We sailed from St. Lucia to Martinique where we have been swimming and sleeping. After all the hype around the crossing, we are pretty happy to have some peace and quiet. The French Caribbean is luscious green tropical with daily rain showers and rainbows--a little like living in a green house.

We said goodbye to notre amis--the French family we have been traveling with since mid October--and while sitting at an internet cafe welcome another french friend who just completed the crossing. The sailing community gets ever smaller. Our other American friends just completed their circumnavigation, 38,000 miles and three years traveling...

Tia is busily finishing school work before Christmas. She is missing her friends and excited to come home to Vermont.