We set off from St. Croix as the sun came up. We’d been there nearly five months, and had grown comfortable with the rhythm of our life there. We had friends who had landed on the island and never left, and while we can certainly see the appeal of that, … Read More
Setting Off
Ali and I went out early the other morning to do some running around. When we came back to the dock on the boardwalk, in front of the tourist restaurants, we were lugging a jerry can of gas, a waist-high laundry basket, half a dozen bags of groceries, and a … Read More
St. Croix Blues
No, not those kinds of blues, though I admit we are ready to move on to our next destination. While we continue to wait on passport renewals, we enjoy the waters around St. Croix. The different blues in the water and sky here are fantastic. Our Christiansted anchorage, across the … Read More
Out to Buck
We’ve been heading out to Buck Island pretty regularly lately, going out there early in the morning before the tours arrive, doing some snorkeling, hiking a bit, barbecuing, lazing on the beach, then heading back to our Christiansted anchorage in the afternoon (Buck Island is closed at 4). It’s funny … Read More
Family & Friend Fun
St. Croix is one of those places where rain doesn’t deter you from doing anything, because the chances of it lasting more than ten minutes are virtually nil. The other day Ali discovered that our passports expire in 6 months. We had just gotten Lowe’s renewed a few months ago, … Read More
Touring St. Croix
A couple weeks back Ali and I were hiking back to the boat from the grocery store, where we had purchased way too much. We were struggling with all the bags, and regretting our decision to leave the kids at home. As we were walking I said, “If we are … Read More
One of Those Months
Dinghy Captain. I love listening to their laughter as they swing together in this contraption. Some serious banking going on here. Not sure what the reason behind it was, though. There’s a little island, Protestant Cay, about a hundred yards off the town of Christiansted. The only thing out there … Read More
St. Croix Weekend
Nothing is super convenient in Christiansted, so pretty much every weekend we rent a car for a day. We’ve got a schedule now. Saturday we pick the car up at eleven and spend the afternoon doing something fun. Cane Bay is a popular spot for us. It’s not the best … Read More
Hanging Around Frederiksted
Little goofing around before we head off for a day of diving. We see a lot of turtles, but this is the first Hawksbill we’ve spotted here in St. Croix. The kids on a garbage hunt. It’s not entirely altruistic. They do ask if we’ll pay them before they go … Read More
Quiet Time
Lowe is great at drifting off into his own mind to find entertaining games to play. He’ll hop in the dinghy and do a hundred circles around the boat. I don’t know the exact game, and probably wouldn’t understand it all if he tried to explain it to me anyway. … Read More
Christiansted Color
“Papa, can we use your tools for something?” “Sure. Wait, what for?” “Just to see what’s in this seed we found.” “You’re not going to destroy the boat, right?” silence… That’s a hard no, special or no special. Plenty of color around Christiansted. It’s typical of the type of towns … Read More