David and Mary Beth Jan 23, 20236 min readDominica, The Nature Island!Dominica is the southern most Caribbean island of our cruising adventure this year. Saving the best for last! It is an island more lush...
David and Mary Beth Jan 6, 20235 min readBeautiful Unspoiled BarbudaOur boat is anchored way in the distance. Not another boat in sight! Just endless empty beautiful beaches. Barbuda is very different from...
sailingpadgettsDec 28, 20224 min readRockin’ and Rollin’ in Beautiful AntiguaView from Shirleys Lookout, looking over English Harbour and Falmouth Harbour One of the appeals of the Caribbean is that there are so...
sailingpadgettsDec 16, 20226 min readHiking to a Volcano Rim in St KittsAnd they call this a trail????? Ever since learning that the Caribbean islands are full of volcanoes, hiking up one has been on my bucket...
David and Mary Beth Apr 13, 20208 min readStuck in a Beautiful Place with No Good Options We do love watching sunsets over the water. We are in “lockdown” in Saint John (US Virgin Islands) much as you all are back in the...
David and Mary Beth Apr 6, 20206 min readLike a Virgin (finally) (with apologies to Madonna)View looking out from Annaburg Sugar Mill Ruins, St. John We made it to Saint Thomas in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), our final...
David and Mary Beth Mar 30, 20205 min readLock Down in Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico means Rich Port)Sunrise as approaching Puerto Real harbor We arrived in Puerto Real on the west coast of Puerto Rico after a 48 hour passage from the DR....
David and Mary Beth Mar 29, 20208 min readLiving Aboard (or maybe “A-Bored”) In a Global PandemicAs this is written, we are still in Luperon in the Dominican Republic, but we won’t be able to post it until we reach Puerto Rico. It is...
David and Mary Beth Mar 16, 20205 min readWaterfalls, Rum and Chocolate! ...does it get any better than this?!One of the 27 falls. We jumped from the platform on the right. The other option was to take the stairs to the left. We mentioned in our...
David and Mary Beth Mar 14, 20209 min readHeading South!We left George Town in the Bahamas with 13 other boats on February 26th. There is something comforting about that many friendly boats in...