Sailing Liahona

Finally, we have visitors to Liahona! Our eleven days of visiting, touring, eating, laughing, talking and having fun!! Norman and Anne join us🥰 We refuel and leave for Grand Case, St. Martin soon after they arrive.

Time was coming for our very first long passage. 1500NM from Hampton, Va to Saint Martin in the West Indies or Windward Islands. We decided to join the Salty Dawg Rally, with a group of seasoned sailors who offer guidance and support while o n passage. This was a good decision on our part as we had workshops such as safety at sea. They also offered an informal inspection and guidance to ready the boat for this passage. It was a chance to meet and greet others making the same

My broken wrist and I fly back to Hilton Head to heal. For five weeks, I visit doctors. I hang out with Susan and Maxine. I finish glazing the second Liahona mug that I made. Shari visits from NY. We go to the beach and take walks. It was wonderful spending quality time with her. We climb the lighthouse. I included a few pieces of Maxine's artwork on this blog, including her herd of turtles water fountain. She does incredible work. It is wonderful learning from her. The orth

Tim arrived in St. Martin on November 20th. In the meantime, I had much fun while preparing for my return to Tim and Liahona. My Aunt Maxine had a big birthday party, which was fantastic! Lots of cousins came down for the celebration. We put on a "Maxine show", where we each dressed up like my Aunt at different stages of her life. She was so surprised! After the cousins left, we went to a light parade, which was wonderful! My sister and I went to an art show, a party, went sh