First, a bit of context. I’m actually writing this on Monday, January 10. We’re docked in St. Maarten (the Dutch …

The day started like so many others: spit test, exercise, room service breakfast on the veranda. The morning was, however, …

Shipboard life is finally settled enough that I could work in an early morning (7:00) walk. The prominod around deck …

Up at an uncivilized hour as we docked at Road Town on the Island of Tortola (Spanish for “Turtle”) After …

When last we heard from our intrepid explorers they had poured themselves into bed in the wee small hours of …

The alarm went off some time before 4:00 so we could catch the 4:20 shuttle to the airport. This is …

This was anything but a typical ‘Day 0’ – no vacuuming, no cleaning bathrooms, didn’t even have to shovel the …