Nous nous promenons de baie en baie au rythme de la température. Quand ça devient trop rouleur dans Prickly Bay, nous allons dans une autre baie mieux abritée. Lors d’un séjour dans Egmont Bay, nous avons découvert que la marina du Phare Bleu était à 15minutes de marche. Nous en avons profité pour aller voir un spectacle de Blues. Mais, nous ne devons pas oublier que nous vivons sur un bateau. Un bateau qui flotte sur l’eau et qui est soumis aux caprices du vent. On se sent tellement « à la maison » sur Absaroque qu’on l’oublie parfois. Mais Dame [View Full Entry]

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Déjà octobre… Je viens de réaliser que nous sommes le 5 octobre. Il s’est écoulé presqu’un mois depuis notre dernière entrée sur le blog. Il faut dire que nous avons été plutôt occupés. Nous avons travaillé avec la météo; i.e. quand il faisait beau, nous revernissions le liston et quand il pleuvait, nous travaillions à l’intérieur. Avant d’entreprendre les travaux, nous avons célébré mon anniversaire (Denise) en retournant encore une fois au Fish- Fry de Gouyave avec tous ceux qui n’y avaient pas encore été : Opus, Alianna et Blue Heaven. Mais comme c&rsq [View Full Entry]

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Maintenant que nous sommes rendus à Grenade, je vais encore une fois changer le style des comptes-rendus des nos activités. Plutôt que de décrire de façon chronologique, je vais essayer de fonctionner par thème… je ne garantie pas cependant de pouvoir maintenir cette façon de faire. Essayons toujours!! Commençons par une visite touristique rapide de l’ensemble du pays; tout d’abord son surnom : l’île aux épices. C’est une île où pousse une multitude d'épices et une très grande variété de fleurs (un article portera sur les atouts végétaux de cette île). Notre t [View Full Entry]

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Luckily we got to Grenada in time for Carnival, Spice Mas 2009- yohoo! Every island has Carnival at different times throughout the year and we were super excited to go to this one. Grenada’s Carnival is unique and we have heard tons of fabulous tales about past years from other cruisers. It is one of the few islands in the Caribbean that still use paint on J’Ouvert morning, the only island with a light parade, and it is the most friendly and fun Carnival because it encourages everyone to participate and be part of the debauchery. Just about everyone on the [View Full Entry]

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We arrived yesterday morning on time and without incident. At home our cat, Tigger, went into hiding when he realized we were going away. From previous experience we knew he would be hiding under our bed. We managed to peel him off the carpet. Imagen the combined strenght of cat claws and velcro! Althought Shauna is a seasoned taveller, she had a novel experience at YYZ. A random body search, including the security officer running her rubber gloved hands thru Shauna's hair. The sleeping comfort of the airport in Trinidad was 7 on a scale of 10. The seats were pretty [View Full Entry]

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Day 9 Tobago Cays, St Vincent March 13 (Continued) Wayne made it back to the boat and changed out of his camouflaged shorts before he was arrested as an insurgent gorilla. Karen will not need to mortgage the farm to bail her husband out of jail. We successfully checked back into Grenada so we are legally in that country once again. We had dinner of barracuda and curry chicken at a beach restaurant. We then walked up the beach to listen to the best steel drum band in the Caribbean. Five ladies and two fellows made the most amazing music. Several [View Full Entry]

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We hiked to a waterfall, watched a cricket match and saw Mona monkeys in Grenada with friends from the sailing vessels "Sojourn", "Magic", and "Daniel Story". [View Full Entry]

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Jeris and Maribel went to the Carenage by Dinghy and walked up the mountain (steep) to the open market yesterday. Found several new stores. You know women they can shop till they are dead. Jeris baked a cake for Maribel's birthday, very tasty. Maribel cooked a nice dinner, in the process burnt her left arm when taking out a pot from underneath the oven. Boats aren't they fun. Pete has dinghied these two all over. Tom & Pete went to the Yacht Club, while M & J were doing laundry. Jennie came over with a care package from Joann, our daughter, [View Full Entry]

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We also had our burger night last night. For my son in law, Brian a couple of special ones, since he is the musician in the family. We were serenaded by a steel drum player. Burgers were good, real tomatoes this time. There had been a shortage of tomatoes for a few weeks. We found anon or as they call it here Sugar Apple today, will take some pics of the fruit and veggies we bought sometime. We took the local bus from across the marina, dinghy ride, to terminal in St. George. Walked all downtown, bought fruit and veggies, then [View Full Entry]

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