St. Croix Blues

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Bumfuzzle Christiansted

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

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Bumfuzzle Buck Island

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

One of Those Months

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Beach

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

Christiansted Color

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Goat Hill

“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

Turtle Baby

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Scuba Selfie

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

Just Normal Life

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Bumfuzzle at Anchor

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

Water-bound

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Looking at pictures from the last couple of weeks it really hits me how little time we spend ashore these days. St. Croix on land would be a lot more fun without COVID, but with the way things are right now we pretty much stick to groceries, laundry, and take-out … Read More

Various Riff Raff

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Octopus

Christiansted isn’t a bad little town. It’s about a fifteen minute walk from the waterfront to a decent grocery store, laundromat, marine store, and big hardware store. There are also some pretty good restaurants. We’ve been grabbing take-out and having picnics on the grass in front of the fort—a scenic, … Read More

Christiansted

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Christiansted

After nearly a month over in Frederiksted we raised the anchor to move a couple hours around to the north side of St. Croix and visit Christiansted. We tend to shy away from crowds. Pilot boats have their work cut out for them here. We don’t often get to anchor … Read More