Update

So I am obviously not a great blogger since it has been over six months! Kris and I have enjoyed a vacation to Aruba for spring break, family reunions, and another sailing trip in this time.
This last trip to the Caribbean sailing for three weeks was a lot of fun. We started in St Lucia with a boat of ten people; my mom and day, Jason and Michelle, James and Whitney, and Mike and Elizabeth. We sailed to Martinique which had beautiful beaches and lot of French speakers, then to Dominica where we hiked to the boiling lake, saw Trafalgar falls, and Syndicate falls and took a canoe ride up the Indian River. It was all fun, but I think the Diving along the reef was the highlight for me. The non scuba divers like the diving at Champagne beach where bubbles seep out of hydrothermal vents. We then turned south again and sailed back to St Lucia where some of us hiked up Petite Piton. I think we all decided that the hike was a suicide mission when near the top we had to scale steep slops and cliffs with wet ropes. Fortunately we all live to tell about it. The view from the top is incredible though.

August first Kris and I spent our anniversary by hiking the Piton, then heading up to Ladera resort for massages followed by relaxing at the pool and a fancy dinner overlooking the bay between the Piton. I have been a lot of places, but this view was easily one of the top ten. Of course we didn't have our camera with us....

We dropped of our first crew and said our goodbyes, restocked the boat, cleaned it, and picked up the next group the following day. Jaimie, Amy Bailey and her friend Karlie, along with Chris and Brittney Lamb, Nicole and Chris Forsey and Dave Neilson came along for the next ten days. Instead of North we headed south to the Grenadines. This was basically the same trip we took in January of this year, and everyone loved the beautiful remote beaches, neat snorkeling in crystal clear water, and incredible sunsets. It was an amazing trip, and everyone who came I think had a good experience. I know that I did, and it ended pretty scary for Kris and I...