More from STT

The today in the previous blog line was 3/1/06. As I could not get online last night.

Live from St. Thomas

Today we took an all day trip on the sailboat Night Wind. Departure was at 0900 and everyone was early so we started a little ahead of schedule. A hour and a half sail took us to the first dive spot but due to the wind and swells we had to tie off to a bouy and it was a real long swim. SAM did not want to brave the open sea for so far so I took off alone. I was positive bouyant so I did not worry too much and if I got swept around the point to the open sea I was decked out in my lycra skin which was flourscent green. Anyway, the water temperature was about 76 degrees and I was pretty well chilled when I got back to the boat. The sky was somewhat overcast and it rained while I swam to the site but did not even notice. After a reasonable lunch we sailed to a new and more sheltered location. This site was a lot closer to the dive area but again SAM did not want to go and I was still too cold so we just sat around and talked about St. Thomas in general and rich people in particular. On the way back it really rained and the seas were up to 6′ so we motored back to the slip.

On the way back from the boat trip on Saphire Beach we took the long cut and got lost. Unfortunately, it was still raining and the hills were really, really steep. I thought we were hosed a few times because the front wheel drive vehile just started to spin trying to climb the grade. Eventually we made it back to Charlote Emily and the hotel by the airport.

As we ate dinner tonight it was still raining and I hope this does not turn into a three day gale ( the rest of our time here). Earlier in the week we secured five geocaches and this is all but two on the island. Maybe we will get the other two if it quits raining. BFN.

PS: One thing that is not working too well down here is the internet – like 1 day out of three – so here is what I have for now.