Return to The Dominican Republic

We spent just over three months in the U.S. visiting our family and friends traveling through Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Missouri, Texas and Florida.  Our time with everyone was the best as we have missed everyone so much and every goodbye was tearful.  While in the States, we received a very sad phone call from our very close boat buddies on Circe, their boat caught on fire in Luperon while they were away and is a total loss.  They are in the process of finding a new boat and hopefully will rejoin us as soon as possible.  We have returned to Luperon in the Dominican Republic where Silent Dream has been waiting for us and being cared for by a local couple.  We have been slowly putting her back together after removing and storing canvas, sails, etc. in preparation for this year’s hurricane season (which was uneventful).  She now looks like a real sailboat again!  We will be departing Luperon in mid-November heading east across the north coast and then down to the east coast of the Dominican Republic waiting for a good weather window to cross over to Puerto Rico.  In the meantime, we took a driving road trip with another sailing couple, Rick and Pam on s/v Forever, on the northeast coast of the Dominican Republic.  This part of the country is very beautiful with picturesque beaches, mountains and tropical flora.  The pictures shown are just a sampling of the country’s beauty which should not be missed by any visitor.  Finally, Chuck received his Dominican tattoo this week – last picture.