Up Close With Low-Flying Airplanes/St Martin’s Famous Maho Beach. Episode 31

We arrive in St. Martin to an anchorage covered in boat! It was more boats than we had ever seen. All of our boat friends were here and we were excited.
We anchored our boat and then headed into town to meet up with friends, try out the new pastries and check it all out.
Afterwards we took the dinghy to the other side of St. Martin, St. Martin. We picked up a few things we needed and checked out the adorable town.
We came back to the boat and started doing our usual clean-up and laundry. Kami wasn't feeling too well from the passage so she took it easy.
Easton's ear infections weren't healing so he was on strict orders to stay out of the water. That didn't last long.
The next morning Steve and I did a run/hike to the top of the hill on St. Martin. We overlooked the anchorage.
When we got back to the boat Karver pulled his tooth out all by himself!
Later that day we walked to the grocery store. It was one of the prettiest well kept stores we had seen. The produce looked so fresh and amazing!
That evening Brett and Brett Jr. on Colette joined us.
The next day Steve and Eric on the boat Teek took off on a long run to the other side of the island. They were both exhausted when they got back. Too bad though because today was the day we went to see the low flying planes! Maho Beach is a popular spot where the airplanes fly in real low over the beach. People everywhere come to see it. It was pretty fun to take all the boys. We had a blast! Teek also came with us.
When we got back to the boat the kids all did water sports. Pulling behind the dinghy, tubing, wakeboarding, e-foiling you name it! Afterwards Steve took some kids to snorkel a large rock and do a little cliff jumping. They saw some turtles and sea life and had a blast.
That evening the adults and older kids all went out to a fancy dinner. We tried new foods like snails. It was so fun and so nice!
The next day we changed anchorages to a more remote area with hardly anyone around. Just our buddy boats. As a family we walked into town to the grocery store, only to realize it was a french holiday and it was closed. The kids were so annoyed. We hitch hiked back which was nice.
We then lifted anchor and moved to a little remote island with just our buddy boat family. We had a blast on the beach that day and then that night all the kids got the wild idea that they wanted to set up camp and camp on the beach. It was so cute seeing how excited they were and all the prep they put into it. They made beds and bathrooms you name it! It's also cute to see the older kids hanging with the younger ones.
They were loud and having a blast all night. The next morning Steve went onto shore to pick them all up. Malia was exhausted. The boys were too.
That day all the boats left in different directions. We headed around the corner of St. Martin to do a big provision before heading to St. Barts.
We anchored in a sketchy area that was pretty shallow. We left the kids on the boat and Steve and I rented a tiny car and headed into town to hit up the Cost Plus (Which is like a Costco) and some other stores. We did a huge haul! On the way back we got stuck in Carnival traffic which was fun to see. The women have many different costumes and everyone is so happy.
The kids helped us unload groceries and put them all away. This process takes forever and the kids are such troopers! I love how we work together as a family to get it done.
The next morning we lifted anchor and started our sail to St. Barts. Steve had Malia do all the captain work. She was at the helm and did it all, I was so proud.
The boys fished along the way, but there was so much sargasm it made it tough.
We made it to St. Barts and it looked absolutely stunning!