If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he meets with success unexpected in common hours. -Thoreau
We’re out in the environment constantly, living aboard a focal point, rich with fascinating sensations. As I observe the sun slowly peaking over the silhouette hills of an eastern shoreline, I vaguely hear road machinery, hillside goats, chirping (and gahawing) birds, and crashing surf from ashore. Oh how I wish I could capture in writing …
If not for this COVID trouble we'd be out exploring Isla de Mona, hiking on Culebra or snaring lobster in the Raggeds about now. And then maybe this blog would be more interesting from an adventurous point of view. But despite, we're making delicious lemonade in any case. Our sincere thoughts go out to those …
At low tide, so they say. Especially for us cruisers. And tides occur twice per day! Certainly you’ve seen our waterlogged plans juggling a few times evidenced in this blog, but fortunately not as often as the tides change. Unfortunately, the news we read about lately is a bit more volatile, changing at least as …
The Big V used to mean something else. Well, I guess it can still mean that. But anyway, I’ll avoid commenting on the topic especially as we are already drowning in the related media. Sure, it’s important to stay informed, but I’m no authority on it. Fayaway’s intended route from Culebra to Great Inagua, Bahamas. …
"Culebrita is my favorite island!" is a refrain we heard from several cruisers. So we thought Little snake, if my newly acquired Spanish serves, could be a nice stop. It's a small island, about one mile by one mile. It's uninhabited but in the care of Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The signs look …
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