Back in November, we sailed down to the BVIs with the Salty
Dawg Rally. Lots of boats left on
time heading out in front of a strong weather system off the US, but we were
part of a pack that stayed behind a few days and followed the storm out. It was great going south with a rally -
we spoke with folks every morning on the SSB radio, and having a weather router
knocked 2 days off of our expected time.
We arrived in Virgin Gorda 9 days after we left Hampton, VA.
We spent a couple of weeks in the BVIs, mostly hanging out
with the Salty Dawgs, and then we headed over to St. Thomas in the USVI to
leave the boat in Red Hook while we went to Austria for the holidays. Our friends Kristi and Will got us to
the airport for our vacation away from our vacation.
We were with family and friends in Austria and Switzerland
for 6 weeks this year. It is a
long time to be away from Rockhopper, but it is always so wonderful spending
all of that time with Reinhart’s Mom.
It doesn’t matter how long you stay, though, because there are always
folks you don’t manage to see.
I expect we’ll be back next year.
Now we are back in the Virgins. We left Red Hook and came around the corner to spend a few
days in Secret Harbor which we enjoyed so much back in March. And once again, Kristi and Will have
been so generous with their time and home. We are heading over to St. John tomorrow to stay for a few
days, and then we’ll be back to St. Thomas next week to pick up Lori!
We’ve got a few folks coming to visit over the next few
weeks in the Virgins, and then we’ll be heading over to St. Martin towards
mid-March and trying to decide whether we are going much further south. We’ll be going back to Bermuda sometime
in May and heading up to Canada in June.
