We are officially checked out of Roatan yesterday. We walked into Immigration and got all our documents squared away. As we left, another Capitan asked when we were leaving. “There some rough weather out daare, ya know,” he said in his deep Garifuna-accented English. We replied that we were leaving the departure decision up to […]
We have been so couped up on the boat! We spend all our time looking at the weather forecast and trying to to figure out when we can get the trampoline repairs done. The repair requires some fiberglass work which needs a little drying time after being done. The work has been going super slow. […]
What a fun Thanksgiving potluck at Fantasy Island. Yesterday, we had a great turkey dinner thanks to Daniella on Checkm8 who was willing to heat up her boat baking the bird. Everyone else brought the side. Daniella and Josh’s son, Silas, helped me work on gratitude feathers for our art turkey. Silas handed out a […]
We had a peaceful overnight sail from Rio Dulce to Utila. There was a beautiful full moon and a sky filled with stars. We did easy two hours shifts with our only worry being hitting debris from the recent Hurricane Sara river flooding in Honduras. Right before sundown, we saw a large clump of floating […]
We are ready to sail away to new shores. Unfortunately, Tropical Storm Sara has been slowly sauntering right across our desired path. We have had an ongoing drizzle/light rain from Sara’s outer bands. We have played a little gin rummy, done a couple of chores, read some books and made a few quick trips to […]
They arrived! On time and without a delay! On Sunday, Michelle and Jake keep us posted as they made their way to Houston Intercontinental (Thank you Darelle) at 4 am. Then through a dispiriting Spirit flight (because Spirit sucks the spirit out of all travelers). They caught the 1 pm bus from Guatemala City to […]
I know we gripe about boat haul-outs! It is hard to describe how inconvenient it is to have your home lifted up onto jackstands in the middle of a dirty shipyard. Many sailors don’t try to stay aboard during a haul out. Instead, they opt for a nice little palapa on the river. We talked […]
I have been going on a short run/walk every morning and loving it. The marina property stretches up from the water to include a little inland pond and surrounding hill. There is a nice rock and concrete path that starts in the mangroves, circles through a lime tree orchard and up a steep hill that […]
You never know what you will find at the twice monthly Boaters Flea Market. There is an ever-changing assortment of products. We headed to Nana Juana this morning to see what treasures we could find on sale. The flea market switches to different marinas. If we didn’t find anything to buy, Nana Juana is also […]
Weather-watchers have been saying for a week that the low pressure system off the coast of Nicaragua could become a tropical storm and might come our way. So far so good. It looks like it may just bring rain and hopefully cooler temps. I said maybe we should stock up on groceries in case we […]