Here in Vava’u there is always a new anchorage nearby to explore. It was nice to find one to anchor in shallow water again, though the holding was pretty poor. Fortunately, there was hardly any wind to contend with. We went out with a few friends for our first scuba … Read More
Surf and Dive
The waves haven’t been great lately, but they’re enough to pop up on the board and get a few seconds in. Ouest got a new shortboard recently and was struggling a bit to find the sweet spot, but once she found it she never missed another wave. Lowe likes the … Read More
Diving Aruba
Took a drive out to wander around the ruins of the Balashi Gold Mill. Aruba found some gold a couple hundred years ago, two companies ran mills on the island, found quite a bit of gold, never made any money, and closed when World War I broke out. Nice place … Read More
Underwater
There just isn’t much else to do around here but dive. Finished up our Bonaire scuba tank rental cards. That puts all of us up to the thirty dive mark. I’m thoroughly impressed with the kids’ skills at this point. I spotted Ali’s shopping list sticking out of her bag. … Read More
Bonaire Play
Bonaire is a small island, and probably half of it is lined with easy to access water (the other half is windward and rough), so it seems only fitting that virtually everything revolves around the water here. When it’s time to play, it’s time to get in the water. Then … Read More
Settling Into Bonaire
After a couple of days in the marina we were all eager to get out into the mooring field that runs along the malecón (boardwalk, waterfront, whatever it is you want to call it, we always use the Spanish word for it) here in Bonaire. The water color is crazy … 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
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
Underwater Activities
St. Croix is one of those places that one minute you are baking in the sun, and the next it is pouring down rain. You absolutely do not leave any hatches open when leaving the boat, even if there isn’t a cloud in the sky at the time. It was … Read More
Scuba Divers
The Santa Claus wish list gets finalized each year a few days before Christmas. We pop it in the mail and cross our fingers. My favorite part of Christmas may very well be seeing my kids’ Christmas lists. Lowe couldn’t come up with a single thing that he wanted, so … Read More
First Dive
Birthday fun and family visit were both over with, and it was time to get back to normal life again. We’d been promising the kids they could try out scuba diving this year, and with a dive shop always within spitting distance on Roatan, this was as good a place … Read More