The Sailing Rosenthals

01 January 2014 | Portsmouth, Dominica
01 January 2014 | Portsmouth, Dominica
01 January 2014 | Deshaies & Les Saintes, Guadeloupe
01 January 2014 | Jolly Harbor, Antigua
18 December 2013 | Jolly Harbor, Antigua
08 December 2013 | Basse Terre, St. Kitts
12 November 2013 | Brewer's Bay, St. Thomas, USVI
14 August 2013 | Salinas,Puerto Rico
13 August 2013 | Salinas, Puerto Rico
15 December 2012 | Salinas, Puerto Rico
01 March 2012 | Irving, Texas (temporarily)
18 February 2010 | St. Thomas, USVI
07 November 2009 | Salinas, Puerto Rico
01 August 2009 | Luperon AND Atlanta
30 July 2009 | Luperon, DR
26 July 2009 | Luperon, Dominican Republic
20 July 2009 | Luperon, Dominican Republic
20 July 2009 | Luperon, Dominican Republix
16 July 2009 | Luperon, Dominican Republic

Fresh from the vaca (cow)

20 July 2009 | Luperon, Dominican Republic
Connie Rosenthal
How cool is it to get milk fresh from the cow!?

I take the dinghy over to a dock and climb out, follow a skinny path up the side of the hill to visit Senor Arturo. He pulls out a chair for me and prepares the cow. He ties her back legs together and gathers his stool and bucket. He lets out the baby from the fence and begins plugging its mouth onto the various teats to stimulate the milk flow. He has the baby suckle about 30 times, alternating teats. He then ties the baby to a tree and begins milking the mom. After he has the amount of milk he wants, he strains it through two strainers directly into the container I have brought. He unties the baby and lets it continue eating. I pay $50 pesos for a half gallon and he also gives me fresh mangoes off the tree. It's just as cool as can be to know where my milk comes from and see the actual process. I often make smoothies with fresh milk, papaya, banana, mango, and pineapple and I know where each of these items originated. It feels good, healthy and pure.
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Vessel Name: Gitanos
Vessel Make/Model: Morgan 41 OI
Hailing Port: Currently Brewer's Bay, USVI
Crew: Bruce & Connie Rosenthal
About:
Happily married since 1991, parents of two great daughters - Micah and Sloane (and her hubby Michael and our new grandson, Mikey). Bought the orignal boat in 2005, moved aboard in 2006, fulltime cruising since March 2009. Bought new boat Gitanos in May 2012, currently in Salinas, PR. [...]
Extra: We'd like to give kudos to our morale officer, our kitty Misa, who may faithfully be relied upon to give unconditional love and support.
Home Page: www.geocities.com/carrabellebound
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