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April 2 – Sandy Cay.

Wednesday, April 2.

Today we took a daysail to Sandy Cay. It was a beautiful day for it. This is our 3rd trip to the BVI, and this is our first time to stop here.

Susanne and Laura are getting the hang of this sailing thing…

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We set an anchor and ate lunch on the boat before snorkeling to shore for a walk around. Tan-a-na joined us. Unfortunately, Maggie’s windlass was not working, so they had to sail on to Cane Garden Bay.

Tan-a-na and Jim's Dream anchored off Sandy Cay. — Tan-a-na and Jim’s Dream anchored off Sandy Cay.

We had intended to moor overnight in White Bay, but its been getting a bit stormy and the wind is really picking up and driving up big NE swells so it would be too rough in there tonight. Instead, we all ended up back in Great Harbour for one more night.

We cooked up our first meal aboard tonight. This is not roughing it!

April 1 – Destination Jost van Dyke.

Tuesday, April 1.

We got up and headed out for our first snorkel of the trip at the Caves in Privateer Bay on Norman.

Afterwards we sailed to Great Harbour on Jost and all three boats met up again.
We took the taxi-ride-from-hell to Abe’s in Little Harbour for dinner: 11 ginormous lobster, many painkillers from the honor bar, and nonstop stories and laughing. 🙂

It’s a good thing we ordered “medium” sized ones, i’d hate to see the “large” ones!

Afterwards we spent the evening dancing at Foxy’s – and seeing some of the more bizarre sights of the trip.

Some found objects from today:

March 30 – Viejo San Juan.

Sunday, March 30.

We headed out to visit Old San Juan this morning. Caught a bus right outside our hotel. The old town is a beautiful place to see. Here are some of the sights….

A guard turret in the old wall — called a garita.

A view looking out at the sea from one of the garitas.

The colorful building facades:

A view of the stunning Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, built in the early 16th century.

We went back to the hotel in the afternoon to meet up with Susanne and Laura. Then we all went back to Old San Juan. We ate dinner at a restaurant Irene recommended – El Jibarito, and I recommend it, too! Great home cooked Puerto Rican dishes. They also make a yummy sangria.

March 29 – Road trip!

We’re on our way to the Caribbean for a sailing vacay! Our flight itinerary takes us there via Puerto Rico. We’ve decided to stay 2 nights in San Juan, since we never visited there before. We won’t have (and don’t want!) internet connectivity while we’re away, so I’m drafting these blog entries as I go along, and am posting them in order, after I get back.

Saturday, March 29.

We are leaving on a beautiful day in Austin. Here’s a great shot from the plane showing Lady Bird Lake, Zilker Park, the booming downtown skyline, the 40 acres, Longhorn stadium, UT tower, Erwin Center, the Capitol, Disch-Falk field, … What else can you spot?

After arriving in San Juan and checking into the hotel, we took a walk around the neighborhood. We stopped into a pub nearby and I found one of my favorite brewskis from my ~~misspent~~ awesome youth!

Our crew, Susanne and Laura, arrive in San Juan tomorrow!

Oh, hail.

A thunderstorm blew by us to the north this afternoon. The wind whipped up and dropped a bunch of leaves from the live oaks in the yard. All we got was small hail. While I’d love an endless downpour, I’m glad we didn’t get skylight-breaking hail (again ).

Thirsty Thursday.

Cheers!

And, some daiquiri humor:

One doctor always stopped at a local bar after work for a hazelnut daiquiri – a special drink the bartender created just for him. One day, the bartender ran out of hazelnut flavor so he substituted hickory nuts instead.
The doctor took one sip of the drink and exclaimed, ‘This isn’t a hazelnut daiquiri!’
‘No, I’m sorry’, replied the bartender, ‘it’s a hickory daiquiri, doc.’

A chair with a view.

Ahhhhhhhhhh. I treated myself to an overdue pedicure today after work.
Niiiice.

Yep. Tulips.

From a week or so ago, but I didn’t get a chance to post.

Tulips. AND they’re orange. Sweet.

Is it spring yet?

St. Paddy’s Day selfie.

🙂
May your week be a short one.
May your weekend come soon.
May your friends and your loved ones help you carry the tune!

Bonnets of blue.

The wildflower patch out back didn’t yield much last year. This year we have a few patches of bluebonnets. They’ve started to show their beautiful colors.

Oh, and Happy St. Patrick’s day!

Birthday!

We enjoyed a nice night on the boat last night, and spent a leisurely morning at anchor. We were back home in time for me to bake a cake for the birthday boy. And, taking liberties with being the big kids that we are, that’s what we had for dinner! #notgonnagrowup

Last winter Saturday sunset.

It’s been a long time since my last post here. Too long.
Today we headed to the lake with Julie and Zach. We sailed up river and after a while headed backdown to Arky. We even saw blue skies. We watched the full moon rise through clearing skies. We played rummikub and grilled up some delicious steaks and then played iPod wars till the night wore on.
Summer soon come!

We’re having a ball.

We had a gruelling Saturday: breakfast at Poupart’s bakery, driving around seeing the sights and (for me) reminiscing; poboys for lunch at Old Tyme Grocery – the world’s best poboys by the way; another parade (and more beads) this afternoon; then off to get showered/shampooed/shined so that we can get dressed up to attend the Krewe of Triton Mardi Gras Ball!

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Road trip.

We’re goin’ to see the Mardi Gras!

Got my swamp-fix.

Yummmm, mudbugs for dinner!

I love a parade!

Our bead-haul from tonight’s parade.

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