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
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
Coastal Puerto Rico
We rented a car and headed for the north coast to find some waves for the day. Jobos is a cool spot, that’s pretty good for beginners, with the only problem being a wicked rip current that does a circle in the bay. Once out to the sand bar, though, … Read More