From The Saints to St. John
27 December 2009
We're moored off of St. John Island in Maho Bay. We completed a 36 hour overnight journey to get here for Christmas Eve. Along the way we caught a blue fin tuna, saw shooting stars and jumping dolphins. Fortunately the passage was unusually calm - we actually had to motor sail most of the way. Rodney and I had two hour shifts throughout the night. We saw a few large cruise ships during the evening that look like mini cities all lit up. We've met up with Chris & Kris and family here in Maho Bay. K&C have moved onto the boat for the rest of their vacation. We all had Christmas dinner here at the Maho camp which was tasty turkey/ham cafeteria style. Today is a very rainy day and everything feels damp. We took the boat out and a few of the crew went diving. I'm going to do a PADI check out dive w/ Chris tomorrow (it's been like 10 years!) so I can start diving too. We're trying to get back in the school mode which is somewhat challenging with the activity around us. Kris's grown sons Adrian and Austin have been teaching RJ and Leo the fine art of fishing. The boys are now catching fish off the of the boat and Leo scurries around every chance he gets to cast a line. Overall, we're in the mode of snorkeling, eating, playing games and dealing with the miscellaneous boat projects (e.g. water pump break, head rebuild, depth gauge replacement.) Right now, RJ is making quacamole and I'm getting ready to go to shore to post this. We hope all is well. Send us a note. We love those.