I'll be honest. The blog was fun, but I'm rather glad to be done with it. It became a bit of a chore to try keeping up. I simply wanted to enjoy the rest of our travel time with my family while it lasted.        The Bahamas were rather gorgeous. The blues and greens in the water. The shallow water--I mean, sailing for hours through 20 feet of clear water, seeing the coral heads and the fish swimming through them. A giant barracuda grabbing our fishing line and then nearly taking a chunk out of Joe's finger... Levi losing his ring in ..read more

      For a place we only intended to stop a little while to rest and recover, Jamaica held us tightly for quite a while. We checked in at Montego Bay on November 17, and finally departed on January 22. Did we enjoy our stay? That’s an interesting question to try to answer. On some days, we did, and on other days, it was a difficult time—that’s the short answer, I suppose, and I’ll try to explain better.       The original thought was that we would go straight from Panama to Port Antonio, on Jamaica’s northeast coast, to be best situated for a ..read more

  On Wednesday, November 9, 2022, Kyrie checked out of Panama and departed Shelter Bay. We easily motored up to Linton Bay and spent the night with our buddy boat at anchor – enjoying a pizza at their fantastic little restaurant for the last time. Early the next morning, we pulled anchor and ran down to the Swimming Pool anchorage in the Holandes Keys in the Guna Yala (San Blas) Islands. We spent a lovely night and day there, walking on the islands and cleaning the bottom of the boat prior to our passage to Jamaica. We checked all the engine fluids, folded our dinghy and lashed it to the ..read more

 **This is an update to a previous post**  As we travel, one of the things we have done is offer sourdough starter to fellow cruisers as we encounter them. It has been curious to note how many times people are afraid of sourdough or unsure what to do with it if they have it. The most prevailing belief is that sourdough has to be used everyday, or a portion has to be thrown out, which is simply untrue. In our opinion, sourdough is an amazing addition to your cruising boat and should be included in every boat's galley.  It is cheap, nutritious, and fun. In fact, our kids refer to ..read more

This is Kristen. I've admittedly been out of the practice of writing for a long time. My only excuse is that I've been experiencing this life with my family, enjoying the ups and getting through the downs. The last time I wrote anything was in El Salvador, back in February. Since then, we survived the Golfo de Fonseca (two weeks of insane wind and having to move anchorages at least every other day, sometimes twice a day), played panga ping-pong on our way down the Nicaraguan coast, experienced a little bit of Costa Rica (including a troop of Capuchin monkeys dropping limes on our heads!), and ..read more

 We're in El Salvador! I know, I know. As usual, I'm running behind. We've been here in El Salvador for a little over a week now and are thoroughly enjoying ourselves. Kyrie is once again in a new country! Currently, we are docked at the marina at Hotel Bahia del Sol, grateful for power and an air conditioner because it's hot. I mean, 90s in February? Ouch. But I have no complaints. The hotel manager is the bend-over-backwards-to-help type and we've met some lovely people.      For example, last week, we met a family visiting from San Salvador and chatted with them for quit ..read more

    Today's the day! In just a few hours, we'll have our final inspection by the navy and finalize paperwork with the Port Captain, and then we're on our way. After being in Mexico for more than two years, it's quite surreal to know we're leaving and moving on to another country. I'll admit to a bit of apprehension, but in the words of some other cruising friends, it's time to get out of our comfort zone again.      Mexico is currently our comfort zone. We know enough about how things work to do and experience what we want to. I love it here, and I foresee us returning ..read more

    Thursday, January 20, 2022, marks six years that we have lived on Kyrie. Such an anniversary seems a worthy time to revamp this much-neglected blog. In six years, we have traveled from Washington to Southeast Alaska, then explored much of Southeast, before embarking on this grand adventure we’ve been on for two-and-a-half-years. Juneau sits at 58 degrees north latitude. Today, Kyrie sits in Marina Chahue, Bahias de Huatulco, Oaxaca, at 15 degrees north latitude. If there are 69 miles in one degree of latitude and we’ve traveled south by 43 degrees, we’re 2,967 miles south of w ..read more

      Apparently, some time this summer, the crew here on Kyrie decided to make a vow of silence, at least with regards to our blog. That's the only reason I can give that seems remotely appropriate right now. So, here I go with my attempt to break that vow at long last.       It's been a good summer for us. This truck stop, as our friend Michael on SV Eos calls the resort, has been a good place to hang out and hide from hurricanes for the season. We've met some great people, done some fun things, and literally weathered a bunch of storms. Most days are pretty muc ..read more

    That line of Samuel L. Jackson's in Jurassic Park pops into my head from time to time. Prepping for a tropical storm/hurricane seems like an appropriate time. Here we are, at the end of June, and we're getting prepared for the second tropical storm warning in a week. Officially Tropical Storm Enrique, it could possibly turn into a category 2 hurricane in the next day or two. Thankfully, this potential bad boy is supposed to pass by far enough out that we should just get 50-60 knot winds and rain--albeit a lot of rain! After living in Juneau, 50-60 knot winds just don't soun ..read more