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Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Clarkes Court December 17th 2007

We had an interesting weekend. We clean out the refrigerator, inventoried the can goods. Making a list for tomorrow morning. We did 3 loads of laundry over the weekend. We had the usual Karaoke night Sat night and pot luck dinner. We went for a dinghy ride today. Hog Island still has lot's of boats, not as many as in July. Sunday night Jeris cooked dinner. After dinner, we had a local dog come up on our dock, waiting for a hand out. All the dogs here are so skinny, you see their bones. So today we are saving all the scraps for a dog, who the marina has nicknamed Saturday, cause he always shows up for the pot luck dinner. There are many cruisers that have left for the holidays, and their boats are here ... read more

Another bum day

Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Clarkes Court December 14th 2007

Maribel and Pete

I am getting cabin fever! Will this weather ever clear up. We played dominoes, Mexican train this afternoon. Read, read...Boring. Cooked split pea soup and small individual pita bread pizzas for everyone. Wind has died down a bit. Waves are still up there. Spoke to a friend in Tortola yesterday, said she had same as here. Another cruiser friend today in PR said conditions there not any better. Not to many boats moving. Will attempt a load of laundry tomorrow. ... read more

More downtown pics.

Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Saint George December 13th 2007

Kevin from Solstice

Maribel and Pete

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 took a bus to Spice Island Mall, where IGA is, Jeris and I had split pea soup, all you need, we shared one for the price of 8 EC. We changed at the bank today ... read more

Yuck day

Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Clarkes Court December 12th 2007

Sol Y Mar

Maribel and Pete

Here we are, rain, rain, wind, rain, wind...and on and on...We broke down this morning, ended up putting side curtains on the cockpit. Darn rain won't quit. I stuck new computer in garbage bag, and came up to Oasis. We have dominoes, books and Soduko with us. Looks like a crummy day. Yesterday afternoon Jeris and I went for a walk. It had rain, rain, but finally had a break, so the walk, which turned pretty short. On way back, there was a wash out, didn't see it, I went down landed on my right knee. So Jeris and I are now even. At least my legs were in terra firme when hers had dangled over a ravine. We let the car go back yesterday. But we took the outboard into shop in the am. Still ... read more

South side of Island

Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Grenada December 11th 2007

Hog Island Anchorage

Maribel and Pete

A few pictures to give you an idea of what it looks like, lot's of bays.... read more

Round the island

Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Grenada December 11th 2007

Pete & Tom at one of the resorts

Maribel and Pete

Pete decided not to go with us. We rented a 4 wheel Susuki for a week. We went on the West side of the island,through the Carrenage, down the tunnel, and away we went. Downtown by the Carrenage, the streets are 1 way, we kind of got a lost, but then found our way, whew...On the way to Gueyave, some of the road was washed out, detours, and of course we went the wrong way, to end up in a dirt road, so we then knew we had made a wrong turn. Of course there is no signs, very few... We found the Concorde falls, they are putting in a dam on the other side, not sure how that is going to work. On the way there, this very narrow road, we found some of the ... read more

Jeris does a somersault

Central America Caribbean » Grenada December 10th 2007

Maribel and Pete

We have been in Grenada almost 2 weeks. The 1st week went by rather slow, with boat in yard, and us having a cow waiting on them to paint the bottom. Finally boat went in the water last Monday at 1315, off we went to Clarkes Court Bay Marina. Tom and Jeris came in that night. Boat was a mess. Tuesday, Jeris AND I WENT SHOPPING, WHILE PETE AND TOM ASSEMBLED THE MAIN AND OTHER THINGS. We have rented a car for 1 week. We have been all through the island at our pace. Jeris fell in the mountain today, fortunately there was a branch that had fallen, and her feet were through but she got caught in it, her arms. The weirdest thing was she asked Tom to take a picture of her dangling 50 ... read more

Grenada day, hmmm, how many now?

Central America Caribbean » Grenada December 7th 2007

Doing Laundry

Maribel and Pete

Here we are, finally splashed the boat in this past Monday. We wanted 4 coats of paint, the kid they sent was a bit lazy. Very unusual for this marine service. Then Friday the yard mgr found out the kid only had done 2 coats, sloppily. What we did is we changed color so we can tell when the bottom needs to be done again. You could still see a lot of red in some areas. So the kid came back, discussed the situation with Mike, and was put to work again. He applied one coat in the am, and another in the afternoon, and finally got himself a brush to do thru hulls, etc. Pete and I were not accepting the boat the way it was, and that was it. So we were given a ... read more

Touring by car

Central America Caribbean » Grenada » Grenada December 6th 2007

This is typical

Maribel and Pete

Did you know this is a lot of work. That is putting the pics on the web page. But it is nicer and good to see. Great reminder for us. So here are more....... read more

Prickly Bay

Central America Caribbean » Grenada December 3rd 2007

1st transfer

Maribel and Pete

This is Spice Island Marine Services, where Paper Moon was haul out for 4 months. In order to be able to store more boats, they use this trailer like things. It is very unnerving watching your boat being transfered from the stands to the trailer, and then the slings to put in water. Here are some pics.... read more

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