Day twenty-three of the lockdown on Roatan, Honduras and we are still very fortunate to report that there are no cases of the virus on The Bay Islands. The mainland of Honduras (only 35 miles away) is not as fortunate with many cases of the virus and sadly, many deaths. The State of Emergency (SOE) is still in place on the mainland, so it exists here in Roatan as well. The ‘stay at home & curfew’ orders are in place with allowable days of transit being Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 9:00AM to 3:00PM. Only one person from each household is meant to go out to the grocery store, pharmacy, bank or petrol station. This again is broken-down into groupings according to last digits on your I.D. card or passport. So, this past Friday, we went to the supermercado. We were going to walk the two miles but Captain Willy, here at the marina, saw us leaving and was amazingly kind enough to give us a lift there and back. Arriving early, we find the rules are being enforced, as the market officials check your I.D./passport numbers and recommend only one person from each family enter. The National Guard has disinfectant, which they spray on the soles of your shoes and the employees distribute hand sanitizer as you move toward the door. The crowd at the market was well behaved. No one was hoarding and the shelves are stocked, however produce was relatively limited. It appears that the SOE orders are being followed with the exception of social distancing, which really goes out the window on the weekends, as families gather by the water to drink, eat and play. When I see this, I run the gamut of reactions from…”wish I could be them”…”wow, are they crazy?”…but mostly….”I really don’t blame them”. The orders are supposed to end on Sunday, April 12th, but I am not confident that the island will reopen within. It is difficult to separate the law of the mainland from the law of the islands, so we just wait. Wait for our day to go to the store, wait for the virus to peak in Florida and the marinas to reopen, wait for a weather window to make the jump back. Yes, unfortunately, it is looking like we will have to retreat to Florida as the latest news from the Panama Canal is that it will not reopen to boats under 65 feet until the end of May. May is too late for us, putting us too close to the start of hurricane season to transit both the canal and the west coast. Other ideas have surfaced only to be jettisoned due to closures of foreign borders, the dangers of the virus or most of the time, the invalidation of our insurance policy. We are frustrated but we know we are the lucky ones…healthy and safe. So we detail and wax the boat, we ride the exercise bike, we snorkel, read and practice Spanish…and wait…is cocktail hour yet?