Sint Maarten
18 January 2010
We have spent the last two weeks in Sint Maarten doing boat chores like organizing, cleaning, washing, waxing and varnishing. The boys have made some local friends and have been going to the movies and heading to the nearby beaches. The movie is within walking distance and we have seen several movies. The theater here has 7 screens and is very nice. Recently, my best friend, Cindy, arrived for a long weekend. We had a great time touring the island and eating our way through the great restaurants and French bakeries. We did have some crazy adventures on this rainy weekend with our tiny beat up rental car that looks like it was drug under a low and narrow bridge. After touring the entire island including a trip to the highest point we returned to the marina where the back wheels on the car stopped turning. We "upgraded" cars to a beat up jeep and the next day the sun roof blew off coming down the mountain. Despite the car troubles and the rain we had a great time. Now it is back to work. The bottoms of the dinghies look like they have been in the water for 3 months. We took them to the beach and scrubbed of the actively growing marine life.