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