We never made it to Anegada. We spent
Wed in Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor doing laundry, cleaning, and filling with fuel, water and gasoline. It
literally took all day but fortunately we were there on a Wed. which is the night they have their Carribean
Buffet feast. It was excellent and we were pretty exhausted; it was so hot and humid. Sheila and Chris visited
us as they were anchored near the marina on the outside. They talked with Chris Parker and said the only time
to go to St. Martin was leaving Wed. even or Thurs. morning before noon for the 23 hr. or so run and it would
be probably a motor sail. Otherwise our next window wouldn't be till May 8 so we were going to leave early
Thurs. morning but Ed went to check out at 4:15 and the offices were already closed at 3:30. Bankers hours around
here. So we didn't leave till 10:30 and got in at 9:30 am the next morning. We were exhausted. Our engines
shut down twice and Ed thinks he has figured out the problem. He'll have to give you the details. So it wasn't
an easy passage with both of us laying in the cockpit not feeling so well and not eating much. We did tack a
few times but it wasn't too fun
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Monday, June 11, 2012
WindSwept Dreams to John and Kate
Hi John and Kate,
Happy Birthday John; we hope you have a wonderful day! I would be making a cake for you if you were here but
I'll just have to eat some french pastry instead and celebrate your special day.
We hope you returned safely. Thank you for writing our blog entry some of our followers really enjoyed it.
I assume both of you wrote it. We hope you had a good flight home. We never made it to Anegada. We spent
Wed in Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor doing laundry, cleaning, and filling with fuel, water and gasoline. It
literally took all day but fortunately we were there on a Wed. which is the night they have their Carribean
Buffet feast. It was excellent and we were pretty exhausted; it was so hot and humid. Sheila and Chris visited
us as they were anchored near the marina on the outside. They talked with Chris Parker and said the only time
to go to St. Martin was leaving Wed. even or Thurs. morning before noon for the 23 hr. or so run and it would
be probably a motor sail. Otherwise our next window wouldn't be till May 8 so we were going to leave early
Thurs. morning but Ed went to check out at 4:15 and the offices were already closed at 3:30. Bankers hours around
here. So we didn't leave till 10:30 and got in at 9:30 am the next morning. We were exhausted. Our engines
shut down twice and Ed thinks he has figured out the problem. He'll have to give you the details. So it wasn't
an easy passage with both of us laying in the cockpit not feeling so well and not eating much. We did tack a
few times but it wasn't too fun and we were happy that you ended up not joining us for the passage.
We did try to contact you via my go phone but it wouldn't work and neither did our Verizon phone and unfortunately
we didn't find out where you were staying. We are staying in the Simpson Bay Lagoon on the French side which
isn't a nice lagoon. The water is filthy. Hope you enjoyed your stay in St. Martin. The buses are easy to use and
get around with.
Ed has Cellulitis and is has seen the doc twice on the dutchside twice and he is using Flucloxacillin 500 mg. and cotrimoxazol 960 mg. along with Ichthammol Ointmnet 20% to
try to draw out the infection. He had an ultrasound done on Sat. for only $110 on the french side to rule out
thrombosis because his right lower leg is 3X the size of the left leg. The doc says that he just needs to wait
till the infection comes to the surface and keep his leg elevated. John we would certainly appreciate your
input. He is pretty miserable and not able to do much since last Thurs. It just started as a bump on his leg
on Tuesday and by Thurs it was horrible. The doc said it is pretty common with the lagoon water being what it is.
With the heavy rains the sewers seem to overflow into the sewers. The doct visit was only $30 and the drugs were only $25 and took 10 min to fill; it was pretty amazing. I am his nurse as he has to stay off his feet. Kate noone ever makes me meals or does dishes; miss you.
We all enjoyed what we believe to be the best of the Carribean with the snorkeling, beautiful beaches and waters.
We haven't been snorkeling since we arrived here. It has been very rainy, hot and humid. The lagoon gets very
smelly also. We are very ready to leave but there is only SE wind. Wish it would change soon but then again
Ed isn't too ready to go anywhere as he has had fever and nausea. We have actually considered checking into
a hotel.
Ed's mom in AZ also had gallbladder surgery, and a pacemaker put in 10 days ago so his 3 sisters have been taking
turns helping here. We feel bad that we aren't able to help out but we can't leave the boat right now. We are
VERY READY to be HOME!
Can't believe it has been nearly 2 weeks since you two left. Time flies. Hope you found your home in good shape
and your children were fine. I'm sure it has been busy for you getting caught up with your jobs also.
Take care and write when you get a chance.
Ann and Ed
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Happy Birthday John; we hope you have a wonderful day! I would be making a cake for you if you were here but
I'll just have to eat some french pastry instead and celebrate your special day.
We hope you returned safely. Thank you for writing our blog entry some of our followers really enjoyed it.
I assume both of you wrote it. We hope you had a good flight home. We never made it to Anegada. We spent
Wed in Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor doing laundry, cleaning, and filling with fuel, water and gasoline. It
literally took all day but fortunately we were there on a Wed. which is the night they have their Carribean
Buffet feast. It was excellent and we were pretty exhausted; it was so hot and humid. Sheila and Chris visited
us as they were anchored near the marina on the outside. They talked with Chris Parker and said the only time
to go to St. Martin was leaving Wed. even or Thurs. morning before noon for the 23 hr. or so run and it would
be probably a motor sail. Otherwise our next window wouldn't be till May 8 so we were going to leave early
Thurs. morning but Ed went to check out at 4:15 and the offices were already closed at 3:30. Bankers hours around
here. So we didn't leave till 10:30 and got in at 9:30 am the next morning. We were exhausted. Our engines
shut down twice and Ed thinks he has figured out the problem. He'll have to give you the details. So it wasn't
an easy passage with both of us laying in the cockpit not feeling so well and not eating much. We did tack a
few times but it wasn't too fun and we were happy that you ended up not joining us for the passage.
We did try to contact you via my go phone but it wouldn't work and neither did our Verizon phone and unfortunately
we didn't find out where you were staying. We are staying in the Simpson Bay Lagoon on the French side which
isn't a nice lagoon. The water is filthy. Hope you enjoyed your stay in St. Martin. The buses are easy to use and
get around with.
Ed has Cellulitis and is has seen the doc twice on the dutchside twice and he is using Flucloxacillin 500 mg. and cotrimoxazol 960 mg. along with Ichthammol Ointmnet 20% to
try to draw out the infection. He had an ultrasound done on Sat. for only $110 on the french side to rule out
thrombosis because his right lower leg is 3X the size of the left leg. The doc says that he just needs to wait
till the infection comes to the surface and keep his leg elevated. John we would certainly appreciate your
input. He is pretty miserable and not able to do much since last Thurs. It just started as a bump on his leg
on Tuesday and by Thurs it was horrible. The doc said it is pretty common with the lagoon water being what it is.
With the heavy rains the sewers seem to overflow into the sewers. The doct visit was only $30 and the drugs were only $25 and took 10 min to fill; it was pretty amazing. I am his nurse as he has to stay off his feet. Kate noone ever makes me meals or does dishes; miss you.
We all enjoyed what we believe to be the best of the Carribean with the snorkeling, beautiful beaches and waters.
We haven't been snorkeling since we arrived here. It has been very rainy, hot and humid. The lagoon gets very
smelly also. We are very ready to leave but there is only SE wind. Wish it would change soon but then again
Ed isn't too ready to go anywhere as he has had fever and nausea. We have actually considered checking into
a hotel.
Ed's mom in AZ also had gallbladder surgery, and a pacemaker put in 10 days ago so his 3 sisters have been taking
turns helping here. We feel bad that we aren't able to help out but we can't leave the boat right now. We are
VERY READY to be HOME!
Can't believe it has been nearly 2 weeks since you two left. Time flies. Hope you found your home in good shape
and your children were fine. I'm sure it has been busy for you getting caught up with your jobs also.
Take care and write when you get a chance.
Ann and Ed
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St. Martin/St. Maarten 5/1-5/13
We stayed in St. Martin at Simpson Bay Lagoon sometimes it is very smelly water and definitely
unclean; never would swim in it by choice. It is also very humid here with very little air
flow. The town of St. Martin is nice and enjoyed the hike to the Fort and other walks.
Unfortunately for Ed he didn't do too much walking. He had cellulitis develop on his leg
that the Doctor on the Dutch side St. Maarten tried to combat with antibiotics however
after not walking on it for a week and Ann being his slave he was sent to the surgeon
to open up the two small swollen spots and after 4 days of going back and forth to the
hospital to see the surgeon the swelling in the leg started to reduce and the surgeon
encouraged him to walk on it. It is always interesting getting around in different areas;
you become very adept at using the bus or public transportation quickly.
While making frequent trips to the doctor at only $30 each and the surgeon was $240 for the
entire procedure we are convinced that socialized medicine is fine with us.
We explored the many french bakeries and pastry shops as well as restaurants while
Ed made his visits to the doctor; it made the visits much more enjoyable.
We also attended the carnival in Williamsburg. St. Maarten(dutch side) which was colorful and lots of loud
music. If you go to Never Bored.ca you can see lots of pictures. Sheila does a great
job with her blog; complete with pictures.
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unclean; never would swim in it by choice. It is also very humid here with very little air
flow. The town of St. Martin is nice and enjoyed the hike to the Fort and other walks.
Unfortunately for Ed he didn't do too much walking. He had cellulitis develop on his leg
that the Doctor on the Dutch side St. Maarten tried to combat with antibiotics however
after not walking on it for a week and Ann being his slave he was sent to the surgeon
to open up the two small swollen spots and after 4 days of going back and forth to the
hospital to see the surgeon the swelling in the leg started to reduce and the surgeon
encouraged him to walk on it. It is always interesting getting around in different areas;
you become very adept at using the bus or public transportation quickly.
While making frequent trips to the doctor at only $30 each and the surgeon was $240 for the
entire procedure we are convinced that socialized medicine is fine with us.
We explored the many french bakeries and pastry shops as well as restaurants while
Ed made his visits to the doctor; it made the visits much more enjoyable.
We also attended the carnival in Williamsburg. St. Maarten(dutch side) which was colorful and lots of loud
music. If you go to Never Bored.ca you can see lots of pictures. Sheila does a great
job with her blog; complete with pictures.
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South As We Are Going
Grenada, St. David's Bay, Grenada Marine as of June 4th and we are ready to end this season and come home on June 13th.
If it sounds like we are tired of the nomad life then you are reading accurately. The heat, humidity and length of this trip have us ready for shore life and a little worried about our lack of enthusiasm but our friends Sheila and Chris for Never Bored who have been with us the whole trip our anxious for us to return in November, and in fact we have committed. So, let me tell you about our day today....
Today, I (Ed) broke our Sony Digital camera somehow, had a halyard break while lifting our dinghy onto the deck for the summer dropping it 15 feet, splitting one tube ($300), lost a wing-nut for our water strainer and had the strap metal for the bilge pump break in half from rust. This is after yesterday finding a different leaking pump ($200) to be replaced. All together it was a frustrating day, made Ed want to cry but he did not.
How is the above different than any other day? Well for one, the boat is on the hard (land for you non-sailors) as of this morning. This means that we are almost ready to leave. Tomorrow we have a surveyor coming to do a "value and condition" survey as required by our insurance company every 5 years. Yippee skippee, cha ching another $550. Talk about making one paranoid, Ed is checking lots of stuff to avoid things going on the report. Also, we are in a nice rented room at a home with air conditioning! If only there were a store to buy ice cream but no, we are out in the country.
So, we have been here since the 6th in our rented room working on the boat everyday. We have moved the clothes we are taking home to our room and been collapsing the boat canvas and stuff into the cabin. We have some stuff to finish tomorrow like last minute clothes washing and emptying the boat of food.
Tomorrow, is the last day of the season for us and we say goodbye to Chris and Sheila our boating super pals. They will continue south to Trinidad where they will layup for the summer.
What can I tell you about Grenada? It is hilly, mountainous, green and verdant especially in the summer months when it rains afternoons and night frequently. We went on our first Hash the other day and have our loss of virginity testament to prove it. We climbed up thru a rain forest scrambling up thru the woods basically following a trail. Hashes are hard to describe, look up HHH hash for more info about the hardcore fitness and beer drinking aspect of this unique social that brings together people from every walk of life to participate.
We've also toured a little bit while clearing customs/immigration but have lots more to do here when we return.
See you all soon,
Ed and Ann
If it sounds like we are tired of the nomad life then you are reading accurately. The heat, humidity and length of this trip have us ready for shore life and a little worried about our lack of enthusiasm but our friends Sheila and Chris for Never Bored who have been with us the whole trip our anxious for us to return in November, and in fact we have committed. So, let me tell you about our day today....
Today, I (Ed) broke our Sony Digital camera somehow, had a halyard break while lifting our dinghy onto the deck for the summer dropping it 15 feet, splitting one tube ($300), lost a wing-nut for our water strainer and had the strap metal for the bilge pump break in half from rust. This is after yesterday finding a different leaking pump ($200) to be replaced. All together it was a frustrating day, made Ed want to cry but he did not.
How is the above different than any other day? Well for one, the boat is on the hard (land for you non-sailors) as of this morning. This means that we are almost ready to leave. Tomorrow we have a surveyor coming to do a "value and condition" survey as required by our insurance company every 5 years. Yippee skippee, cha ching another $550. Talk about making one paranoid, Ed is checking lots of stuff to avoid things going on the report. Also, we are in a nice rented room at a home with air conditioning! If only there were a store to buy ice cream but no, we are out in the country.
So, we have been here since the 6th in our rented room working on the boat everyday. We have moved the clothes we are taking home to our room and been collapsing the boat canvas and stuff into the cabin. We have some stuff to finish tomorrow like last minute clothes washing and emptying the boat of food.
Tomorrow, is the last day of the season for us and we say goodbye to Chris and Sheila our boating super pals. They will continue south to Trinidad where they will layup for the summer.
What can I tell you about Grenada? It is hilly, mountainous, green and verdant especially in the summer months when it rains afternoons and night frequently. We went on our first Hash the other day and have our loss of virginity testament to prove it. We climbed up thru a rain forest scrambling up thru the woods basically following a trail. Hashes are hard to describe, look up HHH hash for more info about the hardcore fitness and beer drinking aspect of this unique social that brings together people from every walk of life to participate.
We've also toured a little bit while clearing customs/immigration but have lots more to do here when we return.
See you all soon,
Ed and Ann
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