Tuesday, March 17, 2015

St. Martin, Part II

We flew back to CT on Feb 10, and Friday, March 6  we closed on the sale of our house. We also made the decision to rent an apartment in Providence RI starting in the late spring when we get back to New England.  Meanwhile, our mailing address a PO Box in Avon!  We jumped in the car to drive to Providence, plunked down the deposit, visited our friends Josh and Tiff, then drove to NJ, visited my mom, drove to LI and visited Susan's parents, dropped off the last car into storage, and on Monday March 9 jumped on a plane with Rachel, who is on spring break, to head back "home" to Simpson Bay Marina and Pratique. 

Its been a week since then and our heads are still spinning.  Just not as fast. We decompressed by visiting Marigot, Grand Case, Orient Beach, Philipsburg, Kimsha Beach, Pelican Bay Beach, and Cupecoy. 

Marigot from Fort St. Louis
 

















Susan and Rachel atop the Fort




































Canon protecting McDonald's and the Mall

Rachel is served fresh macaroons at Orient Beach
Rachel had to go back to Boston via JFK on Sunday, and as luck would have it the connection was canceled due to, you guessed it, more snow in Boston. In fact, this snowfall pushed Boston over the top for most snow one season!

Now, having been sitting in the Lagoon for a month, we need to get the bottom cleaned.  Then sometime this week we will jump to St. Barth and then Barbuda.