Our cousins Michael and Barbara have left their house behind and have set sail for the next two years or until their money runs out, whichever occurs first.

Their home for that time is Astarte, pictured above. They left Tampa and took the thorny path across the Gulf Stream and along the Bahamas and are now in the Turks and Caicos, headed at some point for the San Blas Islands, off the Caribbean coast of Panama.

Visitors are welcome, they say, and may choose the location or the date but not both. Such is the life of cruisers!

So far, they are currently in the Turks and Caicos, islands further along the "thorny path" (just north of the Dominican Repubic) and a great destination for vacations and honeymoons!