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
Snorkeling Buck
I’ve managed to find this octopus three different times in three different holes scattered around in a nearby field of coral. I can’t ever entice her to come out, though. I find her by looking around for holes with an obvious pile of small shells out front. I even found … Read More
Buck Island Excursion
When we left Frederiksted to move back around to Christiansted we had flat calm waters and great clarity so I decided to drive us right over the top of the Northstar shipwreck. The highest point of the wreck sits a good twenty-five feet down but I knew it would look … 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
St. Croix Hikes
Honestly, there isn’t a lot going on in St. Croix right now. We spend almost all of our time on the boat or swimming around it. But occasionally we do feel the need to get out and stretch our legs a bit. So, off on another car day adventure, we … Read More
Turtle Baby
The float plane has become a fixture in our life here in Christiansted. Unfortunately, after seeing these come and go a hundred times, we still spaced out one day when we were heading across the channel to town. We were all talking and the kids were laughing because I get … Read More
St. Croix Drive
We rented a car for the first time in months, and headed out to see a bit more of the island. This was done less as tourism, and more out of necessity. The cupboards were starting to get pretty bare, and grocery stores on the island, not surprisingly, aren’t located … Read More
Just Normal Life
The glamorous side of being a cruiser. Greasy engine work is one thing, but rebuilding a thirty year old toilet is another thing entirely. This thing works great, but when one spring finally corroded and broke, it meant taking it all apart to replace it. And once you’re in there … Read More
Around St. Croix
Back in Frederiksted for a couple days. This little town has grown on us. All it’s really missing is Mexican take-away. We can’t have everything, though. We’re suddenly vastly outnumbered by the cats. The kids are constantly inventing new water games. Somehow they always seem to include me. In this … Read More