Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
18.14.018N
65.37.582W

Today was a big day. We rented a car and went shopping!

After picking up the car, we dropped by Puerto del Rey to drop off our outboard motor hoist at the aluminum fabricators to see it they could repair it. They said that they could but were uncertain if they could get it back to us before the Christmas holidays. They are one of the services that plan on being on vacation from this coming Friday until the 6th of January, after Three Kings Day.

Next we traveled to Farjardo to drop off our jib and dinghy cover for leather repair at the local sail loft. They too were planning on closing Friday afternoon but planned on being back after the New Year. Perfect! We left everything with them. While we were there, we checked across the street at one of the local chandleries to see if they had a hot water tank like ours. They didn’t but they could order one and gave us a quote.

Next we stopped by West Marine to pick up a new spinnaker halyard and, of course, to check out their end of the year sale. Next was Walmart where we picked up copies of the latest Harry Potter movie and the DaVinci code. Then we swung by the grocery store to pick up a few fresh vegetables before heading back to the boat.

After checking things out a bit, we found that it was to our benefit to order the hot water tank via the catalog. We received an e-mail from Gerry and Nicky today that they had made it to Georgetown in the Bahamas, so we’re going to be here for a couple more weeks; the 10 day back order wasn’t going to be a problem.

We ended the day with another quick trip to Farjardo to the local Pizza Hut. It’s been a long time since we had a Pizza Hut pizza and it tasted really good. We took our time coming back enjoying the Christmas lights of Farjardo and Ceiba along the way. Last year we had been caught in weather in Mayaguana where we weren’t anywhere near a town or the holiday decorations. This year I’m soaking it all in.

Photo: Our home at Roosevelt Roads between 1991 - 1994.