My husband and I enjoy traveling the world, and are drawn to locations where we can SCUBA our hearts out. We are clearly water babies. When not diving, we could be found river rafting, jet skiing, or simply chilling on a beach. We are always asked about where we go, how we pick our destinations, what we learn while there, and how we manage our travel budget. This little blog started as our way to share that information. Life has thrown us curve-balls, as it is known to do, and we are now both retired, have sold off most of our belongings, and have begun traveling the lower 48 States in our teeny-tiny camper. We met our goal to visit as many National Parks as we can. Now we are sailing the Caribbean to find a place to settle down.
I was just going to post about St Kitts, but since we were only there one night it would be a super short and rather boring journal entry. The Montserrat leg was a bit more interesting, so the two have been merged into one post. As I prepared to write this, I realized we didn’t … More St. Kitts & Montserrat
Our route from St. Croix to St. Martin took us back through the BVIs to Virgin Gorda, where we would make a crossing that started before the sun came up. After carefully navigating through the outer reef , we were able to motor sail towards Anguilla where we planned to rest for the night. Happily, … More Hiding from a hurricaine in St. Martin
We had a fabulous trip back to St. Croix from the BVIs. The seas were fairly calm, wind was very friendly, and everyone had a turn at the helm. Before we knew it, we were anchored near the St. Croix Yacht Club again. The outer reef offers a fair amount of protection, we had a … More Back to St. Croix
Our first stop in the BVIs was to Great Harbor on Jost Van Dyke. There we experienced the oddest check in process ever. An individual at one office insisted we bring the sailboat to the main dock, so we made our way in the shallow water, and arrived with completely frayed nerves. Once there, the … More Family, Friends, and the British Virgin Islands
While we were still in the Keys, we were visited by some family and friends. We loved showing them our favorite places, and sometimes took them out for a short sail if the status of boat repairs allowed it. Now, for the first time, we had both family and friends join us during our full … More Family, Friends, and Carnival
During our trip from Puerto Rico to St. Croix, we picked up a cute little stowaway. This little bird joined us around the half way point, would fly away from time to time, then circle back to us to rest for a while. We prepared a little lunch of crackers and water for him, which … More US Virgin Islands: St. Croix
Arriving at Punta Ensenada in calm seas on a sunny day was just what we needed. Nineteen hours is a long time without a functioning autopilot onboard. Clearing back into the US was easy. As US citizens we didn’t even have to go ashore, just used the app and answered some questions over the phone … More Puerto Rico
That title sounds like a failed Harry Potter book, doesn’t it? Still sounds better than: The Dominican Republic and Realizing Our Navigation System Does Not Include Charts For It. Boat life sure keep things interesting. Luckily, we have redundant systems for just about everything, so we switched to our back up, and ordered updated charts … More The Dominican Republic and The Thornless Path
My apologies for the quality of this photo, or I should say lack of photos in general this time. This is the only one we captured during our crossing. Even though it isn’t the best image, you can still make out some of the waves as the sun was setting. Not too bad, and totally … More Dominican Republic
A beautiful sunrise welcomed us to Turks and Caicos, and while we were exhausted, the sun gave us a new burst of energy. After promising each other we would not take on an overnight crossing without proper sleep, or at least significant rest, we made our way to Blue Haven Marina. The plan was to … More Turks and Caicos
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