Tripster at siesta time at Rancho Cecilia San Juan del Sur
S/V Ocean Lady, sailing into Santiago Bay, Mexico
Lilly Mae, the cool dog at Rancho Cecilia San Juan del Sur
Spuds enjoying the good life at Rancho Cecilia San Juan del Sur
Playa Maderas play time with Indigo of Rancho Cecilia
Mocha Mae our littlest surfer at Playa Maderas!
The Tres Chicas of Rancho Cecilia at Playa Maderas
Scott and Liz at Playa Maderas
Maya, our
The Tres Cachoros at Rancho Cecilia San Juan del Sur Nicaragua
Who are we and how did we get here?
We are Scott Behrens and Elizabeth (Liz)
Hart-Behrens. Just a couple of crazy Gringos
that set off to find some good surf on our
sailboat "Ocean Lady" in 2004.

We sailed over 15,000 miles up and down the
Pacific coast of California, Mexico and
Central America with 2 dogs and a cat!
We sailed into Nicaragua in the Spring of
2007 and fell in love with the country,
the people and the surf!
So, we swallowed the anchor and settled down
on our little slice of paradise and built us
Rancho Cecilia
Meet Our Furry Family!
Meet Lilly Mae, who came
into our life while doing a
road trip when we sailing in
Mexico. She is a rescue
street puppy from Casa
Raab in Oaxaca, Mexico.
She's now six years old and
the Queen of the pack!
Indigo is our street puppy rescue from Rivas,
Nicaragua. She is the shy one of the pack. She's five
years old, but still a big happy puppy!
Mocha, our San Juan del Sur puppy
rescue.Mocha is now five years old and is
the surfer of the furry family!
Tripster,our rock rescue cat from Mazatlan, Mexico.
Tripster was the leader of the dock kittens at
Marina Mazatlan in the summer of 2006. He had no
fear of our dogs and since we only had 1 cat on
board, why not add another! He is now seven years
old and enjoying life on land.
Meet Sylvester, or as we call him "Spud" He is a
kitten from Pelican Eye's adoption sanctuary that
has been working on using up his "Nine" lives fast!
Yes, he is missing a leg but that doesn't stop him
from getting around. He is now four years old.
Listen for him playing around on the roof at night!
Meet our "Surf Intern" Maya,
(yes, there is such a job in Nicaragua)
We taught her to surf when she was a
teenager and now she returns from Holland
twice a year to "work" for us, surfing is work,
you know!
She is great at teaching the little ones to surf!
Meet the cachoros, yes, we have tres puppies,
what can we say except someone has to love them!
Grey Girl, Toes and Bears!