

Macro moth (Copy)

Spiny-backed orbweaver (Copy)

Wheel bug (Copy)

Banana spider (Copy)

17-year cicada (Copy)

Wheel bug (Copy)

Spider wasp (Copy)

Cicada killer wasp (Copy)

Cicada (Copy)

Scudder's bush katydid nymph (Copy)

Halloween pennant dragonfly (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Umbrella paper wasp (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Four-spotted pennant (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Spiny-backed orbweaver (Copy)

Wasp (Copy)

Red velvet ant (Copy)

Banana spider (Copy)

Bee (Copy)

Green lynx spider (Copy)

Green lynx spider (Copy)

Blue eyes (Copy)

Banana spider (Copy)

Zipper spider (Copy)

Zipper spider (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Orchard orbweaver (Copy)

Hoverfly (Copy)

Hoverfly (Copy)

Macro moth (Copy)

Spiny-backed orbweaver (Copy)

Wheel bug (Copy)

@svreach Instagram ~

Gotta love market days! 🍖🍆🥬🫑🍅🥕🍋🥥🍍🐠🐟🍤

3 markets in the city are lined up next to each other for meats, fruit/veg, and seafood ~ all fresh & clean and friendly.

Scored ceviche for lunch too!

#sanfelipeneri #mercadodemariscos #market

First I bought the cashew butter, not knowing what to use it for, and then a Cashew Butter Chicken Korma recipe pops up in my email. 🍛

This one is going into the rotation by popular demand. Very easy and so good.

#cashewbutterchickenkorma #nytcoo

Hiked the Metropolitan Natural Park yesterday with Sue @on_a_new_tack for some birding and nice city views 🐦🏙️

It is a lovely oasis in the middle of the city, connecting to a biological corridor of National Parks spanning the Canal Zone.

#metrop

What a fun experience to see the Desfile de Reina (Queen’s Parade) in Capira for Carnival this year. 👸🏽

This uniquely Panamanian version is all about “culecos” consisting of many water trucks all around the Carnival spraying the

Fun night at the Panama Microbrew Fest with Mike & Sue (s/v Mira)! Artisanal beers are really coming into their own here and we’re happy to do our part in supporting them. 🍻

There was good vibes & music, funny games and a questionable

Reach’s new anchor spot for our Pacific Panama time - can be rolly but much better dinghy dock access.

Making the most of our time while waiting on a delivery 🍦

#mintchip #atanchor #laplayita #sailcatamaran #svreach

Pelagic birding & photography can be tricky in general, and especially when sailing. I have to remember to keep the camera ready in case we see something passing by while underway.

We can't really stop, so sometimes I have to get lucky ~ like c

This mini rice cooker has been a great addition to the cast iron pan and sheet pan for easy passage dinners. It does much more than cook rice!

There is a lot experiment with... so far I've tried hardboiled eggs and this mushroom rice cooker meal wi

Reach is anchored safely back in Panama City.

Here is a view of the AIS shipping traffic on the Pacific side of the Canal - almost 400 targets 🚢⚓️

#aistargets #automaticidentificationsystem #shippingtraffic #panamacanal #atanchor

Dinner time... really enjoyed this gorgeous, long sunset that followed a brilliant green flash 🌅

#sunset #greenflash #sailcatamaran #pacificocean #passage

All is good on Reach. We are still a few days out of Panama.

Thank you all for your kind and uplifting words. We're very grateful to have such good friends.

The mahi mahi keeps on giving. Dinners all week 🐠

#mahimahi #fishveracruz #castiron #c

Update for those following our sailing trip ~ We’re safe, but we have to turn back to Panama to resolve an equipment issue.

Although we can possibly come up with ways to continue, we have very limited motoring range and we’re 5 days out

Yesterday was a welcome, light day, but not without excitement dodging squalls.

Mostly close-hauled and tacking, we quickly got in a routine of rolling in the genoa when the squalls hit.

It’s crazy how they ramp up! Our 30 min trailing gra

This wasn’t a fun 24 hrs sailing. Of course winds on our first night were higher than forecast. Looking back on it, the Caribbean winds had ramped up and we had high spillover across the Panama isthmus to the Pacific. The PredictWind screenshot