Runaway Dinghy

We had a little bit of fun the morning Tim arrived back in Puerto Escondido.  It was very windy (20+kts) and there was actually a fair amount of fetch in the main anchorage. I was doing dishes and just happened to look up to see our dinghy floating away towards the fuel dock.  I quickly called to the boys and Brenden was all over it.  Right away he stripped down to his underwear and asked, “mom, should I jump in?”  I thought for about 1.5 seconds considering our options before giving him the green light to jump in and go get it.  As he’s swimming out there I had visions of La Paz, and asked Alex where the dinghy key was.  Luckily it was in the dinghy.  Brenden started it up and got it back to Exodus and with laughter shared with us how his underwear came down when he jumped in so he had to stop swimming to pull them up.  It’s usually Alex’s role to be johnny on the spot to save the day, but this time Brenden stepped happily stepped into that role.  It was fun to see.