Back to St. Thomas

We spent the last week back at home in Loveland so we could attend my dad's memorial.  It's heartbreaking knowing I won't be able to just pick up the phone and talk to my dad any longer.  It was nice being home though because I was able to visit with people that I hadn't seen in years.  It's sad that  it takes a funeral to get everyone together.  But we are back in St. Thomas in Red Hook.  Wes asked me if it felt like we were back home or if Loveland still feels like home and I have to say that Loveland still feels like home.  I guess after 52 years in Colorado it is hard to think of anything other than Colorado as my home. But the dogs were sure glad that we were back.  I think they missed us a bit.  The gentleman that we had watch them who we met at the veterinarian office did a great job taking care of them-he even gave them a bath-yay.  I've spent the last couple of hours though running back and forth to the veterinarian's office to try and get all of the paperwork taken care of so we can go back and fourth to the British Virgin Islands without so much hassle.  It's kind of funny that we took them through the Bahama's, Turks and Caicos, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico and didn't have any trouble at all but once we get to the BVI's, they give us so much trouble. But I have the number of the head Veterinarian there and I am going to give him a call to see if we can make this any easier because we plan on going over there several times over the next few months.
We decided to stay in the marina for a couple of extra days here in Red Hook so Wes can work on the engines and try to get everything working good before we head out again.  He pulled the toilet out and sawed a hole in the fiberglass (which made me a little nervous) but this made it possible for him to reach the screws that came out that were holding the engine stable.  Hopefully everything will go back together nicely and then he can start on hooking up the water maker.  It will be so nice once everything gets working correctly.  BUT every cruiser we talk to said that there is always something breaking and you always have something that you need to fix.  I guess it's just life on a boat.