As I write this we are flying home from a week in San Francisco and a visit with our son Christopher.\u00a0 It has been a very long time since our last visit to the \u201cother\u201d coast and being there brought back many memories.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a week since my last post although there\u2019s been plenty to write about.\u00a0 However, with all the destruction caused by two back to back hurricanes in as many weeks, somehow putting up a post didn’t seem quite right.<\/p>\n
So, here I go anyway as Irma continues to churn her way west toward Florida with an expected landfall in the US, perhaps in the Florida Keys on Saturday. The expected destruction in Florida will just be the latest installment in what is the unfolding catastrophe of Irma that has already brought untold havoc to the Eastern Caribbean, especially to St Martin and north through the British Virgin Islands.\u00a0 The pictures that are beginning to surface of the very places that Brenda and I visited earlier this year are now unrecognizable and a sobering reminder of the power of nature, especially to those of us that make our home aboard for much of the year.<\/p>\n
Many photos and videos have surfaced, especially on Facebook and in spite of my best efforts, I was only able to identify one or two places that were recognizable as so many buildings have been completely destroyed. \u00a0 This short video is of the Bitter End Yacht Club resort.