6th January 2015

The typical 15-20 knot winds. We are still anchored at the Bitter End. Woke up made bread and apple sauce. Did a couple of hours of school work with the girls. After lunch I took the kids to the beach. Eben was teaching Peter how to kite board. Carl met us there an hour later. We left back to the boat for Crews second nap. Carl stayed for some kiteboarding time. After Crew woke Carl returned and I took Capri in the dingy across the bay to find a grocery store. It was rough and slow going in the dingy. Seaweed kept getting caught in the prop and the following swell wanted to bury the outboard every few seconds. Quick walk up the hill to a grocery store. Pears were .90c to $1.20 USD each. Pineapples $1.25 / pound, I didn’t’ dare look at the price of strawberries. Bread was stale and milk sold out. Nothing else to do but head for the chocolate isle. Chocolate bars $1.25, SOLD! The dingy trip back was worse. Got drenched by a cigarette boat passing by. Chop too big and wind too strong to get on plane. A local drove his boat in front of us to create a smooth path but I still couldn’t get on plane due to the head wind. The boat left us because we were to slow. It took us about 30 minutes to cross the bay. Pri said the trip over was a lot more fun than the trip back, I concurred. Carl cooked us dinner and we ate upon arrival. Chicken, potato slices and beans. Yummo. Hailed Nesse and Mary Christine on the radio to see if they wanted to go for a beer, I needed some kid free time. Peter and Jody from Lady Christine picked me up and we went to the Bitter End. Great evening. It’s amazing what some good ole adult talk will do to morale. Nesse and Mary Christine are leaving out in the morning, they will be missed but the Virgin Islands are small and I’m sure we’ll run into them again. Not too sure what we’ll be doing tomorrow, either sticking around or heading to Tortola. Winds have eased a bit. Christmas winds.