Virgin Gorda
The baths are so incredible. Everywhere we would go people would say “you have to see the baths” “you have to go to the baths” well…I get it. Amazing. I almost don’t believe that nature placed these boulders. Up, under, over, and across. We were smart and heeded [...]
I cannot say that I have experienced homesickness yet since leaving in November. I certainly miss everyone but I have been pleasantly surprised by how easy it has been to maintain contact with all who are near and dear. It is rarely more than a week that we go without being able to check [...]
Read the full post »Unbelievable! The best word to describe the chiquita Culebra. Culebrita is a beautiful little island just off the east side of Culebra. We hiked up to the lighthouse and had an evening picnic at the top, swam in the baths, and snorkeled off the back of the boat. [...]
Read the full post »You may have noticed that there are parts of our recent journey that have been skipped over, namely a good deal of the time that we were in Puerto Rico (excluding the Spanish Virgins). I was sick for half of the time that we were there :( hence the lack of [...]
Read the full post »As a going away present, Joel and Leslie gave us a gift certificate that was redeemable at one of four restaurant options on St. John. We selected Asolare which sits in the trees upon a hilltop, overlooking Cruz bay, with further views of St. Thomas. We got dressed up [...]
Read the full post »David speared his first lobster yesterday! Yes, he is my hero! Paul from Aurora caught two and we all shared a fantastic meal of grilled lobster that night.
Yesterday we spent a fun day of bicycling across the beautiful island of Culebra (the Spanish Virgin Islands). I don’t know that I have ever ridden up more hills in my life but the 7 mile ride was worth it when we came out on the eastern side of [...]
Read the full post »While making passage from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico we received an incredible gift. Off the northwest tip of the DR, we saw a whale breach nearly a dozen times less than 100 meters from our boat! I have never seen anything like it before. It felt as [...]
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