Our world is large. We experienced a bit of it.

Favorite Place:
Hannah- Dominica, Marie Galante, Martinique and Saba in the Caribbean
Man-O-War Cay, Big Majors and Black Point in the Bahamas
Hayden- Dominica, Saba and Farmer's Cay
Peter- Dominica for local culture, food and mountains
St. Pierre, Martinique for access to Mt. Pelee and great French
pastries
Exumas for water clarity, snorkeling, etc.
Christine- Dominica or Saba, but the Bahamas for R and R

Favorite Animal:
Hannah- green sea turtles and sargeant major reef fish
Hayden- all lizards
Peter- mahi leaping out of the water with their iradescent colors
Christine- sea turtles

I will never forget...
the time Dad lost the spear and the hogfish (Hayden)
sipping coffee and looking at/for turtles (Christine)
the sargeant majors mibbling on my fingers and touching sea turtle (Hannah)
hiking Mt. Pelee, spearing grouper with interested sharks, Hayden's tumble in the jungle on Nevis, sugar cane and agricole rhum in Marie Galante (Peter)

I can not even count the times that one of us said, "Uggh, what is that smell?" when opening the fridge on the boat! We would then clean it out, look for the offending food/fish/veggie whatever...Towards the end of our adventure, there was a lingering odor that we couldn't locate. Even the cans (beer, soda) had taken on this smell...
Today, Peter emptied out the entire fridge. He found the super, incredibly smelly remains of some small grunt that Hayden had speared in a baggie (just one, not even double bagged!) Gross!

Foggy motor back to Camden.
Packing up, cleaning up, preparing to move off our HOME.
Many feelings, mixed feelings.
Family and friends to see,
A boat for sale, a home for sale really.
Lots of work to make it all happen...
Land life, transitioning-
How will it go?

foggy day
lazy day
last day on the boat
reading day
small project day
buy more lobster day
play cards day
reflect on this adventure day
watch the lobster boats day
listen to the ospreys day
watch the ducks duck day

What a day! It was a calm, chilly, quiet day as we motored up to Dix Island. The water, grey and flat, held no secrets. Any wake was instantly visible. Seaweed on the surface showed its bits of flotsam effortlessly. You could look out to sea for miles. Being at the helm enabled me to peruse these waters. It was the kind of day I call a "good day for whales."
As it turned out, it was a good day for seals too. I spotted the biggest bull seal I have ever seen. He was just off our port and did not spook as we neared.
Minutes later, I called out, "Whale!" A black fin had broken through the glassy waters to our starboard. We were treated to three more sightings of this long, black back and fin as the whale exhaled and took breaths before diving under again.
Once at Dix Island, we hiked and explored. High Island nearby has a huge granite pier. Fresh, local lobster was on the menu for dinner!

Stolen Hour ventured up river today to the beautiful, peaceful waters that Rick and Julie of s/v Altair call home. It was a great day spent with friends- touring their lovely, craftsman style home in this picturesque spot! Sharing lunch and conversation, and last, but certainly not least, the WORLD CUP match...the US lost to Ghana in overtime!
Sunday morning we took a l-o-n-g dinghy tour in search of the house from Wyeth's painting "Christina's World." Once located, we made the short trek up the path/road to check it out.