Les Saintes

  After saying goodbye to Guadeloupe, we sailed over to Les Saintes, a small archipelago south of Guadeloupe, for a couple days of sightseeing before heading out into the Caribbean Sea again.

  The islands are beautiful and mostly empty, with the exception of a small town with all the usual French wonders - baguettes, bokits, homemade coconut sorbet, speedos, etc.  We've done some exploring, but mostly just swimming and working on projects around the boat.

   The weather has been great, although it is a bit rolly in the anchorage here.  Tomorrow we head out to sea for an overnight transit of about 80 miles to the other major French island in the region, Martinique.  We'll spend about 10 days there, then backtrack to the independent nation of Dominica (said to be a natural wonder), for some more hiking/climbing and the visit of our friend Heather.

   There are some more pictures posted from our time on Guadeloupe on the "pictures" link above, as well as a new video on the "videos" link.

   Spring will be sprung soon, and we look forward to welcoming the sun's arrival back into the northern hemisphere, if for no other reason than to make our celestial navigation calculations that much easier.  For those north of us, however, we hope it brings you milder weather!