NOMADVENTURE

With the Bahamas going into lockdown, we had to make a quick choice— evacuate, or stay put. We chose the latter, podding (combining households) with 2 of our close friends, Gloria from Venezuela, and Claude from Haiti. They were unable to leave the Bahamas due to COVID related travel restrictions. Our days were filled with farm chores, schooling, aquaponics duties, and shark sucker tank maintenance. Nights were dedicated to land crabbing! 

The Island School, Eleuthera, Bahamas 🇧🇸  Yes, we’ve swallowed the anchor, so to speak, albeit temporarily. Tiny Bubbles II is on the hard in Virginia and we have settled smoothly into gainful employment here at The Island School. We discovered this island paradise on our sail through The Bahamas in 2018. It’s a match made in heaven for this crew! Welcome to Water World!

Epic Family Fun on The Border   We stood there, my wife Heidi, our 3 young sons, and I, in front of a camera a few hundred yards from Mexico, attempting to re-enter the United States. Heidi looked puzzled, holding the handset to her ear at the U.S. border entry point in Big Bend, National Park. A Customs and Immigration agent was on the other end of the line, over 300 miles away, in El Paso. “What’s the look about,” I wondered. Mexico was an opportunity that popped out of the desert expanse, as our family of five circumnavigated the U.S. by minivan. We were obtaining our backcountry camping permit, and debating the 4X4 capabilities of our Honda Odyssey with the Big Bend park ranger, when Heidi spotted Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande on the park map. “Can we just go there?” she inquired. “Well, the border’ll be open  till five o’clock . Once it closes it’s closed  until Wednesday ,” the ranger responded. Okay, so today was Sunday, meaning don’t dance the Salsa o

After cruising the Bahamas, and land travels out west, the crew of Tiny Bubbles II sails down Florida’s ICW,  across the Okeechobee, through the Everglades, out to the Dry Tortugas, and up the Keys.