Our Adventures on St Maarten continue. It is hard to believe we set our anchor on the Dutch side of St Maarten seven days ago! Our friends Mike and Jama headed home last Sunday after a busy week of sailing, climbing Saba, and numerous card games and shared meals. What a blessing to have visitors from home.
We have frequented The Taste Factory so many times for breakfast, lunch and dinner we are officially "regulars". How much can you possibly love a pastry shop that has a "happy hour" after six? We cannot resist the beautiful French desserts at the buy 2 get 1 free Happy Hour. Lagoonies has become a favorite spot for lunch and happy hour. Satara offered us a beautiful setting for a multicultural dinner of Japanese, Indian, and Thai. We had to retreat to the bar for the remainder of our meal as the rain came in. We keep thinking of Satara because it offered not only a beautiful garden setting but an oversized couch with oversized comfy pillows...we miss a big comfy couch.
We have been blown away by the beauty of the sunrises, sunsets and the full moon that peeks inside the hatch over our bed each night. Our days are a mix of boat chores, provisioning, exercise on land and in the water, laundry (the laundry lady took a liking to Cody this morning as he spoke to her in Spanish) and we also have spent tons of time reading and relaxing. Hopefully everyone enjoyed reading the blog on our reading list. Amazon is making a fortune from all the Kindle's aboard Hakuna Matata.
The crowd in Simpson Bay grows as we are in the second full day of the Heineken Regatta. This morning's races began just outside the bay we are anchored in. We sat mesmerized by all the ships that sailed today. The racing party is in Philipsburg tonight. We will head there via taxi later this evening.
On Wednesday night we ventured out via taxi to Maho Bay which is famous for its Sunset bar and grill at the edge of the water and the end of the airport runway. The small bay becomes a huge wave pool as the planes get set to take off. No sooner had we retrieved a table, Cody and William took off to experience the next plane taking off. The pics will hopefully speak for themselves!
Yes! That was William who found himself a spot in the road to land in order to avoid being blown across the road into the bay. Cody was sad he didn't have his Nacho Libre mask and bible man cape as the guy next to him had a cool flag for a cape. When the boys came back to Sunset bar and grill Cody's description was "That was completely terrifying". It only took about five minutes for them to ask if they could stand behind the next plane.
As far as daily boat life...William has officially taken charge of "Bessie" our dinghy. He is working on his driving skills, assuring us he is ready for Drivers Education when we return home. Kaylee is officially in charge of all the hatches when we leave the boat or set sail. Her other responsibility includes sleeping as much as possible and working on her tan. Cody and I have learned to tag team well at anchoring and taking charge of the jib. Cody and William have mastered the mainsail which I have affectionately named 'the monster'. Brian is in charge of it all. Kaylee took a permanent marker to Brian's Crew shirt from DreamCat in 2010 and changed Crew to Captain. I am blown away all the time with his ability to juggle all the boat issues, ShepCo and he is still able to find room for a nap or a card game on board.
The bridge to Simpson Bay Lagoon has just gone up to allow boats and ships into the Lagoon. It is an event that everyone gathers for a few times a day. Multiple racing teams are coming back and the boats range from little Hobie Cats to mega yachts. So I will sign off here. Thanks for cheering us on and praying for our family. Miss you all.
Yes! That was William who found himself a spot in the road to land in order to avoid being blown across the road into the bay. Cody was sad he didn't have his Nacho Libre mask and bible man cape as the guy next to him had a cool flag for a cape. When the boys came back to Sunset bar and grill Cody's description was "That was completely terrifying". It only took about five minutes for them to ask if they could stand behind the next plane.
As far as daily boat life...William has officially taken charge of "Bessie" our dinghy. He is working on his driving skills, assuring us he is ready for Drivers Education when we return home. Kaylee is officially in charge of all the hatches when we leave the boat or set sail. Her other responsibility includes sleeping as much as possible and working on her tan. Cody and I have learned to tag team well at anchoring and taking charge of the jib. Cody and William have mastered the mainsail which I have affectionately named 'the monster'. Brian is in charge of it all. Kaylee took a permanent marker to Brian's Crew shirt from DreamCat in 2010 and changed Crew to Captain. I am blown away all the time with his ability to juggle all the boat issues, ShepCo and he is still able to find room for a nap or a card game on board.
The bridge to Simpson Bay Lagoon has just gone up to allow boats and ships into the Lagoon. It is an event that everyone gathers for a few times a day. Multiple racing teams are coming back and the boats range from little Hobie Cats to mega yachts. So I will sign off here. Thanks for cheering us on and praying for our family. Miss you all.
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