Our one month ‘vacation’ on Aruba at the Renaissance Hotel Marina was relaxing and fun. Katie’s sister and brother-in-law have a vacation home here we all had fun diving with Clive (Dive Aruba), shopping, touring and enjoying their home and the Resort.

Today we plan to leave for Kuna Yala (San Blas Islands) Panama for one month of remote cruising before spending the Holidays at the Shelter Bay Marina near the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal. We plan to transit early January and make our way up the coast to cruise Costa Rica, Mexico and then be back in the San Francisco Bay Area in the spring.