Hanging Out In Red Hook
11 December 2009 | Red Hook, St. Thomas
kurt Flock / warm, breezy, partly cloudy skies
I took the dinghy in early this morning hoping to get a jump on the gazillion other folks who seem to hit the coffee cart and log on with their laptops doing who knows what. I've concluded the American Yacht Harbor is in desperate need of a wifi upgrade. It's been maddening trying to upload photos to our sail blog. I'm sure we've travelled back in time and are hooked in to some sort of prehistoric AOL dial-up! Anyway, we rented a car yesterday and have been visiting stores around the island buying such interesting stuff as "Never Dull", a stainless polish, a Black & Decker 1300 watt polisher (for the Garry's Royal Satin wax I'm putting on the boat), a CMAP NT+ cartridge compatible with our Raymarine chart plotter with electronic charts of the Caribbean, and groceries that included a case of caffeine free Diet Coke for Kate and a case of caffeine loaded Red Bull for me. I'm now only about a week behind syncing our photo gallery additions with actual blog updates. We've been in daily contact with Jen Short who been handling all aspects of our business and personal lives. We couldn't be off cruising without her. She's terrific, although I understand she and her husband, Chris, moved into our house yesterday. Something about varnishing woodwork in their home, but I can't be certain. Maybe we'll return to "Short Realty, Inc." when we get back. Given the market, "Short Sales, Inc." might be a better name for the business anyway. Be sure to check the "Photo Gallery" in the side bar to the right for our latest photo postings. I have to get back to the boat to pick up Sophie and Kate.