Travis here. My 12 year old son, Gifford, and I just got back from spending a week with my parents in the Caribbean. We met them on Saturday in St. Lucia, shortly after they arrived back to Rodney Bay, the notional start/finish line for them. We then sailed to Martinique, Dominica and Antigua before Gifford and I flew back. Wonderful trip. Sadly, Jared flew out a day after we got there but it was great to see him for a day.
We loved Dominica, particularly the midnight entrance to Portsmouth Bay, where a long curving protected beach hosts a good anchorage and very loud reggae music that goes until three in the morning on Wednesdays, which happened to be when we arrived. Good snorkeling there as well.
We sailed overnight to Antigua. My overnight shift caused me to seriously wonder how anyone sails around the world while maintaining sanity. Not for the faint of heart.
We also happened to arrive in Antigua the day before Race Weeks began. English Harbour is quite the place, especially filled to the brim with hundreds of impressive sailboats. Great museum focused on Lord Nelson there as well.
My parents are now working their way North, expecting to be back in Maine by end of May (or so).
Some pictures....
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| Gifford on beach in Dominica |
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| Gifford and Papa in waterfall on Dominica |
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| Sunset |
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| Sunrise over Falmouth Harbor in Antigua |
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| Small Harbor in Dominica |
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| I showed papa how to catch a fish from a sailboat. We ate about two hours later, fresh |
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Sunset on way to Dominica
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