You know, even without swimming or snorkeling much, you can always find something to do between chapters of a good book. Of course not all those things are fun, like cleaning, doing laundry, polishing or fixing things but that’s just a part of the cruising life.

While sailing from Grenada to Bonaire we once again found out how important it is to use the proper fishing hooks and lures. First of all, a few years ago we almost entirely switched from single to double hooks and our success rate of catching the fish that bit increased 100%.

So here we are in the swimming pool and have we gone swimming? Hardly because the sun’s been hiding and the wind has been howling and the current has been flowing quickly making the water a little murky not to mention potentially hazardous.

Christmas always begins Christmas Eve doesn’t it? It did for us. Our friends on Sunrise had arrived in Kuna Yala before the American Thanksgiving and were hoping to cook the 16 lb. turkey they’d bought in Cartagena for us but we were still in the ABC's, so they saved it for Christmas.

The other day started out the same as every other since our arrival in Kuna Yala (San Blas Islands), overcast and rainy. While eating scrumptious home made English Muffins for breakfast, Suzanne from Nauti Bear announced over the VHF radio that there would be a yoga class on BBQ Island at 11 am.