Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “North and Central America”
A new video from our holiday from our holiday at Atlantis I have gone on a lot in this blog about how this trip has allowed us to truly slow down. Most of the time I really love our slow, lazy days, where we don’t have to squeeze lots of activities in. However, some days I find myself bored. Yes, bored. We spend a …
Today is Mother’s Day and I feel so blessed to be able to spend so much time with them today, but also every day of this sailing adventure. Just yesterday, I was reflecting on this, while reading about Abaco history with Ella. We discussed topics like colonialism, the British monarchy, democracy, piracy, slavery and economics. Later, I got to sit with her and teach …
We made our way to Royal Island off Eleuthera and then to the town of Spanish Wells and we have been here for 10 days now. We have unintentionally gotten to know Spanish Wells really, really well. The day we arrived in Eleuthera we knew if we didn’t leave the very next day for Abaco we would be stuck in Spanish Wells due to …
Finally another video…Snorkeling in the Exumas…. We got an early start for our sail to Nassau and within a few hours we were in the heaviest downpour we have had in the Bahamas. The timing wasn’t great because we were just approaching the Yellow Banks, a spot where you have to dodge coral heads and our visibility was terrible. My …
In Shroud, we only had a day or two worth of water and food left. The logical thing to do would have been to continue heading north and eventually reach Nassau. However, we were feeling like we weren’t quite ready to be done with the Exumas. We were enjoying all the snorkeling, quiet beaches and exploring. So we made the shocking decision to …
After leaving Warderick Wells, we headed to Hawksbill Cay, another island in the Sea Park. My parents had told us about encountering “bitch wings” when you are anchoring and we experienced this for the first time. Basically the way this happens is we get in position to anchor our boat and you notice that the people on the boat nearby are …
