Changes, again. By Annie
Changes, again.
We are seven months into one year of travelling. Whew! This has been a lot of travelling, although different from normal travel insofar as we travel with our house now, and don't have to pack for each new destination. After sailing/moving nearly every day between June 2019, and November 2019, once we all made it to the Caribbean, we just wanted to stay in one place for awhile. We spent about six weeks in Culebra, which we all regarded as our home away from home for that time. This was interspersed with two one-week trips to St. John (including stops at St. Thomas on the way there and back each time). This was followed by three weeks in Vieques. During this time, we also had FOUR week-long visits from various family members - Rogge's mother, my sister and her family, Rogge's father and step-mom, and my mother. Lots of fun to see family and catch up.
As of last week, we are on the mainland of Puerto Rico, moving along the southern coast. We are moving frequently again, and plan to be moving frequently for the next several months. We are also going to be doing a long passage from western PR to the Dominican Republic - the first overnight passage as a family.
All in all, after a quiet, relatively stationary period spent in areas that were already known quantities, we are on the move again. It will be really interesting to see what we encounter as we go into these unknown territories. The adventure restarts!
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us to make sure we are fine after the earthquakes. We have not been affected at all to date. We are moving into the area that was affected, and we hope that the people we meet are doing relatively well. We have heard wildly different estimates about how many people are still homeless due to the earthquakes. Thankfully, we make our own electricity and water, so we will be fine in terms of these resources wherever we go.
Lastly, on a practical level, since we are going to be out of the country, we will be less accessible in terms of phone service. Email will likely be the most reliable, and if there is urgent need to talk to us, please contact our families if you cannot reach us.
As always, lots of pictures follow...
We are seven months into one year of travelling. Whew! This has been a lot of travelling, although different from normal travel insofar as we travel with our house now, and don't have to pack for each new destination. After sailing/moving nearly every day between June 2019, and November 2019, once we all made it to the Caribbean, we just wanted to stay in one place for awhile. We spent about six weeks in Culebra, which we all regarded as our home away from home for that time. This was interspersed with two one-week trips to St. John (including stops at St. Thomas on the way there and back each time). This was followed by three weeks in Vieques. During this time, we also had FOUR week-long visits from various family members - Rogge's mother, my sister and her family, Rogge's father and step-mom, and my mother. Lots of fun to see family and catch up.
As of last week, we are on the mainland of Puerto Rico, moving along the southern coast. We are moving frequently again, and plan to be moving frequently for the next several months. We are also going to be doing a long passage from western PR to the Dominican Republic - the first overnight passage as a family.
All in all, after a quiet, relatively stationary period spent in areas that were already known quantities, we are on the move again. It will be really interesting to see what we encounter as we go into these unknown territories. The adventure restarts!
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to us to make sure we are fine after the earthquakes. We have not been affected at all to date. We are moving into the area that was affected, and we hope that the people we meet are doing relatively well. We have heard wildly different estimates about how many people are still homeless due to the earthquakes. Thankfully, we make our own electricity and water, so we will be fine in terms of these resources wherever we go.
Lastly, on a practical level, since we are going to be out of the country, we will be less accessible in terms of phone service. Email will likely be the most reliable, and if there is urgent need to talk to us, please contact our families if you cannot reach us.
As always, lots of pictures follow...
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| Lionfish unfortunately spotted off of Playa Grande in Vieques. |
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| Fox and a jellyfish in Vieques. |
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| Giant anemone off of Punta Arenas in Vieques. |
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| Nurse shark, Vieques. |
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| Jack and Fox. |
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| We spent a beautiful day at Playa Grande one of our last days in Vieques. |
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| The water was electric blue as we approached Vieques for the first time. |
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| Susan and Peter visiting us. |
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| Amazing Arecibo observatory. |
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| More of the Arecibo observatory. |
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