Dolphins and Monkeys-Port #5- St. Kitts

After spending an adventure filled day in awe of the natural beauty of St. Lucia, Dustin and I headed up to St. Kitts. We woke up early and again watched the sun rise over the islands as our ship approached Port Zante, which is just outside of the capital city of Basseterre.   I was particularly excited…

A Perfect Day in St. Lucia-Port #4

When imagining tropical paradise, my mind has always bounced between a colorful collage of images that I have seen online of Bora Bora, Fiji, Hawaii and St. Lucia. All of those places have always been high on my bucket list of places that I want to visit. A few months ago, I was casually looking at vacation packages online (as I frequently…

Southern Caribbean Cruise-Port #1- Puerto Rico

For Dustin’s birthday this year, I wanted to do something special. He is always going all out for mine (like a year and a half ago for my 30th birthday when he booked us a room on the Grand Canal in Venice to celebrate). So this year, I planned something big! I knew how much Dustin has been itching…

The Process of Renovating and Paying Down Debt

When Dustin and I got engaged in 2013, I was living with a roommate in a condo that we were renting and he was living with a roommate in a house that his roommate owned. We started looking into our options for housing together after the wedding and decided that we would start looking for a house to…

The Boat Hunt Continues-Our Front Runners So Far

Seeing how Dustin and I both have full time jobs and about a million side projects that we are  working on simultaneously at any given moment, we are always looking for ways to save a little time. There are several sail boats that we’ve been eyeing on the internet that were just close enough for…

On A Mission: Getting Out Of Debt

As most of you know, over the past months Dustin and I have mentally committed ourselves to finding a way to get all of our debt paid off in the next couple of years so that we can afford a simpler life, buy a boat, and sail around the Caribbean for a year or two,…