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
Groundhog Day
We’ve never eaten so many meals at home in our entire lives. Man, what we’d all (and especially Ali) give for some Mexican street cart tacos complete with no dishes to do afterwards. Back on Ouest’s birthday Ali hid ten dollars around the boat, all in plain view and all … Read More
Salinas Life
Coronavirus Lockdown Week 387: It was about three weeks ago now that the marina closed. A security guard walks around, and a couple guys show up in the morning to do maintenance and deliver packages to the four boats with people on them, but otherwise they are closed. The housekeeping … Read More
Coronavirus Lockdown
On March 16th we received word that Puerto Rico was locking down. I believe at that time there were 4 confirmed coronavirus cases on the island, though certainly there were many others. Curfew went into effect from 9 p.m to 6 a.m., restaurants closed to dine-in, and travel was supposed … Read More