It’s not every day that we run into another Grand Banks in the islands, and definitely not every day that it also has two kids onboard. We’ve been online friends following each other’s travels and while we spent the past couple of months in Puerto Rico lockdown they were spending … Read More
Francis Bay
For whatever reason nobody else seems to come to Francis Bay. We had the place to ourselves, and the turtles seemed especially happy to hang out here. So we just hung out, swimming, working, and playing. As far as cruising conditions go the bay is perfectly situated for the steady … Read More
Turtles
We’re still searching for some interesting coral, but in the meantime we are super happy to find turtles are everywhere. We visited one popular tourist beach that we had constantly heard had a snorkeling path. It was actually kind of sad to swim across the barren landscape reading signs like … Read More
St. John Bays
I don’t have much to say about the past few days. We’ve done very little other than just enjoy the string of bays along the coast of St. John. There are very few boats compared to normal times, thanks to COVID, and those that are around are charters that congregate … Read More
Caneel Bay
We spent a few days in Christmas Cove. There wasn’t anything particularly special about the spot, but we were all content to just hang out on the hook. The kids and I would snorkel around the small island in the middle of the bay each day, then tiptoe through the … Read More
Christmas Cove
We arrived in Brewers Bay, and because we hadn’t done much in the way of research we announced our arrival to USVIs Customs and Border Patrol on their app, expecting them to say, “Welcome, have fun.” Instead we got an automated message saying, “You’re not allowed to enter the U.S.” … Read More
Island Hopping
Finally ready to get moving for a while, we spent a week getting groceries and finishing up small projects around the boat. There wasn’t much to do. Just wait for a weather window to make the quick 90 mile jump over to St. Thomas. The kids watching a manatee eat … Read More
A Wanderer’s Life
A few years back I started OMentoring, an options trading group, with little plan as to what exactly I had in mind for it. Fortunately, those that signed up were kind to me during the learning curve, and before long we were really rolling along. Eventually, that group grew into … Read More
Feliz Dia de la Madre
Under normal circumstances we are prone to completely forget, or flat out ignore, Hallmark holidays. But because Ali has cooked roughly one million meals in a row, it was a happy surprise that the marina restaurant was opening up to serve a Mother’s Day takeaway feast and she could get … Read More
Twiddling Our Thumbs
There is quite literally nothing going on. It’s now been two months since we arrived at the marina in Salinas, and there is really no end in sight. The waterways remain closed. Without a car there is nowhere at all to go, and even if we had a car there … Read More
One Day At A Time
We continue to be locked down in Salinas, Puerto Rico. The stay-at-home is slowly being eased, but it is really quite meaningless for us, since the water is still closed. Boats still aren’t allowed to move around the island. No pleasure boating at all. Since we don’t have a car … Read More
