Yesterday we took the dinghy into shore in order to walk around the boardwalk and stretch our muscles.  A wedding party was arriving.  It turned out that they had chartered a boat called “Lyricsail” where someone plays the guitar and serenades those on board while watching the sun set.  They sail past our boat almost every evening.  The experience seems quite relaxing. 

I had wanted to walk on top of the pier.  Unfortunately, it was closed because of construction, which was a disappointment.  This pier is not that high off of the water (perhaps 4 or 5 feet) and apparently people can jump off into the beautiful blue water.  The pier has several ladders at different points to make it easy for people to get out of the water if desired.  I also think it is clever as to how they added access to the dingy dock.  The dock is made out of wooden beams on the outside of it.  They placed the beams apart to create holes so that people can climb up out of their dinghies.  It is approximately a 4 foot climb and this makes it easier.  We had to scramble up the side fast, however, because of the sea swells. 

We are still anchored in Frederiksted, on 3.26.23, waiting for a good weather window to make the crossing to St. John’s.  Unfortunately, I don’t feel all that comfortable walking around town.  When we had a car, we explored some of the sites in this area and there isn’t much left for us to see. So, we are working on boat chores, I am writing policies for my consulting client, and Steve is planning for our haul out in the BVIs.  We are flying home on the last Friday of April.  I looked at the weather in Meredith this morning and it was 25 degrees F.  I am definitely glad that we are here!