Bestas Limani (Cold Water Bay) to Kalkan

Kalkan
My father and I were up early and had a nice swim in the cool clear water around our boat. The water is very deep right up to the shore here. It can be 30 feet deep 10 feet off shore. So that is why we stop in these bays and we drop a lot of anchor and tie the stern to the shore. The water is too deep to rely on just the anchor and it the wind shifts around your boat would swing into the rocks, because you are anchored so close to shore where the water is shallow enough.
Just the opposite of Florida were you are always looking out for shallow water!

After breakfast of tea, cereal, yogurt and fruit we all headed out of the bay and east around the seven capes towards the town of Kalkan. Almost no wind today so we motored and a few hours of watching the steep mountains above the seven capes roll by were were still using the “iron jenny” motor. I mase some more sandwiches and fruit and after lunch I went down below and reclined in my berth with a book. Soon the rolling of the boat sent me off to dreamland. I was awakened by Winfree, yelling that I was needed on deck. We were approaching the harbor. We dropped the anchor and backed into the key and tied off our stern. It is truly hot here this afternoon. This has been our first really hot day.

My computer battery is flat so I decide to go looking for café where I can get a cool drink, Charge my battery and a wifi connection in that order. I am successful! Soon I am seated on a comfortable couch under a shade tree with a fanta and my computer up and running. They even plugged in a fan for me! It’s almost heaven. I am able to check my email and do some work on the Black Bear Festival. I find that Connie is online and we exchange some email. She encourages me to connect with her on Skype so I find the download and in about 10 minutes we were having a video call! What a world.

It’s great to see and speak with her in almost real time. Martha come past and I put her on with Connie for a minute. My waiter comes over to see what we are doing and he gets involved. After catching up Connie and I wind up our call and I speak briefly with Christopher Spatafora who is staying in my house while I am gone. He gives me a report on some work he is doing for me and then we are cut off. I guess if you are talking to someone on a phone the time is limited. Now I know!

The sun is dropping and my shade is gone. I have had two fantas and an Efes beer and it’s getting close to dinner time, so I wander back down to the boat. Everyone is gathering so I change quickly and join the group. We return to almost the same spot I was at and find our seats at a long table. (We are 25 tonight.) This place is supposed to be really tasty. I hope so as it’s also the most expensive place we have seen all trip! I order a lamb stew and we eat some bread and mezzes while we are waiting. The sun has gone down behind the mountains and the temperature is dropping and the sea breeze is soothing on hot skin. The beer is crisp and cold and the lamb stew turns out very tasty and a huge portion.

I share some with the human vacuum (my father) and there is stil stew left so the waiter makes me a doggy bag. Funny to hear a waiter offer one in Turkey! We discover that the food shopping never was done and the market is just across the street. So we send Randy and the girls to bed, and father and I do some provisioning. It’s a small shop but they have most of what we want. We add an ice cream each and head back to the Silver Lightning. Then girls are asleep so we stow the cold stuff and leave the rest for the morning and retire to our cabins. Lets all keep our fingers crossed for some wind to blow the heat away! I am truly glad for a fan in my cabin tonight!