While we motored, even though we were bouncing up and down, the girls enjoyed sitting up on the dinghy, which is stored upside down on the bow during short passages.

Well, we had a nice passage across the infamous Mona Passage, known for beating people up... We were able to sail, close hauled, from the DR to Mona Island... then the wind died and we motored to a nice little anchorage inside a reef near Boqueron on the west end of the south shore. That was spectacular... could have stayed there a wihile.... but we had nice weather for easting with some not nice weather coming in...so today we pressed on to arrive here, just 15 miles short of our destination, Salinas... Now we have a nice squall rincing our decks and hardware of all the salt... Tomorrow we should have some internet to update the blog with photos.

Today we had great fun entertaining our selves as we bounced over the waves by singing "Hi ho the derry oh, the farmer in the dell" with as many made up verses as we could. I reminded me of all the various games and songs parents have to come up with to enterntain kids during a long car ride. Since we were bouncing up and down so, no one wanted to do any of the usual things... such as cook, process photos and write in the blog... and there is sewing and some boat maintenance that could have been done also... Ah well... and it was really beautiful even bouncing along.... the temperature was great and the PR coast was beautiful... and the music...