Honah Lee 2

It’s was 2 years ago   On September 12th that we cast off our lines, bounced off the dock, looked around, Phew, nobody saw that 🤫, and headed south to begin our sailing adventure. Our destinations…Turks and Caicos and the Caribbean  Since we sold the house, cars and the furniture is stored in a container, we have no time limits for our travels. When we sit in the cockpit, looking at the sunset having a gin tonic or a glass of wine (or 2 🍷) and think of all that we’ve learned, seen, done and all the great friends we’ve made along the way we’re so in awe of the whole experience. A few of our high moments; We took the mast down so we could transit the Erie Canal lock system  with it’s low  bridges to get us to the Hudson River. It was one of our first  big learning curves. Do we want to do this again? Nope!!!. We’ll take the outside route in the Atlantic Ocean when we decide to head north. Too much work and having a 52 foot mast balanced on the deck is quite a ha...

 To say that it’s hot in Luperon would be an understatement. There are days when you wake up and there’s no wind in the harbour and it makes for a rude start to the day. Just doing dishes, you have to stop after washing a few pieces to mop off the sweat dripping down your face and arms. So the dishes only get done once every other day lol. Too hot for such a menial chore 🥵 The harsh reality is that the hottest month is around the corner. August apparently is quite hot. It makes us drool just thinking of nice white snow swirling around us .🥶 For a little bit of reprieve from the sweltering heat, we took a mini vacation to the town of Constanza, which is surrounded by the highest mountains of the Dominican Republic, and also, I believe, the highest of the Caribbean. It sits close to 4000 feet (1 164 meters) and has the coldest weather of the island. Woohoo !! 25 degrees in the daytime and low of 15 at night Brrr! Now that’s chillin 😎   The mountains are absolutely spectacular...