{"id":12451,"date":"2018-12-09T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T12:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=12451"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:32:12","slug":"touring-lanzarote-with-hannah-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sabbatical3.net\/blog\/?p=12451","title":{"rendered":"Touring Lanzarote with Hannah and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our daughter Hannah (center) with her Swiss friend Adina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We are still at the Marina Rubicon at the southern end of Lanzarote Island in the Canary Islands.  We have become very fond of this place, even more so now that we have had the opportunity to explore the island by car and foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highlight of the past month was the visit of our daughter Hannah and her friend Adina during the week of November 17.  Unfortunately, the uniformly good weather we had been having ended with an unusual weather system that brought some rain, strong winds from the southwest, and big seas.  So leaving the marina in the boat was out of the question, but we were still able to explore by land.  Hannah and Adina went off hiking for two days while staying at an AirBnB near the surfer’s beach, and with the big waves, there was plenty to see.

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Hannah and Laura at Los Hervideros, famous for its lava cliffs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hannah and Adina with the unique volcanic “vineyards” of La Geria in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hannah and her parents at La Geria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View from Mirador del Rio at the far north of the island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Squalls cast shadow on the water, as seen from Mirador del Rio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark and Hannah at Caleta de Famara, a surfing beach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Surfers preparing to enter the water, Caleta de Famara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Low tide at Caleta de Famara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark and Laura at Caleta de Famara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our good friends Barbara and Frank from the sail boat “Destiny” also caught up with us in Lanzarote.  They came while we were in mainland Spain and France and spent a month at the Marina Rubicon.  They are now at sea on the way to the Caribbean.  We had some great walks and memorable meals with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fisherman’s house near El Golfo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barbara and Frank on our hike to Caldera Blanca.\u00a0 The volcanic plain leading to Playa Blanca is in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Los Hervideros on a calm day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Camels walk back to their resting place after a long day giving tourists a ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The rain brought our some greenery on the rocky path north of El Golfo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of Playa Blanca, the town with our marina, from the promenade leading to lighthouse (Faro Pechiguera)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of the sunset from the promenade between Playa Blanca and Papagayo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Red clouds over Marina Rubicon at sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since Hannah returned to California, we have spent almost all of our time preparing Sabbatical III for our upcoming Atlantic crossing.\u00a0 We have a Norwegian couple, Tom Erik and Vivi-Ann, joining us for the crossing.\u00a0 We found them on a volunteer crew site and they even visited us for two days when we were in Valencia in May, We all seem very compatible.\u00a0 Their presence will shorten our usual 6 hour night watches into 3 to 4 hour watches and give us much more time to rest during the day.\u00a0 Tom Erik and Vivi-Ann arrive tomorrow (Monday, December 10) and we may start our nonstop crossing of the Atlantic as early as Wednesday (December 12).\u00a0 The boat is in excellent shape and full of more food than we could possibly eat.\u00a0 Laura has prepared a few meals of\u00a0 chicken curry and “Shirley’s” meat balls and put them in the freezer.\u00a0 The forecast is for pretty light winds to start so we may delay our departure for a couple of days.\u00a0 We will post our departure to the blog and you can always check on our position at our shared map page here:\u00a0 https:\/\/share.garmin.com\/MarkPitt<\/a>.\u00a0 You will need to scroll out to get an idea of where we are, otherwise you will only see blue ocean on the map. Our position and other relevant data are updated on this map page every 10 minutes once we depart. The sail will take 18 to 21 days.\u00a0 Our destination is the Marina du Marin in Martinique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are still at the Marina Rubicon at the southern end of Lanzarote Island in the Canary Islands.  We have become very fond of this place, even more so now that we have had the opportunity to explore the island by car and foot. The highlight of the past month was the visit of our … <\/p>\n

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