tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34929829747523384302024-03-12T23:40:14.047-04:00LIFE ON BEACH HOUSEGeoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-63872534933027544952013-04-06T16:32:00.000-04:002013-04-06T17:15:39.333-04:00YES, WE HAVE SOME BANANAS<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We refer to our dinghy as "the car". When it's out of the water on the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">davits, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we say it's in the garage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the dinghy is tied to "Beach House" or a dock, or pulled up on a </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not strict nautical language, of course, but we aren't trying to convince </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anyone that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we're seafarers. We just live on our boat and occasionally </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our old dinghy was a Brig F300, semi-rigid inflatable, powered by a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mercury 15 horse power, two stroke outboard motor. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our good friend, Rosey,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">came up with the name "Cabana Buoy", </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because every Beach House needs a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cabana boy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We know boats are generally referred to as "she" but "Cabana Buoy" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was such a work </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">horse we always thought of him as a "he". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sexist that may be - live with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Cabana Buoy" saw a lot of service getting us from the anchorage </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to shore or </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to neighbouring boats for visits. Our trusty Brig also </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">saw service as a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">tug, a rescue boat and a pickup truck to get our </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">laundry to and from shore, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and to transport our groceries </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and beverages.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C9Qwd5NglCmI4zOBmjYie0AbRYTH5ABQ7HVh5DoK1rqbH2lRHLXWvKbWTovlX1FwsIdVC1hSQp7fObTsyRacYamIw4wGqnlu92aP7DV4lrzLOTHbYvXrW9lDN9_P2bfzYizvYck0svQ/s1600/3158-Dinghy+Load+3+CROPPED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="267" mta="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C9Qwd5NglCmI4zOBmjYie0AbRYTH5ABQ7HVh5DoK1rqbH2lRHLXWvKbWTovlX1FwsIdVC1hSQp7fObTsyRacYamIw4wGqnlu92aP7DV4lrzLOTHbYvXrW9lDN9_P2bfzYizvYck0svQ/s400/3158-Dinghy+Load+3+CROPPED.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During 11 years of service, five of them in the salty, UV rich </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">environment of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eastern Caribbean, "Cabana Buoy" deteriorated </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">severely. The UV resistant </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">material is only UV resistant for so long </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before it turns to dust, exposing</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the fabric layer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's like rust to a car or skin damage to humans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We patched the inflatable tubes so many times that we were putting </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">patches on </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">patches, so we began to call him just that - "Patches". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chasing leaks became a daily </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">occurrence and we had to carry the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was plainly time to bite the bullet, go kick some tires and do some</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We knew we'd stick with a RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) as the marine industry calls them. These dinghies have fiberglass or aluminium hulls bonded to inflatable tubes. The rigid bottom survives parking on the beach and minor encounters with reefs plus the inflatable tubes bump off docks and other dinghies tied alongside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So ... what make?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> New or Used? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What size? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> What colour? </span></div>
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<span id="goog_981501133"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were facing the same questions dirt dwellers have when they shop for new wheels. Only one thing was certain. It would be a convertible - topless and open to the elements. Bigger dinghies with any kind of "roof" are out of our price range.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most dinghies are gray though there's a scattering of yellow, black and red ones around. Bigger and more expensive dinghies may be orange for visibility at sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had narrowed the field to an AB (spoken as the letters A-B) or a Carib, with an AB our preference. They have high bows and good-sized inflatable tubes, both things making for a drier ride. Dry? Yes. These little dinghies splash up a fair bit of water as they move through the water, and, depending on the wind and the waves, the riders in front can get quite wet. There's an adage for cruising couples - "In front of every dry man there's a wet woman."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then one day the captain borrowed our friend, Miss Kitty's, dinghy, an eleven foot Walker Bay. He liked the way it handled and the ride seemed pretty dry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bigger dinghy would be even drier, but the bigger the dinghy,the heavier it is and therefore the more trouble they are to lift out of the water or to pull up on the beach. They also need bigger engines, so like many things in life, a compromise was necessary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We researched the Walker Bay line and found they had a new lightweight model. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's 10 feet overall which works well for our davits, and it's lighter than old "Patches" but has 20 inches more inside length because of the shape. It was also 15-20% cheaper than the AB and that made the decision easy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This new lightweight model is a Walker Bay Odyssey 310 SLR and if you're so inclined, you can see the details at </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And new rather than used seemed right for us. As with used cars, a used dinghy could mean we'd be inheriting old problems. We know what we're getting buying new and we're also getting a factory warranty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll probably make covers to shield the tubes from the sun and try to </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These covers are called as chaps - guess it's because they're </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unlike selling a car, we kept the old engine we had used on the Brig. Imagine asking your Chevy dealer to put your old Ford engine in your new car!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the 15 hp motor so we can get around reasonably quickly, and travel further from “Beach House” with ease. Speed allows the dinghy to sit up and plane, making for a drier ride. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last week a modest swell </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">curled around the north end of Tyrrel Bay </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the surf was </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">higher and louder than usual. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Remnants of Hurricane Sandy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She never threatened the Eastern Caribbean, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but the storm was big enough to affect us here in a small way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're back in Carriacou after a lovely summer in Canada. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Captain is another year older and I'm not.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're reacquainting ourselves with the slower pace of life here, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">getting used to the heat again and the constant reapplications </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of sunblock and bug spray. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're also devouring books at a stunning rate. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some Canadian friends </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">passed on dozens of their once-read paperbacks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many thanks to Rick and Rona and Bob and Vickie.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These books have come to a good life and</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will make their way around the islands via cruiser book-swaps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Her now 'dry' bottom is looking good with new coats of epoxy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We installed </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the new sea cocks and through hulls a few days ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We should be floating again soon, maybe in a week or so.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, we're very comfortable in our land digs, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the Boathouse. This is a different property than </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the cottage we rented last fall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheerful signs greet us on our first-ever white picket fence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main living area is very comfortable and includes cable TV. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes. We partake. Why not? We don't miss it when we don't have it, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but keeping up with the US election news and Hurricane Sandy news, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plus vegging out on some junk shows, have been pleasant diversions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the best view from the living room in not on the TV.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This upper unit has one bedroom and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a large tiled shower with hot-water-on-demand.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Fitzroy, our friend and landlord, clearly has a green thumb.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(By the way, that's Fitzroy in our blog header picture, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have three choices for our walk to 'work'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One option is to turn left as we head out the gate </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the Lazy Turtle Restaurant in the building next door to us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until this week, this was our preferred way to get to the yard, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but now the water is even higher </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– there's not enough beach to walk on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This next picture, looking back east along the beach, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was taken 3 or 4 days after the previous two beach shots.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So instead of the beach walk, we turn right as we leave the house,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and walk up the main road along the bay. It's a slightly uphill walk </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but we enjoy the varied scenery along the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are two ways to get down to the boatyard from the road. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll show you pictures of the 'mountain goat' option in a moment, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but first here's </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my favoured route </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- heading down the Slipway Restaurant driveway. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a little longer, but it's shady, it's pretty </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the slope is gentle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-CA">This brings us out to the Slipway Restaurant </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the walk joins up with our beach route.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A few more steps to the west brings us </span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">to the new fence at the boatyard.</span></div>
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<o:p>And catch this - they worked around a palm tree </o:p><br />
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quite exciting considering how many mature trees and plants</div>
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were sacrificed from the front yard of the former yacht club</div>
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to make room for more boat storage.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier I mentioned the 'mountain goat' option </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for getting to the boatyard. Well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the first look at their driveway from the main road.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a double driveway for the first 15 feet or so.</span> <br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at that angle going down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So clearly I'm trying to make a point here, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one that the Captain </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">finds somewhat amusing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And maybe it's just me, but every time </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I walk down, I walk sideways, taking tiny, mincing steps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I may get out of breath walking up but I hold my breath walking down.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A wuss? Maybe. But I don't care. Hate it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bare knees and roughed-up concrete don't go together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once down that initial steepest part, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the rest of the driveway is doable - even for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There have been many changes at the boatyard since May. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What used to be the Tyrrel Bay Yacht Haulout </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as Carriacou Marine and the former yacht club building </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is now the main office for the new business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The walkways just went in a couple of weeks ago </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and there is more landscaping to be done.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we continue to work on Beach House </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and can't wait to get her back in the water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we happily spend our evenings at the Boathouse,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enjoying the sunset over Tyrrel Bay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a quiet month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">P</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">retty much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Except for the snake.</span></div>
Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com5Carriacou, Grenada12.4785888 -61.449384212.416574800000001 -61.528348199999996 12.5406028 -61.3704202tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-25306248301714068912012-05-14T10:18:00.002-04:002012-05-26T12:47:34.910-04:00ONE PARTICULAR HARBOUR<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>("One Particular Harbour" lyrics by Jimmy Buffett)</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over recent years, St. Vincent has gained a reputation </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for being a ‘hot spot’, a place where crimes-against-cruisers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had seemed to cluster. Was it all true? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Was any of it as bad as it sounded? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although we knew such incidents were rare, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and theoretically can happen anywhere, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we’d avoided stopping on St.Vincent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what was different? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three factors came into play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’d been reading postings and articles written by cruisers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who have enjoyed many stops over the years at various bays </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on St. Vincent’s south and west coasts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They described friendly locals and pretty anchorages </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with never a hint of a problem. Hmm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First hand information from people we’d met </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">surely trumps speculation and rumour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Chris Doyle, the guru behind Doyle’s Cruising Guides, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a cruiser himself, has written recently </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about increased security in various Vincy bays </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– an effort by the locals to put cruiser-worries to rest </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and to bring us ashore to their businesses. Okay then. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the last factor that changed our minds? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would make sense that our confidence level has increased. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We knew we were being overly cautious in avoiding St. Vincent, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but that was the decision that worked for us in the past. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently though, this year, we were ready</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to lift our ‘personal ban’ on the island. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided in mid-January to break up our move north </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Bequia to St. Lucia with a stop in Cumberland Bay for the night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would be our test of sorts, a chance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to put our toes in St. Vincent waters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or at least our anchor and boat lines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cumberland Bay is located midway</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This bay is very deep and banks steeply less than </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one hundred feet from shore. There is no room for</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">conventional anchoring. Stern-to-shore Mediterranean mooring </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is the solution and we had expert help for our first experience. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil, on his little fishing boat “Faithful”, came to meet us </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and guided us through the process of backing in towards shore, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">dropping the anchor on his say-so, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and giving him our line to take to shore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Presto – we were anchored off the bow and stern-tied to a palm tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our dinghy motor was lifted onto the aft mount. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look past the dinghy motor propeller in this next picture, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and you'll see the long line to shore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil came back to Beach House for a chat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He’s a lovely young man with a ready smile </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and he clearly loves St. Vincent. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was disappointed that we were only staying the night </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and not going ashore. Like a good ambassador for the island </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and for local businesses, Neil urged us to come back </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to Cumberland Bay </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on our way south again – a good plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We liked everything we could see from Beach House.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palms and banana trees with a bonus rainbow ......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…… a black sand beach ……</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…… and a handful of quaint beach restaurants.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a chance meeting in St. Lucia with friends Jeff and Carolee </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on s/v <em>Contessa</em> confirmed the decision. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They had never stopped on St. Vincent either </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– it was time for both boats to check out </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one particular harbour on the island.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a rainswept motorsail, Beach House and Contessa </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with Customs and Immigration, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">then motored the few miles further south to Cumberland Bay, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">getting help again from Neil to set our anchor </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and tie our stern line to shore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We planned to stay for two nights, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">allowing us a full afternoon to explore ashore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil had recommended Mame Elma’s Restaurant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lunch was plentiful and delicious </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- more chicken and fish than the four of us could manage </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the side dishes were served family-style </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- cole slaw, potato salad, fries and rice, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all in large serving bowls set in the middle of the table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our view from the restaurant was classic postcard Caribbean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Palm trees, our beached dinghy, and this time, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next stop was a visit to Joseph’s Restaurant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joseph was very chatty, talking about his family,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his business and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">about his new roof, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">necessary after Hurricane Tomas </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">removed the original one 18 months ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joseph is a fisherman as well as a restaurateur. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you plan on going to his restaurant to eat, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">he prefers to know ahead of time </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so he can row out in his little fishing boat to catch your dinner </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– from his fishing line - to his grill - to your plate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mame Elma’s lunch was delicious </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but we’re considering Joseph’s place </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on our next visit to Cumberland Bay.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was time for a little walk along the beach </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to check out the volcanic black sand, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">visible especially at the water’s edge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A procession of locals walked down the beach, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">singing a haunting gospel song. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When they reached the very north end of the bay, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the preacher entered the water, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">followed by several of his congregation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">enjoying the music and the moment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Walking back along the shore, we enjoyed the touristless views.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No beach chairs, no hawkers, not much of anything except serenity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Along the way we checked out the grouping of buildings </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we’d noticed from the boats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This complex is brand new and built for cruisers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The building on the left houses washrooms, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">showers and laundry facilities with prices </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">well in keeping with what we’ve paid in other places. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the central building, there’s a small bar and café, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the building to the right is for offices and shops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our last stop was Mojito’s for a rest and an ice cube. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were again greeted by smiling locals who made us feel welcome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They also served up this view.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It was one of those idyllic afternoons.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Beautiful surroundings, perfect weather and good company.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeff from s/v <em>Contessa</em> summed up Cumberland Bay, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">saying it reminded him of what the Caribbean used to be like. </span></div>
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</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-19361934121282848062012-03-24T06:53:00.000-04:002012-05-14T11:52:48.049-04:00"KALEIDOSCOPE"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Picture a kaleidoscope. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fill it with turquoise water, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bright blue skies, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">green palm trees and a golden sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lovely colours tumbling around,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reflecting smiles and laughs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the mood for a couple of turns of our kaleidoscope? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll meet more of our cruising buddies,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">some good friends from Canada,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a family member or two.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there just might be an island beach along the way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We left Carriacou in mid-January.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the way north, we ran into good cruising friends</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Charles on ‘Margaret Sharon’ and Kathy and Greg on ‘Indigo’.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ladies love Charles because he has a ready smile</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and he likes to dance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s Charles dancing on the beach with Kathy and me,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the husbands like Charles as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One reason might be that he likes to dance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and thus keeps the ladies happy?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reason for dancing on the beach in Bequia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(not that we need a reason) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was the Bequia <em>Mount Gay</em> Music Fest </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look what they were setting up. Mount Gay. Free tasting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s Greg, Kathy’s husband, checking out the choices with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decisions, decisions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goodbye to Bequia and on to St. Lucia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to meet up with Dave and Rose Johnston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">who were flying in to join us for ten days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their arrival night was a party on Beach House.</span><img aea="true" border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSoYjxjWV02TW4ndj1u11WCKnHU5Lc1zZGk5tWM-AjYg5bYG-e_y5CyE-a7gU_Eg3DYOX8XlF7oiSVpR_az43YNSrWzIeCOj0H7F0zsKHt_zO8cAxNs_YI21-zAbmIGK7cK22nUwbPwW4/s400/6+-+Cockpit+party+8165+8164.jpg" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fourteen people brought food and libations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There wasn’t a shrinking violet to be found.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of stories and lots of laughs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a boisterous sail.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The seas were bigger than the pictures indicate,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">w</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ith the wind at 20-25 knots, gusting higher.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The public dinghy docks in the French islands are <em>magnifique</em>.</span><img aea="true" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftFevnsl2tZNL9_eughAa8oW4A2IdIbaoZF3_B4Se6XYqXNWLjrXUQGW8p5HQISvawPhrBAl0fngBytgNCYFs3lwGLzCA-Rb8rkjUpUwN5lWQ5ZKr9yHTStlgH5IUr7uPdcSNfDp4ueU/s400/10-Must+be+love+Dinghy+Dick.jpg" width="400" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a pretty little town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next day, Dave took the wheel to take us along the south coast of Martinique.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was fun to play tourist, walking along the beachside promenade,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our last Martinique stop with Rose and Dave was Fort de France,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the capital of the island.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And having visitors gave us the chance to see more of Antigua</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much of Eastern Caribbean history</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in Antigua for hundreds of years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so we wanted to get Beach House to one more</span><br />
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</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-21052421161168328122012-01-17T14:43:00.002-05:002012-03-24T07:08:45.140-04:00"GETTING TO KNOW YOU"<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDW8XcA0mxZeHU__WjWk4RG4f2u4gSGRyxmQibtCA-UEUrM1rd8aOPJY569oaSJem_mFU7kpSZvwfJT32qdmgKtIyfSrAJJz6-NhCtga8zJNzC67y2aPw3w9JvoQtUXECNCUxlzzvxrEs/s1600/GOOD+LIFE+CARRIACOU+HEADER+SIZED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img aea="true" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDW8XcA0mxZeHU__WjWk4RG4f2u4gSGRyxmQibtCA-UEUrM1rd8aOPJY569oaSJem_mFU7kpSZvwfJT32qdmgKtIyfSrAJJz6-NhCtga8zJNzC67y2aPw3w9JvoQtUXECNCUxlzzvxrEs/s320/GOOD+LIFE+CARRIACOU+HEADER+SIZED.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After three weeks in Grenada for the holidays,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">catching up with our 'Grenada family', </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we’re back in Carriacou. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>(Map not to be used for navigation.)</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6yaYKr0-cfRDuxllvCsoJxrSV67cbs_62C_9FCZgbgVewRwswFPGrAZ8hqnIcwNDu-3pkU722DA7be2d5rPdELOy3imnbPxXKPcGK6eT6y0ievR4Bpl-brYSYihZby3o2vSIu3kcjb8/s1600/MAP+OF+CARIBBEAN+HILIGHTING+CARRIACOU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6yaYKr0-cfRDuxllvCsoJxrSV67cbs_62C_9FCZgbgVewRwswFPGrAZ8hqnIcwNDu-3pkU722DA7be2d5rPdELOy3imnbPxXKPcGK6eT6y0ievR4Bpl-brYSYihZby3o2vSIu3kcjb8/s400/MAP+OF+CARIBBEAN+HILIGHTING+CARRIACOU.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We continue to enjoy getting to know </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our ‘new favourite island’ a little better.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Grenada Grenadines are made up of three primary islands </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– Petite Martinique, big sister Grenada, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the perfect gem in the middle, Carriacou.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At thirteen square miles and a population of less than 7,000 people, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this is an island where everybody knows everybody. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spend a few months here and you’ll find the locals, the Kayaks, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">remembering you with a ready smile.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Belair Park is at the highest elevation in Carriacou </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">and offers this view looking southwest over Hillsborough,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">the capital city.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF8_E5inZZ2coJhfwhjdss_m8LjeczKxLJ2xFIDJQTfxTfg5HlOoT3T8-ncr7bprg60ZpSapckWdR1sat2rKuOS_zYFyVJFMqGmrX90-bspBphwmQkZoJg0hfSH9Vti2zaFH0DTAcht0/s1600/7595-Hillsborough+from+hospital+lookout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaF8_E5inZZ2coJhfwhjdss_m8LjeczKxLJ2xFIDJQTfxTfg5HlOoT3T8-ncr7bprg60ZpSapckWdR1sat2rKuOS_zYFyVJFMqGmrX90-bspBphwmQkZoJg0hfSH9Vti2zaFH0DTAcht0/s400/7595-Hillsborough+from+hospital+lookout.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main streets of Hillsborough can be busy one day </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and empty the next – we’re not sure there’s a rhythm to it. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We take the local bus into the city once a week to go to the</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">money store and to buy gasoline </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for our dinghy and generator. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s surely something appealing about a place </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that boasts one hundred rum shops and only one gas station.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Patty’s Deli is a must-stop in Hillsborough for some treats.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s Christine behind the counter. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She knows we’ll be getting baguette, olives and blue cheese. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Possibly some chocolate. And maybe some sausages. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is there any smoked fish today?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pattysdeli.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.pattysdeli.com/</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carriacou was ceded to England in the mid 18th century, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but was originally settled by France, so French heritage </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">remains in some of the names, especially around L’Esterre</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve walked from Tyrrel Bay to L’Esterre Bay several times, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">passing this sign for a local restaurant on Sunset Beach.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And L’Esterre is home to the lovely Paradise Beach. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note the crowds.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Hardwood Bar and Snacket is cheap and cheerful. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We recommend the wings and fries. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And also on Paradise Beach you’ll find this little boutique </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in an old container. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fidel Productions sells local arts and crafts </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the emphasis on ‘art’.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It feels more like a gallery than a shop.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Across L’Esterre Bay is the tiny island beach, Sandy Island. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was stripped bare in a storm some years ago </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– regrowth is slowly happening. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windward, a quiet little town on the northeast corner of Carriacou, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has a rich heritage of boat building. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's clear that this boat had been under construction for some time. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the frame pieces were weathered </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while the recent additions were fresh, new wood. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bv5Vqt42AuO3YfIwOWOWdBZcMIhd7xfw5r0XbdZs0k77Ij7jBqTIs90J5foGVPtyNe_efDNkHh6uaiFDL4xV00g0SFpg-8frV7GLxKgAGOU7VtRbU6uGyOKx4wPhZwtIT18HEy1T9AY/s1600/Combo+-+Windward+boats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bv5Vqt42AuO3YfIwOWOWdBZcMIhd7xfw5r0XbdZs0k77Ij7jBqTIs90J5foGVPtyNe_efDNkHh6uaiFDL4xV00g0SFpg-8frV7GLxKgAGOU7VtRbU6uGyOKx4wPhZwtIT18HEy1T9AY/s400/Combo+-+Windward+boats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carriacou boats are built without written plans or molds </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– everything is judged by eye. When a boat is finished, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">word spreads, and there is a huge party as the new sloop is launched. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would be wonderful to be on-island for one of these celebrations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we walked north beyond Windward, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">every bend in the road brought another postcard scene.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the northernmost point of our walk, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we turned to see this valley view.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a new concrete road through the valley. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until there wasn’t.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out what awaited.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The walk was turning into a hike with the admiral lagging behind. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there were no significant inclines, the day wasn’t a scorcher, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we were continually rewarded with views </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the rugged northwest coast of Carriacou.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also had an end plan – the town of Bogles and The Round House.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The grounds are beautifully kept and there are two ‘cottages’. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the Mango Cottage.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the main event is the restaurant – a visual treat for kids of all ages.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The restaurant wasn’t open on this particular day but the owner saw us </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and opened the bar so we could have a cool refresher.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The home base for cruisers in Carriacou is Tyrrel Bay.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main road hugg</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ing the bay is home </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to most of the businesses in Harvey Vale. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Restaurants abound. The Lambi Queen is well-known </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for delicious lambi and lobster served up with fine local music.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Twilight Bar and Restaurant offers free wireless </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at their beachside 'branch'.......</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">......the Lazy Turtle has terrific pizza to eat-in or for take-away......</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">......and the Slipway Restaurant next to the yacht club, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at barely a year old, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is fast becoming </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a favourite happy hour hang out. </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a handful of other little restaurants and rum shops </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– gotta save something for our return trip.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We do most of our grocery shopping in Harvey Vale </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the Alexis Supermarket and the After Ours Market, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but on Saturday morning we buy our week’s worth of fresh produce </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from two local entrepreneurs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rufus brings his own local produce so his inventory is small, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but he always has several kinds of basil and fresh chadon beni, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a great substitute for cilantro.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WCRva2yydpL9YwIxOB1f9O8HoV5gAJZ1CJ947JKltDe_Dnfa7T5UExPaXa2BuzlAmWocrBah84uvXHWZleSb6SKpV0JtcCm2WbNeDSFdSWV7AXqQlulY6td62u4u8cMAq3XAnBcRd_M/s1600/7301-Pat+buying+from+Rufus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WCRva2yydpL9YwIxOB1f9O8HoV5gAJZ1CJ947JKltDe_Dnfa7T5UExPaXa2BuzlAmWocrBah84uvXHWZleSb6SKpV0JtcCm2WbNeDSFdSWV7AXqQlulY6td62u4u8cMAq3XAnBcRd_M/s400/7301-Pat+buying+from+Rufus.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m also a big fan of his leaf lettuce – hardy and delicious.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just off the commercial dock, Lucy makes us laugh </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as she sells her produce from Grenada. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She has variety, quantity and quality.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Saturday event is watching the Carriacou </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Junior Sailing Club have some fun.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve enjoyed chatting with locals we’ve met </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">during our stays in Carriacou, and catching up with other cruisers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">old friends and new. We were recently invited </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to a lime and barbeque on the beach, hosted by Rick and Carolyn, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">former cruisers who now live here much of the year.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfFQbQEwJrlmauo_JHvFHtujlPdtZbcjX4gGK_Zst0h722aPnXHStefAjhgR6xknHCZzAyouw8xDrPZOP9nLKSK4cRjiTMqFaJOEbb8Ebc5dHMbGIUsXtp0vYCCymAh6SLX1rCzT2-g4/s1600/Combo+-+Beach+Party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" kba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfFQbQEwJrlmauo_JHvFHtujlPdtZbcjX4gGK_Zst0h722aPnXHStefAjhgR6xknHCZzAyouw8xDrPZOP9nLKSK4cRjiTMqFaJOEbb8Ebc5dHMbGIUsXtp0vYCCymAh6SLX1rCzT2-g4/s400/Combo+-+Beach+Party.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a lovely way to say ‘goodbye for now’.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll be on the ‘road’ north up the island chain in a few days </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– literally with places to go and people to see.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But Carriacou has found a place in our hearts </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we look forward to coming back in the fall.</span></div></div></div></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>A wise person has said,</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>“Cruising is just an opportunity to fix your boat in exotic locations.” </em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Or was it a wiseass? </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the last Saturday in October, the gang from the Tyrrel Bay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yacht Haulout</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">took Geoff to the ferry to get the new rudder </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from the stacks of goods coming into Carriacou.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Apparently it was here - somewhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And it was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 250 pound rudder was lowered onto the work boat </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the final passage to its new home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boys carried the plywood crate up the dock to the boatyard</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and Geoff opened the package to reveal the new rudder </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">protected by layers and layers of bubble wrap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No wonder it was so heavy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The arrival of the rudder meant it was time for Beach House </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to go on the hard again - the third haul out since July. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it is what it is - necessary, and the only way to move forward. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were ready.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once hauled, work progressed slowly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boat parts and bits get ordered piecemeal and take 2-4 days </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to come in from Grenada. And there are only so many workers </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the yard. As you’ll see in some of the pictures to come, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one chore can take all available hands, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">much more time than expected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s too hot to worry about it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were many projects to keep the captain busy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff hung the new rudder off the Beach House stern, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and put nine coats of epoxy paint on it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">putting us steps closer to installation. Sort of. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back on the day Beach House was hauled, the yard unstepped </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our mast. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the boat was surveyed last July, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one of the surveyor’s requirements </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any major corrosion issue would involve mucho dollar signs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are very happy to report that the corrosion was minor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last step was spray painting and voila. Good as new. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the top end of the mast, the halyard restrainer was worn </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">almost completely through to the end. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture of the new one </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff suspects that the restrainer is too low. Sounds logical </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but our replacement source in Toronto says this amount of wear </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is to be expected </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and means the restrainer is doing its job. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say, the captain will be keeping an eye on this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And while the mast was so accessible, it was time to inspect, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">clean, and polish the stainless bits. As with most work on</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach House, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the captain did the yeoman’s share and then some </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– I help when I can </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could do some of the stainless work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More often I keep the home fires burning </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or act as the scrub nurse, handing tools to the expert.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These before and after pictures say it all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach House was beginning to sparkle. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plus the busyness kept us from thinking about our bigger issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may remember that we were replacing the rudder </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because of electrolysis damage to the rudder shaft, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first noticed in July at Grenada Marine. Thanks, Ray. </span><br />
No sarcasm - we really mean it. Thank you.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This damage extended to the through-hulls. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More arty looking photos show the extent </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of the corrosion </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">caused by the stray electricity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nolan worked with Geoff to remove the offending through-hulls,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">working inside the boat removing the fittings, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and outside the boat, grinding away the corrosion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The replacement fittings arrived from Grenada. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No prize will be awarded for spotting the new ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’re planning to replace all the fittings next summer </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with the new </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marelon </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">through-hulls. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These plastic options were unavailable to us this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the rudder was removed, we noticed that </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a repair, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">done prior to our ownership of Beach House, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">had cracked and water was seeping. Ugh.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The skeg-to-hull joint had to be dried out </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before the new rudder </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could be installed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Slow’ (yup - that’s his name) went to work </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">grinding the base of the skeg back to fiberglass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dampness for sure – mildew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll revisit this dampness problem when we haul </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">summer, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">possibly taking the entire hull back to fiberglass. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, we left the skeg to dry out as much </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as possible </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before ‘Slow’ built the fiberglass back up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And check out that shiny prop. The captain is a whiz kid </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when it comes to exterior boat cleaning.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s the before picture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a new bit of voodoo that several boats in the yard were trying </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">this year. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cover the cleaned prop with permanent marker </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to keep </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the marine growth </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to a minimum. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much for the beautiful, shiny bronze - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but it never hurts to give something new a try.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Besides, it's underwater and I can't see </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the ugly Darth Vader prop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So. It was finally time for the main event – installing the rudder. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edwin did the honours, driving the travel lift into position </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to raise Beach House enough to get the rudder into place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Damn thing wouldn’t go the final six inches. </span><br />
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We held our breath for a day,<br />
wondering if we were back to square one.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But with a little percussive assistance from Jorge, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we were good to go! Thank you to the rudder gods!</span></div>
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And Jorge, of course.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and this time it wasn’t a train.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">‘Slow’ rolled on two coats of bottom paint </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then it was time. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Splash day!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First the mast. It took 12 men to carry that sucker from its </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">resting place </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the barrels where the crane would lift it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every worker in the yard, plus the owner, the manager, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All other work came to a halt. This kind of teamwork</span><br />
happened all the time - everyone is patient <br />
about making the 'job-of-the-moment' get done.<br />
We learned to appreciate the 'small-town' feel of it all.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crane was swung into position and Paul attached </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the crane belt </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that would lift the mast. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach House waits patiently in the background.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mast was lifted to upright then lowered again </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– it had twisted and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">needed some adjustment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the second time was the charm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Edwin mounted up again on the travel lift </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and drove Beach House forward as the crane</span><br />
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Remember Jackie Gleason's tag line? Oh yeah.<br />
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</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-46397546802415643622011-11-22T17:05:00.008-05:002011-12-11T14:54:39.339-05:00"COTTAGE BY THE SEA"<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8nBWBs9f2oxjcxZWuDbDuJN4LM6Ejva5kxUUaQeD3W9DNioaLD5EU8c4GrlrBRkDo7gl6V7baX5pcEkoMGAl506vtcNq3EqRjiOZttFUIbZKD-HFzWBRwowoYWN7a5buRflMp5o01DM/s1600/COTTAGE+HEADER+SIZED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8nBWBs9f2oxjcxZWuDbDuJN4LM6Ejva5kxUUaQeD3W9DNioaLD5EU8c4GrlrBRkDo7gl6V7baX5pcEkoMGAl506vtcNq3EqRjiOZttFUIbZKD-HFzWBRwowoYWN7a5buRflMp5o01DM/s400/COTTAGE+HEADER+SIZED.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the first week of November, we hauled Beach House here in Carriacou at the Tyrrel Bay Yacht Haulout. There are - wait for it - a <em><u>boatload</u></em> of repairs to be done. We're optimists but realistic. We expect to be on the hard for 6-8 weeks. Ho, ho, ho anyone?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In many boatyards, people continue to live on their boats, using the yard facilities for washroom needs, showers, and washing dishes. Not so here – even hardened, old single-handers, who have seen it all, seldom live aboard in this yard. So off we went to check out the possibilities for land accommodation – something cheap, cheerful and clean. Our timing was wrong for some of the leads we had from local friends. After some phone calls, some bargaining, and a good decision, we decided to take the cottage behind the Tyrrel Bay Yacht Club.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a quick and easy move from Beach House to the cottage – food and drink into the fridge, our linens and pillows on to the bed, clothes in to the closet, electricity sorted for conversion from 240v to our required 110v, computers and phones plugged in to charge. Good to go.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are pros and cons to any accommodation, but we certainly have everything we need and some definite advantages.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><u>ADVANTAGE # ONE - PROXIMITY TO BEACH HOUSE</u></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our temporary land digs are right next door to the boat yard, an obvious convenience. Looking at her from the front grounds of the yacht club, Beach House looks quite content with palm fronds and a cactus framing her stern.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yacht club grounds are quite lush and beautiful. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the boat yard, this is our approach to the yacht club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To the right of the club building is the path to the cottage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And here’s our view from the cottage, looking onto the back of the yacht club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The yacht club rents rooms to land-bound cruisers in the main building, but since we expect this haulout to last many weeks, a kitchen was an important consideration. There’s simply no room in our clobbered budget for eating out three times a day. The galley style kitchen that spans one entire wall of the open-style living space, is modest but has all the necessities, including two dishwashers.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we’re at anchor we almost always have decent sea air moving to cool us, but on land? Not so much. It’s a real treat to return to the cottage after a hot, dusty day in the yard working on Beach House, have a hot shower and luxuriate in the air conditioned air with an ice cube or two. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The queen size bed in the main floor bedroom is very comfortable. We are very happy sleepers here. The yacht club provides linens but we brought our own from the boat – just a touch of home to have our own pillows and sheets. The stairs that lead up to a small loft bedroom serve as shelves for our bags and clothes.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We haven’t taken advantage of this service yet – I have the time to clean up and prefer to do it myself – maybe so it feels more like home rather than a hotel? It’s not a huge space to keep clean and tidy. But Chantal from the yacht club will come up to clean any time and she keeps us supplied with extra towels as required.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In HGTV parlance, <em>the décor manages to bring the outdoors inside</em>. Notice the satisfactory furniture that probably lived another life on a patio somewhere. Here’s our office/dining room and the living room/den, both situated conveniently along the wall across from the kitchen. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So just what are the disadvantages? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let’s see what makes the short list.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lush moist gardens are mosquito havens. Yes, it’s buggy. But we’re used to ‘spraying up’ most days around four in the afternoon even at anchor. Our scent of necessity is <em>Eau de Cruiser</em> with overtones of Deet and a hint of ‘other ingredients’. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hmm. That’s about it for disadvantages – it actually is a very short list. There’s really not much to complain about. Not everything is up to North American standards, but why should we expect that? We’re not there, we're here - in the Caribbean.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would we rather be on Beach House at anchor? Yes. Would we like to be on the move, sailing to another island and meeting up with friends? Yes. But while Beach House continues to get some much needed TLC at the boat yard, we’ll manage quite nicely </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in our little cottage by the sea.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-42441663334462424442011-10-28T07:18:00.007-04:002011-11-22T17:33:20.349-05:00A HARD DAY'S NIGHT<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-FtdFFOaSG8ZpZgE9bveQuw85o0LdbGI4lYTyx4CKSdFussjfQ0Ths8eLsudj4D3k1Z57biKw_qTdtzhnWrH7N9AJVeo_47anQaNmykxJYg5ypRAxwzz_38Gc-6iS8eAyPyeDVm6628/s1600/HARD+DAY%2527S+NIGHT+HEADER+-+SIZED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV-FtdFFOaSG8ZpZgE9bveQuw85o0LdbGI4lYTyx4CKSdFussjfQ0Ths8eLsudj4D3k1Z57biKw_qTdtzhnWrH7N9AJVeo_47anQaNmykxJYg5ypRAxwzz_38Gc-6iS8eAyPyeDVm6628/s400/HARD+DAY%2527S+NIGHT+HEADER+-+SIZED.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We’ve been struggling with this blog entry. We like to offer a travelogue of sorts – pictures and information about the places we visit. Well – we’ve been a bit stalled in that regard – time in Canada away from the boat, hauling Beach House for evaluation, finding more problems than we’d budgeted for, waiting for parts to be delivered and then waiting some more for the work to be done. Everything takes longer in the islands. It just does.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Here’s the month-by-month, blow-by-blow description of how Beach House spent her summer vacation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JUNE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach House had a little ‘dock-time’ at Jolly Harbour Marina in Antigua while her crew went to Toronto. After this picture was taken, we took down the enclosure, strapped the dinghy to the foredeck, and tripled up the dock lines. She was ready for a big blow, should it happen. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVx1nEzlrw53cWdUXLnh0NUznGic4Uw2Gsqt3E8lav8SEsjCngwNS1xUv1Jn92cwyojjPY4rTmX4OZd0sIhtzXLaHSc63f2k_rdAHGyvPpp1J03QysDkADwtczVjzD0vj9iW7xkCGf8Q/s1600/7099-BH+in+Jolly+Harbour+Marina+side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="242" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpVx1nEzlrw53cWdUXLnh0NUznGic4Uw2Gsqt3E8lav8SEsjCngwNS1xUv1Jn92cwyojjPY4rTmX4OZd0sIhtzXLaHSc63f2k_rdAHGyvPpp1J03QysDkADwtczVjzD0vj9iW7xkCGf8Q/s400/7099-BH+in+Jolly+Harbour+Marina+side.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The big blow didn’t happen. Thankfully.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spent three weeks visiting family and friends, renewing passports, shopping, and getting the camera repaired – so alas, not many pictures. But there was one notable day when we did have the camera. After some sightseeing in Bruce County, Kim and Terry took us to one of the marinas in Owen Sound for a peek at our first keelboat – Quinkin.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6AV3142nBNBFSVqsoQbPB5qKrl6qWIXIaRGC7iYOkAkB6JOyTBED1JLfB2aI9408gfz_C2eUMAed1S1f49bf8OlBB7UWnWMBgKBc1rjA2xg3-_nl9kIk7PG3ATQpCDRKeF5iMm07er0/s1600/7101+7107+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="150" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6AV3142nBNBFSVqsoQbPB5qKrl6qWIXIaRGC7iYOkAkB6JOyTBED1JLfB2aI9408gfz_C2eUMAed1S1f49bf8OlBB7UWnWMBgKBc1rjA2xg3-_nl9kIk7PG3ATQpCDRKeF5iMm07er0/s400/7101+7107+combo.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She looked pretty happy there, not missing us at all. Hope she continues to win races.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JULY</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff returned to Antigua, leaving the Admiral in Toronto to work for a few more months to stoke the cruising kitty. Neither of us realized at that point just how many dinero that Beach House would swallow up over the summer. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hungry, hungry boat.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The captain’s single-handed trek back to Grenada began with an overnight stop in Deshaies, Guadeloupe and then a sunrise departure.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gL-VmC0yuJGO56kCp7vuxRxK-EImot574bpxELi9Twp9X9kVI6tlFptg3RLYujNgXj5G6k2ckpK3uA0AmsEpWC6L-VGJvLZ8qReffSX8jWumf42_Qsfn2sb3bPYqqosR1kiaILeL2VE/s1600/7133-Deshais+sunrise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="235" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gL-VmC0yuJGO56kCp7vuxRxK-EImot574bpxELi9Twp9X9kVI6tlFptg3RLYujNgXj5G6k2ckpK3uA0AmsEpWC6L-VGJvLZ8qReffSX8jWumf42_Qsfn2sb3bPYqqosR1kiaILeL2VE/s400/7133-Deshais+sunrise.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Look at this - life jacket on, shirt and hat to be protected from the sun, and, learning to take pictures of himself. Almost sounds like multi-tasking.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2XfNqag3ViF0YBmU1nkAAgyYG9teMYV6xgqCcsTKkVlZ9CPdi5kU1O1k0zR7BtdNw8oE96H1ocFU17J5OWicePc_nm8GJ0L99zPHC61L2IWoAlar-qlgFzDgowCAtQ9ZUHN4DzrmBCk/s1600/7134+plus+flip+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2XfNqag3ViF0YBmU1nkAAgyYG9teMYV6xgqCcsTKkVlZ9CPdi5kU1O1k0zR7BtdNw8oE96H1ocFU17J5OWicePc_nm8GJ0L99zPHC61L2IWoAlar-qlgFzDgowCAtQ9ZUHN4DzrmBCk/s400/7134+plus+flip+combo.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way. The blog photographer’s secret? Hold the camera upside down while taking your own picture – avoids fingers in front of the lens. Who knew? </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff spent the next night in The Saintes at the southern end of Guadeloupe. The anchorage just off Bourg des Saintes is now awash with mooring balls, added so recently that there wasn’t a plan in place to collect a fee for them. Suspect that’s been sorted out.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJT7Qcfx2TFpKqfMAekALnp-yp5DjU8whj6ZPH2J-h65bMKcG_GNLj7bbIVgLX7mt0lBYAP6qExY3K0DO-_6o7JhQga-YrZM8q1PApjhZ4BxfVq8cXdvTRvUA2zz-966-HOXvQNXylt4/s1600/7137-Mooring+Balls+-+the+Saintes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="235" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJT7Qcfx2TFpKqfMAekALnp-yp5DjU8whj6ZPH2J-h65bMKcG_GNLj7bbIVgLX7mt0lBYAP6qExY3K0DO-_6o7JhQga-YrZM8q1PApjhZ4BxfVq8cXdvTRvUA2zz-966-HOXvQNXylt4/s400/7137-Mooring+Balls+-+the+Saintes.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next stop was the anchorage off Portsmouth, Dominica and another beautiful sunrise departure.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2hDIRprnfy6oGv4V9VHuifPFPVzKkkDpR6mrBc6ZvMrCONeXOw5OYVJLPpPQ8lHtaDG8bBhHSrYtSFk4btlN2YnPY4XeZ0GX80iFvi9pS4RNGWZLVQ1OLGzHnDOnBjCctWWkl2f6SGA/s1600/7143-Dominica+-+sunrise+departure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="235" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2hDIRprnfy6oGv4V9VHuifPFPVzKkkDpR6mrBc6ZvMrCONeXOw5OYVJLPpPQ8lHtaDG8bBhHSrYtSFk4btlN2YnPY4XeZ0GX80iFvi9pS4RNGWZLVQ1OLGzHnDOnBjCctWWkl2f6SGA/s400/7143-Dominica+-+sunrise+departure.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This next picture was taken for my benefit I suspect, so I would have proof that the captain used the safety harness even in the cockpit, not just if he had to go on deck. The insurance company needs a body, doncha know. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLL74XA_8732Ch97kRNZk87HEz-18ArwKr_qRy9NN5H-7YvHEtSHij91N-NyFZ9STe-NsYyWqiP-dSlDILVpPizMMLWWJA131Q2comVb3AOxZXRbfNGcrC3yRlWNNRxaIIfsQzSTcqzVc/s1600/7144-Geoff+strapped+in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLL74XA_8732Ch97kRNZk87HEz-18ArwKr_qRy9NN5H-7YvHEtSHij91N-NyFZ9STe-NsYyWqiP-dSlDILVpPizMMLWWJA131Q2comVb3AOxZXRbfNGcrC3yRlWNNRxaIIfsQzSTcqzVc/s400/7144-Geoff+strapped+in.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Geoff arrived in Bequia, he was tired - the early morning starts, being on the move all day, doing it solo – he was ready for a bit of a break. On the third morning of his R and R in Bequia, the captain had an adventure and tells the story:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>“Lots of fun at 5 am, when Bruce came unstuck and Beach House started sliding backwards and sideways towards other anchored boats. Good old Carl burst to life at first push of the starter switch and we made it safely away to the other side of the anchorage. Nothing like starting the day off with an adrenaline rush! Who need’s coffee?”</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the first dragging incident for Beach House since leaving Toronto in 2008, but surely won’t be the last. It happens.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff took Beach House over 350 miles from Antigua to Grenada in a leisurely 12 days, alone and in one piece. Well done.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AUGUST </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The original plan was to haul Beach House at Grenada Marine, have a survey done, strip the bottom and repaint, check out some hairline cracks in the fiberglass, and change out the cutlass bearing (we had a spare). We had been calling 2011 “The Year of the Boat”, expecting to spend several fat boat units on general maintenance. Surprises awaited.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The haul out was uneventful. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUgM0d8DeA3uf7vPoN-Vubf6sYpMiKFC8y56FpaexM8JduWjD-JkgPlY8N7zGTn3nJhDBhOqlNEinMffitszkO_Ad_MxIWdq6nAn8CKp89q5JJUSUa5hrjVcuraBwIvCyi9uedbgKd4c/s1600/7188-Grenada+Marine+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="245" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtUgM0d8DeA3uf7vPoN-Vubf6sYpMiKFC8y56FpaexM8JduWjD-JkgPlY8N7zGTn3nJhDBhOqlNEinMffitszkO_Ad_MxIWdq6nAn8CKp89q5JJUSUa5hrjVcuraBwIvCyi9uedbgKd4c/s400/7188-Grenada+Marine+5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our friend Ray, from s/v Nighthawk, came to inspect the fiberglass cracks and discovered a further issue - unmistakable signs of electrolysis – damage caused by ungrounded electricity. This can happen to boats that spend their lives at the dock and it’s possible the electrolysis started early on in BH’s life. There’s no real answer to the when or the why. More about the electrolysis shortly.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ray started in on the fiberglass cracks - they were caused by air bubbles in the original construction. The air pockets in the fiberglass were weak spots that ultimately showed as cracks. Ray ground them down, laid up some fiberglass, then matched the white of the hull and the blue of the boot stripe.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4xhIEiv4Mgxl-4SKfkVjadJeZQ1SVRbl42CzC0p0_JAdMXmRniXcoIMDXLXqDoPJvbZZxO-hWhQ3O_N92rrgymoRNGJNjU9tqBcdDrcj3X6a1YQ9SlcQqlFCEOD4LvGI8nO0FC03_cY/s1600/7194+-+7197+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="190" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4xhIEiv4Mgxl-4SKfkVjadJeZQ1SVRbl42CzC0p0_JAdMXmRniXcoIMDXLXqDoPJvbZZxO-hWhQ3O_N92rrgymoRNGJNjU9tqBcdDrcj3X6a1YQ9SlcQqlFCEOD4LvGI8nO0FC03_cY/s400/7194+-+7197+combo.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nice work, Ray. That’s what friends are for. And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – everybody loves Raymond.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgo07zoc5NljPE_UnXNY4nl3N2G8R0alVFhniGIQcMjm_Ya_mJzzWdU5WNt8LFNV8B1SYrVxiHrYZOQiK7kvmdiNQ3j9vRdaIlXrHMYKREUfV7w5Lu2BYKpofsCShoONZaGIxk43OKzg/s1600/7199+-+7222+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="182" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgo07zoc5NljPE_UnXNY4nl3N2G8R0alVFhniGIQcMjm_Ya_mJzzWdU5WNt8LFNV8B1SYrVxiHrYZOQiK7kvmdiNQ3j9vRdaIlXrHMYKREUfV7w5Lu2BYKpofsCShoONZaGIxk43OKzg/s400/7199+-+7222+combo.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, the white spots below the waterline will be covered with bottom paint when we get to that stage. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The prop removal to get at the cutlass bearing didn’t go as smoothly as expected. Geoff and the yard crew made several attempts to remove it. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad6wb_GIXSc5I3wSinMwrRmCNlmO3p8qSxprIjonHD9q21YAsKHlftd5ZYJbQFqwGepYna9AWrCygqA5I-6MIQG8YMyTT3tMLuurwkKdVyAcO9mOOaAkSbCU3AH1uY59QU9pytjO9Nn0/s1600/7191-+7192+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="196" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiad6wb_GIXSc5I3wSinMwrRmCNlmO3p8qSxprIjonHD9q21YAsKHlftd5ZYJbQFqwGepYna9AWrCygqA5I-6MIQG8YMyTT3tMLuurwkKdVyAcO9mOOaAkSbCU3AH1uY59QU9pytjO9Nn0/s400/7191-+7192+combo.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Success came with a problem. While removing the prop shaft, the coupling to the gearbox broke. The new cutlass bearing went in smoothly but it took a week for the replacement coupling to show up. Paying for an unexpected part is one thing – paying for additional time in the yard while waiting for it? Ouch</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="goog_1815025453"></span>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The surveyor, Bob Goodchild, poked and prodded Beach House and pronounced her pretty fit for a 26 year old boat, but he was in agreement with our buddy Ray, the guys in the yard, and the captain himself - the electrolysis damage to the rudder shaft had to be dealt with – a new rudder was the only fix.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhRnZNo8NYBtniMAo_ohUCkCrXrhF9UYgZ8a2vE9-i3qRJz9Zo10H1BvXP9g3vr4asd4ZCpdCgERk8P5P2DmwWL-fQR5qLlI6U9Ugidu2ZbqoaBQ2ds4kin42MGIq-R0XPvzuKhEwHr4/s1600/7211-Grenada+Marine+-+rudder+post.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhRnZNo8NYBtniMAo_ohUCkCrXrhF9UYgZ8a2vE9-i3qRJz9Zo10H1BvXP9g3vr4asd4ZCpdCgERk8P5P2DmwWL-fQR5qLlI6U9Ugidu2ZbqoaBQ2ds4kin42MGIq-R0XPvzuKhEwHr4/s400/7211-Grenada+Marine+-+rudder+post.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff’s research into a new rudder brought some good news. The company that made the rudders for the Endeavour 42s was still in business and still had the mold. It wasn’t going to be cheap to have one made in Florida and shipped to Grenada, but it was much better than having one fabricated in the islands. The cost and time to do it down here was exponentially greater - $$$$$$$$$ rather than $$$. I’m not sure that’s mathematically sound, but you get the drift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The through hulls have suffered corrosion from the electrolysis as well and still have to be inspected and dealt with. Another boat unit bites the dust?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SEPTEMBER</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Due to cost factors at Grenada Marine, Geoff decided to move Beach House up to Carriacou and use the services of Tyrrel Bay Yacht Haulout. He hauled the boat to remove the rudder and take a few additional measurements requested by the rudder manufacturer in Florida.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beach House was then towed, rudderless, to a mooring ball in Tyrrel Bay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JciB-YvAb7G9M1yxI3tEGMBxfaDUYc-0BFE4VZeRxUtXCH8ME1YutS1sQ_CNzVyqOYtANvQTFofd7YlFMsZmxS6-momyJkyzeY1n5k78YjVvyLQ_wYnaCZOrzP5L5N7pCVTGVMZj0IE/s1600/7249-Towing+to+mooring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JciB-YvAb7G9M1yxI3tEGMBxfaDUYc-0BFE4VZeRxUtXCH8ME1YutS1sQ_CNzVyqOYtANvQTFofd7YlFMsZmxS6-momyJkyzeY1n5k78YjVvyLQ_wYnaCZOrzP5L5N7pCVTGVMZj0IE/s400/7249-Towing+to+mooring.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far, so good. The captain ordered the rudder from Florida and hunkered down to wait.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A week later, Geoff was having his own quiet happy hour in the cockpit, watching the wind pick up and switch to the west, an unexpected about face from the usual eastern trade winds. Beach House dances quite a bit at anchor or on a mooring – the captain watched her swing all the way to port, waiting for the swing back to starboard. Didn’t happen. Beach House kept going. The mooring had given way. Geoff let the anchorage know on the VHF that Beach House was adrift without a rudder, then went forward to drop the anchor. It caught on another boat’s mooring, but not before both boats had incurred some damage. Our boat name on the port bow took quite a beating and the spare anchor hangers were bent – minor ‘injuries’ to the boat, given the possibilities.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A week later, I returned from the big city. The last leg of my journey home to Beach House was on this eight-seater, certainly the smallest plane I’ve ever flown on, and the flight was the shortest in my experience – all of 20 minutes in the air from Grenada to Carriacou.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-L-v9jsK5WRJp6onNDfNZ6YEhI7hbRvtXIMMj_3iI1F7g8waLYYOTuJUp2L9yy6Z19zZW4Qe8KPB5tLwIbm3pq3gNRS5XAdauyP0G8JEJS4Cq-XgYGQOlD-ffBfP9lnRuHfzs2PqBfM/s1600/7273-Sheee%2527s+baaack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI-L-v9jsK5WRJp6onNDfNZ6YEhI7hbRvtXIMMj_3iI1F7g8waLYYOTuJUp2L9yy6Z19zZW4Qe8KPB5tLwIbm3pq3gNRS5XAdauyP0G8JEJS4Cq-XgYGQOlD-ffBfP9lnRuHfzs2PqBfM/s400/7273-Sheee%2527s+baaack.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was the only passenger with a crew of two. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lah-di-dah – a private flight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurricane season isn’t officially over yet, so there isn’t a full complement of cruisers here in Tyrrel Bay. That will change over the next month. In the meantime, we’ve enjoyed some lovely visits with some lovely friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rene and Cheryl from s/v Gypsy Blues came over to Beach House for happy hour, joined by John and Shirley from s/v More Gin.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And another day we walked to Paradise Beach with John and Shirley for lunch at the Hardwood Bar and Snacket. Check out the sign for a clue to the name.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHTONwVSdjT0cJPgdmCa2SdfcS4p9N_IJ3HwWoj7w2bEfsWZ-zeTU_ae6uewwlqIfCnS_UCIdQKbrfG1Xrgcs5gu6s9wbzF6JEoEZb-B6r9QHAEsT6uynd5lue7MmOzFiN4XElkHm5f0/s1600/7290+-+7291+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHTONwVSdjT0cJPgdmCa2SdfcS4p9N_IJ3HwWoj7w2bEfsWZ-zeTU_ae6uewwlqIfCnS_UCIdQKbrfG1Xrgcs5gu6s9wbzF6JEoEZb-B6r9QHAEsT6uynd5lue7MmOzFiN4XElkHm5f0/s400/7290+-+7291+combo.jpg" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF3FzCyPJpXCYRmwjo6QLk5F890j1B-kw5CixNyzrZxpoEz6T709TwinH1QwO8WLcLKWCja-0UzJEAx1djL41-b2AjaYhMT5syRldhglnDJlznkMmoSIo4T2iE2m6b2ainsJ3-PmRJGk/s1600/7295+-+7294+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwF3FzCyPJpXCYRmwjo6QLk5F890j1B-kw5CixNyzrZxpoEz6T709TwinH1QwO8WLcLKWCja-0UzJEAx1djL41-b2AjaYhMT5syRldhglnDJlznkMmoSIo4T2iE2m6b2ainsJ3-PmRJGk/s400/7295+-+7294+combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OCTOBER </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here we are with summer gone and October slipping away, getting to know Carriacou better than we ever expected. The quiet village of Harvey Vale circles the anchorage here in Tyrrel Bay. There are several modest grocery stores and most days, Denise is at her roadside kiosk, with bananas and eggs, grapefruit and tomatoes. On Saturday mornings, Lucy offers her veggies under the tree by the commercial dock, and Rufus specializes in wonderful herbs just down the road – fresh basil, thyme, and chadon beni. Once a week, we take the bus into the capital, Hillsborough, for the bits of shopping we can’t find here. It’s all good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Hallelujah, stop the presses! This just in. The new rudder has cleared customs in Grenada and will arrive here in Carriacou on Saturday, just in time for Geoff’s birthday. Could he ask for a better present?</span><br />
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</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-4834128534969332732011-06-07T14:56:00.022-04:002011-10-28T07:31:23.174-04:00"PRETTY IN PINK"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI65kzfU4B1pTocyLxXUemjr2HVNomx3h8TaP_RWwSNQtcnDcyzdMdzfwGTtLq-QK-eBghbWBBh2-lyfC_dHvuZAvHvDcgVGpi1rmebBi7KJ6nOLf60mhlWHIm5yoBuXrSdFkdJXU8Lk/s1600/PRETTY+IN+PINK+-+SIZED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" ida="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI65kzfU4B1pTocyLxXUemjr2HVNomx3h8TaP_RWwSNQtcnDcyzdMdzfwGTtLq-QK-eBghbWBBh2-lyfC_dHvuZAvHvDcgVGpi1rmebBi7KJ6nOLf60mhlWHIm5yoBuXrSdFkdJXU8Lk/s400/PRETTY+IN+PINK+-+SIZED.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Unlike volcanic Caribbean islands with their lush mountains and rainforests, Barbuda is formed of limestone. It’s flat and rocky, covered with scrub, sea grape, and the occasional group of palm trees. The description so far seems a little sketchy, doesn't it? Stay tuned.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">On approach, from four miles out, </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the island seems to appear out of nowhere. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOcgRP9dFgxtRVUovf6ZmnYd2oc7mzIf2GeX0PYNR65j0r85qD7iP-1951BZqlrt3m-4leK3GIeZLb42yqlxZAdq_-P8ZwsIw2cOLLUBphUrL2kQ3y3iL9I-AUyrnY7aQXPbqvxi4-hM/s1600/6816-Barbuda+-+first+photo+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGOcgRP9dFgxtRVUovf6ZmnYd2oc7mzIf2GeX0PYNR65j0r85qD7iP-1951BZqlrt3m-4leK3GIeZLb42yqlxZAdq_-P8ZwsIw2cOLLUBphUrL2kQ3y3iL9I-AUyrnY7aQXPbqvxi4-hM/s400/6816-Barbuda+-+first+photo+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Most of the coastline of Barbuda is, quite simply, </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">mile after mile of beach surrounded by acres of reef. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A6NUC4Pt7r7JpxyCphFhOsu_X7D0OZiic_qo2n46TrfmHKMCCePHk57DpAog4vJN6_sgkKQ3Z15d-UMbCBO1c9dtld0j4g5zRWoqRBH6NJh7Tj0YOY6yocx0n68Os-hLduxLEZs9AgM/s1600/Barbuda+Map+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5A6NUC4Pt7r7JpxyCphFhOsu_X7D0OZiic_qo2n46TrfmHKMCCePHk57DpAog4vJN6_sgkKQ3Z15d-UMbCBO1c9dtld0j4g5zRWoqRBH6NJh7Tj0YOY6yocx0n68Os-hLduxLEZs9AgM/s400/Barbuda+Map+F.jpg" t8="true" width="306" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Our first stop was Coco Point and Pink Beach. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BSslECfLAoB_BvThi2A4FPoVZgYp6TrzwE3kXvYId2w01d6j35UUa1yXi0jjsb1kJ7JlIgdkyz4yDEFQOgmsmNz11qcZe6cmMUy6xi4kUtafptSQV5TdLfMu682hWy7r7srldf04kTM/s1600/6831+-+6818+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BSslECfLAoB_BvThi2A4FPoVZgYp6TrzwE3kXvYId2w01d6j35UUa1yXi0jjsb1kJ7JlIgdkyz4yDEFQOgmsmNz11qcZe6cmMUy6xi4kUtafptSQV5TdLfMu682hWy7r7srldf04kTM/s400/6831+-+6818+Combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD41d3xSyeo-lLH1adX1n04itmHidaYEKV8o6nkxqa3nx91bUmNnESX3bNbUEeX0uWqf84RF5xzMNJbCqgfw09dMoaCfW-n0W9w2cvMT3ZfbBo2cjvGZH6-3abhWnmdKo9hcXnyJ3usQ/s1600/6827+-+6826+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMD41d3xSyeo-lLH1adX1n04itmHidaYEKV8o6nkxqa3nx91bUmNnESX3bNbUEeX0uWqf84RF5xzMNJbCqgfw09dMoaCfW-n0W9w2cvMT3ZfbBo2cjvGZH6-3abhWnmdKo9hcXnyJ3usQ/s400/6827+-+6826+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">There’s no shelling here. The beach is astoundingly clean. Not a shred of grass or seaweed on the beach or in the water.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And then there’s 11 Mile Beach at Low Bay on the west coast. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Once again, photos can’t possibly show the scope of the beach. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Eleven miles. Unbelievable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlKQoBYlstXXxuMPHGFv65cFcCHVKD9YA4evQ8G86UuX0gPcsGoWBh_oGjpBML61S3XUoA6dRwBSXvp1nCUH6NbeKB20xO6SDvKFs_VfXqrm-cP0E9JtdiO_hpFlcw790Ba8nT8sTZ-0/s1600/6897+-+6895+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBlKQoBYlstXXxuMPHGFv65cFcCHVKD9YA4evQ8G86UuX0gPcsGoWBh_oGjpBML61S3XUoA6dRwBSXvp1nCUH6NbeKB20xO6SDvKFs_VfXqrm-cP0E9JtdiO_hpFlcw790Ba8nT8sTZ-0/s400/6897+-+6895+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The sand at the water line here is tinged pink </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">by tiny bits of red coral, the same as at Pink Beach.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Available light and camera angle affect the intensity</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">of the colour, but it's unmistakeable.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagG48y0cz8yxMhEqyxXU12mmlja2JvlZxLCu-JprITcdCITCsrm6xD_6KzgM1mhLuUNop4yzH9W-oTQ8Am7pWHNdtb0QioFzPpbb5q3WWRU0j45gsCvLUTAdUDY918MXYM_qzaqV92Cg/s1600/6912-Red+sand+-+long+shot+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagG48y0cz8yxMhEqyxXU12mmlja2JvlZxLCu-JprITcdCITCsrm6xD_6KzgM1mhLuUNop4yzH9W-oTQ8Am7pWHNdtb0QioFzPpbb5q3WWRU0j45gsCvLUTAdUDY918MXYM_qzaqV92Cg/s400/6912-Red+sand+-+long+shot+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And the water is so clear, we could see Bruce at work, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">here in about 15 feet of water.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJahOEVjYv6mEa7agl1y7O_g7X94uQiq6THK8MXbTk0gryTf0cVFZmKJr0H4WozgH2mzTH8kUva-QVCUP_SiBlG5r4tmlg_BWcNhdKY5I_Q7b6QUTGDQoqmQrSgtczcRbbiUggqIfYYEc/s1600/6985-Bruce+at+work+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJahOEVjYv6mEa7agl1y7O_g7X94uQiq6THK8MXbTk0gryTf0cVFZmKJr0H4WozgH2mzTH8kUva-QVCUP_SiBlG5r4tmlg_BWcNhdKY5I_Q7b6QUTGDQoqmQrSgtczcRbbiUggqIfYYEc/s400/6985-Bruce+at+work+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We were anchored centrally in Low Bay, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">right off one of the few resorts on the island. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0vf4S9Jho9olo_-dTB1iHH_-i2zAEsof_UI4Pzz-aIv8xm2SeESXUDg-48yLdwMF_5BmzlTre-4ka138WJbms8C_QxAvU4V3KBsjdEuxehRhCxTG00eE-Hfq93-3y4ml4bT0a14YzEA/s1600/6986-BH+from+water+-+low+Bay+1+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK0vf4S9Jho9olo_-dTB1iHH_-i2zAEsof_UI4Pzz-aIv8xm2SeESXUDg-48yLdwMF_5BmzlTre-4ka138WJbms8C_QxAvU4V3KBsjdEuxehRhCxTG00eE-Hfq93-3y4ml4bT0a14YzEA/s400/6986-BH+from+water+-+low+Bay+1+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Lighthouse Beach Resort is quite new and the base </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">for a planned development of private ‘cottages’ </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">running north from the resort.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5QphBYWovkJ-uzH3YflDNFWsLUecSykUGPO8aUC4ZVG45eCXDLjA254cvlIa1jLCtC2c6vbaxML2NlafRBk2RcfMvW7zKNhzDLufZF3pp9lly9NoQzGOU0VjYNdS-PXoefvFhYeqltY/s1600/6903-Light+House+beach+and+pool+area+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">It seems that Barbudans are not particularly in favour </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">of tourist development. We like their thinking.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We joined the crew of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Moerae</i> for a tour of the famed </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Frigate Bird Sanctuary in Codrington Lagoon. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">From left to right, meet dad Alphonse, 15-month-old Alfie, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and guide extraordinaire, George Jeffrey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Frigate birds are flying machines - </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">they can’t swim and can barely walk</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">With </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">these guys can stay aloft for as long as a week when migrating.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3vceP_FJWCcBVgEMhCTES7N55HTnkwoOryMsuPUdy-YKMFiHLywvD50lbxhvSPS-tuISIEatdG45MOlpHv1D2w0QDgY7LcuxQMPqIPiCcF9d5Xczpzm4PWNkpGEENsAF27y3N84C-47g/s1600/6859-Alighting+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">These birds are monogamous for the mating season </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">of September through April and generally, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">just one egg is laid per breeding season. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The male frigate bird inflates its red throat pouch to attract a female.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZNm-mJMxKWjW1ZLOfiGdFYGz_Cb4wapZbhlGfirtKg7_PxzUxg4qiDImbK5v9jFJ5dVWvcxOCz9m6X_qNth-RoG349IEcr89zJ9xApzyui63hEaZ10BnW6fB_Vo3sJdrsyixOo0spdjw/s1600/6866-Male+Frigate+bird+H.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rearing a frigate bird chick can take longer than a year.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVM5WMGr-p9RzxOnwTU1AxI8WRJGExMWTUDe5k2BAEY50r9W7QbOy9lIffiObb06JaLgbT9dnVCsVwF7Dim29WSutN0J6eze79YDeUdY0-fS1Z7pU2FkXebDW7jn5TvFR74VdZVuS34-o/s1600/6864-Very+young+Frigate+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVM5WMGr-p9RzxOnwTU1AxI8WRJGExMWTUDe5k2BAEY50r9W7QbOy9lIffiObb06JaLgbT9dnVCsVwF7Dim29WSutN0J6eze79YDeUdY0-fS1Z7pU2FkXebDW7jn5TvFR74VdZVuS34-o/s400/6864-Very+young+Frigate+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">There were fewer birds, especially fewer males, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">when we were there in May, but no matter – </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">getting so close to these endangered birds was thrilling. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEFzBdRSVjwe664oHRk5ZoF6wne8KMJI_vSoe32K5Waniov2KgF4rJaxTsv56fWE5QeSDzkvRXLPnusmQFOBsdSyEJgQsxCPo27Rl3rPeL6rByTlLvdzLbqPCbP5PKfn9T_KTFzlHrrs/s1600/6862-Counters+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; 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mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And we enjoyed an adventure ashore a few weeks later. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Solomon picked us up in his water taxi ……</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHcRSaExZqQPQYauy3oDvE8mcYv1ksYvAq15XmIbZiyRC_3m4K8c29t4sOfomEJgpe3ADoHxyMcuB-b6oeQhfEcXHBhXB3oHN5PCdBuupdiTYwI0fOu7wAMOu_PWZmjBXWgE6XSsgIisc/s1600/6992-Soloman+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">…… and joined us, with our tour guide, Nkosi, </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">for a look at the east coast of Barbuda and the limestone caves.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMG1tGyQ8_xkha10lHRCmfHMGilWVibms7sE0ExguTeEUtuTV0bPkNNKSWe2kxUbrOdd-9T621kH66Yuqo8oos38c05dwX0FS_60I_Tgon2P39ANFcJ78_-yTG4LJAtKrLM9DDHiLR83c/s1600/6997-Pat+Nkozi+Soloman+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The limestone formations that house the caves are stark and beautiful. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The locals come to the caves to camp.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXZmENIsO1k0kfwiTE8LsH9Tn3KgcQLY4AJasiM0FmoZgMmJIDhNWzO09vu1Hr5CYdWakLgt-wvMDf6i1akCxS4hcd1q5xSFuqp2ekBr0MRl0poQNZBYG0l_W0QvK78gXTX0Y5h24g0I/s1600/6998+-+7001+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXZmENIsO1k0kfwiTE8LsH9Tn3KgcQLY4AJasiM0FmoZgMmJIDhNWzO09vu1Hr5CYdWakLgt-wvMDf6i1akCxS4hcd1q5xSFuqp2ekBr0MRl0poQNZBYG0l_W0QvK78gXTX0Y5h24g0I/s400/6998+-+7001+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Geoff went ahead as we ascended through one cave and Nkosi had my back. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The look on my face tells you how thrilled I was with the</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">darkness, the sharp incline, and the questionable footing </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">– some of my favourite things.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARE2UUHTsE0-OXBVghF0-3Iv9-yofp5wpjaRa8mgjzIdwY9a_ZyIxvGtZ7kiAfzAl2DCY4C54F6WNc1w3abgGMTBZ7esaYyiJy5u3h6QjDfJjFYpZmTDuZkBuwTxSdcH1O4Eo3WFoRlk/s1600/7005-Pat+on+staircase+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARE2UUHTsE0-OXBVghF0-3Iv9-yofp5wpjaRa8mgjzIdwY9a_ZyIxvGtZ7kiAfzAl2DCY4C54F6WNc1w3abgGMTBZ7esaYyiJy5u3h6QjDfJjFYpZmTDuZkBuwTxSdcH1O4Eo3WFoRlk/s400/7005-Pat+on+staircase+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Fortunately I was wearing my hiking flip flops.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuQiCsUd3Pawym35b7xNpyKJoSHiJYzY0Xce6IutrVTFzLLGpXpfGKjHoWiGabx7dn14kjr6DItP8qVSUlUPo1Z7H9VIYDzx_zfxsdjbTzNhuEcIBoe04xC9bBcFxKHsqcIPOW_kbzJg/s1600/7008-Pat+emerges+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzuQiCsUd3Pawym35b7xNpyKJoSHiJYzY0Xce6IutrVTFzLLGpXpfGKjHoWiGabx7dn14kjr6DItP8qVSUlUPo1Z7H9VIYDzx_zfxsdjbTzNhuEcIBoe04xC9bBcFxKHsqcIPOW_kbzJg/s400/7008-Pat+emerges+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">But when we emerged into full daylight in the highland area? </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The view of Two Foot Bay was worth the climb.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GPJTVfCnYAD6qS5nsjbXT0TKScWtuwUO0v-QSkqWTQF3_p4mu2idIHlz2dz_Z8rYUQFYeGiwFyOt-98J6fWPOwLqxhwqmb72RIiV4pby78B_yDHtFnO2K21270hmyr6R_rOxMp3ZboA/s1600/7010-Two+foot+bay+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GPJTVfCnYAD6qS5nsjbXT0TKScWtuwUO0v-QSkqWTQF3_p4mu2idIHlz2dz_Z8rYUQFYeGiwFyOt-98J6fWPOwLqxhwqmb72RIiV4pby78B_yDHtFnO2K21270hmyr6R_rOxMp3ZboA/s400/7010-Two+foot+bay+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And a caveat here - this wasn't exactly mountain climbing. The highest point in Barbuda is all of 125 feet.</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Another stop was the Highland House ruins, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">part of the former Codrington Estate.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQybnUs_9i-0OKWYXzg9fKtvHpHwrf227-DixIsheD3DyK0ltbOfAur5KGfK6y2XdtHRgV1gNKuLTI8ccZGOI33yGqDKCpx7FX8v15g-AY1M9qzKt5BncyHj9wD4oc1bUlkSmhfC-MxY/s1600/7021+-+7023+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQybnUs_9i-0OKWYXzg9fKtvHpHwrf227-DixIsheD3DyK0ltbOfAur5KGfK6y2XdtHRgV1gNKuLTI8ccZGOI33yGqDKCpx7FX8v15g-AY1M9qzKt5BncyHj9wD4oc1bUlkSmhfC-MxY/s400/7021+-+7023+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In the 1600s, England leased Barbuda to the Codrington family. </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">They used the island primarily to breed slave labor </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">for their sugar plantations on Antigua. </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Nkosi and I talked about the history a bit, </span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">then had a ‘that was then, this is now’ moment.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZx8cj7n1oabMhoGZAjPKIxO2rb3cKLCciiItfHvhqiFxHQHIC6VRNNqc7cFIPSU17oeqq2sFsW8WYdCKbDIkDMVAwQbcUBvDW6hPLzh3KQISDfUkytTpoXRkyqJlQiJRCS-jXKFlLAMw/s1600/7024-Nkosi+and+Pat+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZx8cj7n1oabMhoGZAjPKIxO2rb3cKLCciiItfHvhqiFxHQHIC6VRNNqc7cFIPSU17oeqq2sFsW8WYdCKbDIkDMVAwQbcUBvDW6hPLzh3KQISDfUkytTpoXRkyqJlQiJRCS-jXKFlLAMw/s400/7024-Nkosi+and+Pat+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We may have to adopt Nkosi. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">On the drive back to Codrington for lunch, </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Nkosi and Solomon showed us the sand mines.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SjZYLD8czHF8xu5ff_NDgqKvTHwmK7XSR0udSXL6t-FBif43R9pKyaNuaJLkTl2trTwWowWPaN1k8h5bTtCzSoTtOpzM1PU3BYxh7sTIpfyJq_51fSkKxCkpRy7PhxNIcOEBZ0aq5-U/s1600/7036-Sand+export+1+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5SjZYLD8czHF8xu5ff_NDgqKvTHwmK7XSR0udSXL6t-FBif43R9pKyaNuaJLkTl2trTwWowWPaN1k8h5bTtCzSoTtOpzM1PU3BYxh7sTIpfyJq_51fSkKxCkpRy7PhxNIcOEBZ0aq5-U/s400/7036-Sand+export+1+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Barbuda exports sand by barge to neighbouring islands.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrTUwIXEm33eXUbowC67bvLV_XicsfkPhJBD87ptCOd_KzHtRdFztTsjM2sFVkTPMTuXDDpei57MWQ-v2jh5710GBA7_h0eW2I812bM9QzL-qGioVoa3Yj_FWrhUilmY5Ub-LyJVRUh8/s1600/7038-Sand+export+3+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJrTUwIXEm33eXUbowC67bvLV_XicsfkPhJBD87ptCOd_KzHtRdFztTsjM2sFVkTPMTuXDDpei57MWQ-v2jh5710GBA7_h0eW2I812bM9QzL-qGioVoa3Yj_FWrhUilmY5Ub-LyJVRUh8/s400/7038-Sand+export+3+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We walked around Codrington for a bit, the only town on Barbuda, </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and home to most of the island’s inhabitants. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Various sources put the population somewhere between 1500-1800 people.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Codrington meanders with good town roads that</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">evolve into dirt roads as the city turns into rural space. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xXZp2uz8FuM3Aeq_6xWcV1RUPY4qvxwSWdqGNmPMuSxS7GFWu4XLNB78OITxkZT5lIqltLj1O5TIj-iurRO-ufaPV8kHbYGH7SawXA4myF2YtSuITvnajITqcUD2zV_e5W4kLFFA9Uw/s1600/6872-Long+and+winding+road.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xXZp2uz8FuM3Aeq_6xWcV1RUPY4qvxwSWdqGNmPMuSxS7GFWu4XLNB78OITxkZT5lIqltLj1O5TIj-iurRO-ufaPV8kHbYGH7SawXA4myF2YtSuITvnajITqcUD2zV_e5W4kLFFA9Uw/s400/6872-Long+and+winding+road.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Horses are a big part of Barbudan life </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and are left to wander freely throughout the town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGvvB5lgCKmUt66pccmzdH_yqzKcFPNU24tH48BnMw99mBaCIC9pTNae8cbvJHXzO_fGtnF2Rezz5STUdJYvinnKzbMnLS14mBsHH44S-uO7qGJgZ_2C_lBZlF395TUEeMnT-Rnlg5r0/s1600/6873-Headless+horse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGvvB5lgCKmUt66pccmzdH_yqzKcFPNU24tH48BnMw99mBaCIC9pTNae8cbvJHXzO_fGtnF2Rezz5STUdJYvinnKzbMnLS14mBsHH44S-uO7qGJgZ_2C_lBZlF395TUEeMnT-Rnlg5r0/s400/6873-Headless+horse.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next year, we plan to check out the Sunday horse racing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And this is the Art Café in Codrington, the home</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and business of Claire Frank and her husband, Mackenzie. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4ua83WvBtUVprNkrVRJX9kw3NIS5BKTBTN9JO4JZJ7GbPwc4RVtYFqq3tQGroo4Sh0uGpUMFGLKCNia7o3qMCKINqrLzfxe_5fojjqf2V7b-4INyzTEcxzMjoNGqBxFqsAHBR7T68yU/s1600/7027-Art+Cafe+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4ua83WvBtUVprNkrVRJX9kw3NIS5BKTBTN9JO4JZJ7GbPwc4RVtYFqq3tQGroo4Sh0uGpUMFGLKCNia7o3qMCKINqrLzfxe_5fojjqf2V7b-4INyzTEcxzMjoNGqBxFqsAHBR7T68yU/s400/7027-Art+Cafe+1.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We chatted with Mackenzie, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">but Claire was away in England. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We hope to meet her next year. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Claire is one of the forces behind the website <a href="http://www.barbudaful.net/"><span style="color: purple;">www.barbudaful.net</span></a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The next anchorage for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Beach House</i> was Gravenor Bay </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">on the southeast corner of Barbuda.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpmidYKWthW5TjkmCjDWPFchYdE22hmKH7EG8Whs4m4EQ-OfsABgxq14JWY5Sc4KnJCKSX96jBPOgEaRpCoPBZ2ewGTy__MuQ6XiKa4zrsI7jdZLcHwTI2KpxEGHmENIWf5LO5_L-4F8/s1600/Gravenor+Bay+Map+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpmidYKWthW5TjkmCjDWPFchYdE22hmKH7EG8Whs4m4EQ-OfsABgxq14JWY5Sc4KnJCKSX96jBPOgEaRpCoPBZ2ewGTy__MuQ6XiKa4zrsI7jdZLcHwTI2KpxEGHmENIWf5LO5_L-4F8/s400/Gravenor+Bay+Map+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The multiple reef systems and coral heads make for a tense approach. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We had good waypoints from fellow cruisers and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Geoff stood look out on the bow as we slowly worked our way </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; 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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: navy; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We did a dinghy tour the next day around Gravenor Bay.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ROAdlcw_kJxyBdXg07sc3eAVLr1JZT2ef9gUAwk0kR_3OjHUYr4ZcpEDCDS8-JZ1U_Whmv1nrvdqSUGHEGpk1I73iws2nx8-fQylyrPRyZSscU1dL6g-pbzD5802vH4rJzvrDICA92Y/s400/7050+-+7051+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And another day the captain did a little snorkeling ......</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVxrljQRt-n5tuSc6ppKg7fzoSxH-jVbUlC1FJ9SZI5fnp2WOpnfa3EEMNIiRzD0tdQbPsTe6woGKvC700qRCjhMIYI0RwxBZZQuijgxYkWb0PJP-3RPvetKEGxQExPsKtZw7wJ4e7Wg/s1600/7057+-+7059+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVxrljQRt-n5tuSc6ppKg7fzoSxH-jVbUlC1FJ9SZI5fnp2WOpnfa3EEMNIiRzD0tdQbPsTe6woGKvC700qRCjhMIYI0RwxBZZQuijgxYkWb0PJP-3RPvetKEGxQExPsKtZw7wJ4e7Wg/s400/7057+-+7059+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">...... while I kept watch on the dinghy.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQXJbdC_qCI3hFQ3GtizhRyaO03ycVoNZUyeO_i60Nm8a3IqDdQLfJOB-cvMVI5KULnDRNecBuc6bjsFnunQxv3S37jb3xm48RoFlwsUX_hhQXeU9kCULBc23u-BWjr-NPOm3QBtqZZQ/s1600/7062-Shark+POV+Pat+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRQXJbdC_qCI3hFQ3GtizhRyaO03ycVoNZUyeO_i60Nm8a3IqDdQLfJOB-cvMVI5KULnDRNecBuc6bjsFnunQxv3S37jb3xm48RoFlwsUX_hhQXeU9kCULBc23u-BWjr-NPOm3QBtqZZQ/s400/7062-Shark+POV+Pat+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We did some exploring ashore as well, walking inland just a bit </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">to the Codrington family’s castle ruins.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr4SGl2X4t-f3QbYaMKCXfX1cscp1xBycU7tptH1wmj_ViGaI2kileqHF312NWWFBXhNSLEWzysULurOuVZrCXVXnJTVTgs2aRaEsVWpkBNtMvCpR7j27Ofb0Nx0Kzuv8jM8aUQTa6jk/s1600/7070+-+7069+combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVr4SGl2X4t-f3QbYaMKCXfX1cscp1xBycU7tptH1wmj_ViGaI2kileqHF312NWWFBXhNSLEWzysULurOuVZrCXVXnJTVTgs2aRaEsVWpkBNtMvCpR7j27Ofb0Nx0Kzuv8jM8aUQTa6jk/s400/7070+-+7069+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The castle was built in 1666 and destroyed by an earthquake. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHk3UBbvVgKdvLqNs5EgNYZbyhyudIR0LB136NCahrJwOeXboENFEBwlasqxAO8XGREkXiNjdTm93pnYQnKv-CbBAonWRQXVxILt7OF-H3CR_MxAQ8obX91aZJJZlc3aCDROctW9Fo7I/s1600/7071-BH+from+castle+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyHk3UBbvVgKdvLqNs5EgNYZbyhyudIR0LB136NCahrJwOeXboENFEBwlasqxAO8XGREkXiNjdTm93pnYQnKv-CbBAonWRQXVxILt7OF-H3CR_MxAQ8obX91aZJJZlc3aCDROctW9Fo7I/s400/7071-BH+from+castle+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Just a short walk from Gravenor Bay is this southernmost view </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">of the wild Atlantic coast of Barbuda. Studded between these rugged limestone outcroppings are snippets of beach.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fYfy6iOcys8G933tAQmfwZdeaWobCu9Lmf0VIYTC-7-qK1TU_jMqSXKmjpbJNWxLfX-JhpA0JKg6BKjg5GVZKsUJ8l4Lyp7vwmHcAVYkVczh6aWMoRBIP3C8emIqZ3xinODPnqOz9v0/s1600/7081-Crumbling+Limestone+cliffs+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7fYfy6iOcys8G933tAQmfwZdeaWobCu9Lmf0VIYTC-7-qK1TU_jMqSXKmjpbJNWxLfX-JhpA0JKg6BKjg5GVZKsUJ8l4Lyp7vwmHcAVYkVczh6aWMoRBIP3C8emIqZ3xinODPnqOz9v0/s400/7081-Crumbling+Limestone+cliffs+F.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">On the way back to the dinghy, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ffY1FBpGoy_NWkCUDWq6pot2RTacyMrdY9cWcPQEO01fyf6XQCfdlla4tSK_w3b2QKI7pOYpwrpG7V7qYdRlGjtLuWAlLzRQW01SJChf8Fk8sIRp_4e3JnN7VmoSndyxicPDijp_cgw/s400/7087+-+7073+combo.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> The distinctive raspy braying of these shy animals </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">made us smile every morning. No need for alarm clocks.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">When people ask which island is our favourite, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">we now have an answer. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We’ll go back to Barbuda next year to revisit some favourite spots, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and to search out some new adventures. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And, of course, there are miles and miles of beach </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">yet to explore.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDMNHluiiZpzBggoqV2hekDVESVJ24gIrjQaOL1X71bZwypXEY3lP-MpmAJrWxK9yNDSsiQrBv-wvNvQTgSpL5lN_5U_Sj1rf5m9MCCnfv1qFZfe6_v3D2KddkVPi7KVpaUfsrmoU96w/s1600/6910-Footprints+oin+sand+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXDMNHluiiZpzBggoqV2hekDVESVJ24gIrjQaOL1X71bZwypXEY3lP-MpmAJrWxK9yNDSsiQrBv-wvNvQTgSpL5lN_5U_Sj1rf5m9MCCnfv1qFZfe6_v3D2KddkVPi7KVpaUfsrmoU96w/s400/6910-Footprints+oin+sand+F.jpg" t8="true" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-91089391500123527052011-05-19T18:04:00.024-04:002011-06-07T16:01:10.724-04:00FLASHBACK - "DRIFT AWAY"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Jt8SrDwUEr1RrRb5kE_Fv-8oeEM1LBp0Qrpme_MryHoM_3D4qmEXgZcFeP-eqKhzIDuvZcKk-I1CTX1Sp3zGViljuUHZL6nznRBaDHvJ3_LimV0XJ4OkvCzrptI_6uXMIwdTYmqp9tw/s1600/DRIFT+AWAY+HEADER+-+SIZED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Jt8SrDwUEr1RrRb5kE_Fv-8oeEM1LBp0Qrpme_MryHoM_3D4qmEXgZcFeP-eqKhzIDuvZcKk-I1CTX1Sp3zGViljuUHZL6nznRBaDHvJ3_LimV0XJ4OkvCzrptI_6uXMIwdTYmqp9tw/s400/DRIFT+AWAY+HEADER+-+SIZED.jpg" t8="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure. There are chores to be done no matter where you live, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but life on the water is slow, easy and social. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s how we spent some lazy afternoons last fall in Grenada </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– drifting away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Calivigny Island at the south end of Clarke’s Court Bay </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">privately </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">owned </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and home to a very exclusive resort.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The beach is lovely, but our gang of cruisers only needed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the beach </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for dinghy parking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'd bring our noodles and coolies and while away </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an hour on many afternoons, drifting around together.</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-Ie2oXLHItqBAsR3G_zNRL_Dwq328Q1wCYzf9SpUfVMg_Px-4TUX8qpObxe1Ixbzqjl8zh1EjZdexOSCoPwXYgDfl33v0Q4BC6AT3ObFBs6jMGZyxFanznN35ws2e7WTonWNIyQsyJE/s1600/4675-4677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="135" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2-Ie2oXLHItqBAsR3G_zNRL_Dwq328Q1wCYzf9SpUfVMg_Px-4TUX8qpObxe1Ixbzqjl8zh1EjZdexOSCoPwXYgDfl33v0Q4BC6AT3ObFBs6jMGZyxFanznN35ws2e7WTonWNIyQsyJE/s400/4675-4677.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a perfect way to cool down </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and share the ups and downs of our day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Give us salt, sand and palm trees. Life is good.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrAZZCGXqR8hOpWe16AGEHf8x7tHFn_JV3EmPr_WUtB2uQa0rYdZv2DXjcmLBWfbUCgSwAdyVwolAeuxA3ktiFuVD3QJibafNeGqTxtpEJPoB0H9dmUreF2c8q6hlI18VLpFaR-ulwrE/s1600/4774-4571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="160" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrAZZCGXqR8hOpWe16AGEHf8x7tHFn_JV3EmPr_WUtB2uQa0rYdZv2DXjcmLBWfbUCgSwAdyVwolAeuxA3ktiFuVD3QJibafNeGqTxtpEJPoB0H9dmUreF2c8q6hlI18VLpFaR-ulwrE/s400/4774-4571.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ashley, the canine member of our group, really needs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to learn how to relax.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Calivigny beach gathering was quite a regular event </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">during September and October. Just to change it up a bit, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cynthia from <em>Minx</em> organized a dinghy drift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fourteen boats arrived, turned off their motors </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and tied up to each other.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know you’re wondering why we all look so very tense. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeuG5LYJHP5vTn_JKrz-hPWydD7L1o7musgVCLYtJhzbdvWr6e_JsV_SvQtN_PsLWdQ9HFP6VO-kNnA6ZiU3a3_dC5khPCksuI2Luw9X5h8MsxaMnSKpAh13iu8mcqCDiq-9GrH-WPdc/s1600/4945-4948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="176" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWeuG5LYJHP5vTn_JKrz-hPWydD7L1o7musgVCLYtJhzbdvWr6e_JsV_SvQtN_PsLWdQ9HFP6VO-kNnA6ZiU3a3_dC5khPCksuI2Luw9X5h8MsxaMnSKpAh13iu8mcqCDiq-9GrH-WPdc/s400/4945-4948.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As our dinghy raft-up drifted with the current in Clarke’s Court Bay, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we chatted, enjoyed munchies and sundowners, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and sang away our troubles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Life is a lyric. Humming a few bars is fine too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOq8jQ4-UpFjdhBCO0tjYTZR4H1hpn_CKffBQZ7N0YfYMbrtAlDSFZHEg0BNIaxzv1rYom0PqqIMVVCFJzc7G-zvYgSOYiv2gIQ1G5jVfhJlwwFJva5H5JzZDvFjjlim3ccNi5UpYnEY/s1600/4952-4951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="157" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOq8jQ4-UpFjdhBCO0tjYTZR4H1hpn_CKffBQZ7N0YfYMbrtAlDSFZHEg0BNIaxzv1rYom0PqqIMVVCFJzc7G-zvYgSOYiv2gIQ1G5jVfhJlwwFJva5H5JzZDvFjjlim3ccNi5UpYnEY/s400/4952-4951.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On another memorable afternoon, we were treated </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to some real music that arrived in Clarke Court’s Bay – by boat. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we all attended – also by boat. </span><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Meet Madison Violet and their 1st Annual Grenada Dinghy Concert.</span> </div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmUGPiAKfYGzO6qfDWibhA8osUJQLLii2H6DhmDIidSaxxlTkjmJv_OyrWUaxd7puLjH5TKJLhD_sZ70wy7LVRGBXQs2UhKIkGxajt9IDrcANHtdprmSnYGUUN5V2RTcaAzWEVpQZg2E/s1600/5510.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmUGPiAKfYGzO6qfDWibhA8osUJQLLii2H6DhmDIidSaxxlTkjmJv_OyrWUaxd7puLjH5TKJLhD_sZ70wy7LVRGBXQs2UhKIkGxajt9IDrcANHtdprmSnYGUUN5V2RTcaAzWEVpQZg2E/s400/5510.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This award-winning Canadian duo has been developing their sound, </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and a following, over the past ten years. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lisa and Brenley played guitar, mandolin, ukulele </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and fiddle at various times throughout the concert. </span></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJQ0MfY8kAzdi4VwtMsAYCMi7hN5UnVh_2yiz5yyBc0ilXemF43mqjnrN3BG7766ubdH2Ap0WxPknIVJUl0yXkr3wNDkHxSTFrHz_Dm9tcbRVu34HFQa84ia_ouslg7vcB_e1nOelpz8/s1600/5514-C-D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJQ0MfY8kAzdi4VwtMsAYCMi7hN5UnVh_2yiz5yyBc0ilXemF43mqjnrN3BG7766ubdH2Ap0WxPknIVJUl0yXkr3wNDkHxSTFrHz_Dm9tcbRVu34HFQa84ia_ouslg7vcB_e1nOelpz8/s400/5514-C-D.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lisa, on the left above, is Ashley MacIssac's sister. Some serious</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fiddling genes in that family.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcltdt0bg3kxaQI5TfF2M-PKjwdOPj3MOH322x_oJ64J2OPzEtmal4pv-VK8_4PgPElErMQ9j0nO8JKbiZEyX-DMGBNQ54lZSySZ4NdPgYbm3NCCbZ5rB24oPVNeCHYm1y-yvHJ_tiN4Q/s1600/5509.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="210" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcltdt0bg3kxaQI5TfF2M-PKjwdOPj3MOH322x_oJ64J2OPzEtmal4pv-VK8_4PgPElErMQ9j0nO8JKbiZEyX-DMGBNQ54lZSySZ4NdPgYbm3NCCbZ5rB24oPVNeCHYm1y-yvHJ_tiN4Q/s400/5509.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.madisonviolet.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.madisonviolet.com/</span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy_GNFvNR7OX-vb4hPzn3_sy5DWAvq6S4Nu9kOubmtcrykbZ6C4CAa-SPFalXWFwIVnPHHSR_7S0n2tfEbbFseuDm_sMfHUW35mVX5vyfdICV-n1i9OzJmtOQqSwwe6gh4qI5OLt1UMM/s1600/5511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRy_GNFvNR7OX-vb4hPzn3_sy5DWAvq6S4Nu9kOubmtcrykbZ6C4CAa-SPFalXWFwIVnPHHSR_7S0n2tfEbbFseuDm_sMfHUW35mVX5vyfdICV-n1i9OzJmtOQqSwwe6gh4qI5OLt1UMM/s400/5511.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their vocal harmonies cross several genres </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– country/folk/Celtic/pop sounds delighted a happy crowd on a beautiful day.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRjpsSvyjLZdK0VYonJFB9bD4K0IDbPow7EJTLS46rMx6dlwiien9x7mkQ0M9I_0FbqfEo4SoIp7s9shbJImWLYcZs5Q9_2A2TaKjOfeobSf_wz08kzx6g4opBWvru9JKdOIp-mln7h0/s1600/5512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRjpsSvyjLZdK0VYonJFB9bD4K0IDbPow7EJTLS46rMx6dlwiien9x7mkQ0M9I_0FbqfEo4SoIp7s9shbJImWLYcZs5Q9_2A2TaKjOfeobSf_wz08kzx6g4opBWvru9JKdOIp-mln7h0/s400/5512.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We look forward to the 2nd Annual Grenada Dinghy Concert this fall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Working with these pictures has been quite bittersweet. We’ve shared such good times with many wonderful cruisers and some of them are heading Stateside to resume a land-based life. Friends may drift in and out of our lives, but the memories of shared laughter remain.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good luck and much love to Cynthia and Mike from <em>Minx</em> ---</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- to Sam and Margie from <em>Encantada</em> ---</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKE0Oj8KsIbAgRTjQToF0vmtE2RG2Tdl3Fs8SuKU8fpzpMOEQd29Znw7wWwMqM5A-vI6EKRbUUAzscWSCiCMKAQHI_jEa4UGUS_BY-rtypJn7ev7I37VTFY9nObPlS6xFioZhHepGvDHU/s1600/4565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKE0Oj8KsIbAgRTjQToF0vmtE2RG2Tdl3Fs8SuKU8fpzpMOEQd29Znw7wWwMqM5A-vI6EKRbUUAzscWSCiCMKAQHI_jEa4UGUS_BY-rtypJn7ev7I37VTFY9nObPlS6xFioZhHepGvDHU/s400/4565.jpg" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- and to Heidi and Bill from <em>Act III</em>. </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JXEnjTUE3VCa5TAgleinxxmJw31TfazG_9Zi0YbDC9sLcWDwm4UFFDORyruSO9vXQ0Mtrw-8iHHIborvw8uMP4RzLJYsr160w4-JCGh89Syv00XfeHN1W6yXDN9QADUW_Y7lJfRnjVY/s1600/4838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_JXEnjTUE3VCa5TAgleinxxmJw31TfazG_9Zi0YbDC9sLcWDwm4UFFDORyruSO9vXQ0Mtrw-8iHHIborvw8uMP4RzLJYsr160w4-JCGh89Syv00XfeHN1W6yXDN9QADUW_Y7lJfRnjVY/s400/4838.jpg" width="361" /></span></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Camp Grenada will miss your dancing feet and smiling faces. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK1-7WTf8ssGixwmBRt4s64L_KEn9eAV5Ig9Mat3r5KinCAziwgDlsXI056YFOdD3y5X74xY1fA3uULHRGRrESOKRo01wg8InABVb8Aa2hZCIby7G58gJx0c179HGNiGjpCFKSmUMt9jk/s1600/4774-4571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-72036424266657004792011-04-25T10:31:00.006-04:002011-05-19T18:54:15.407-04:00"A DAY AT THE RACES"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9toaG5xhIJevE2qr_l9sTgJCXtWASRfWLRD9clMu9dz8ZTqp4R0ydLhCCjbNPuHkS9R2_C4GCPBQGcHU_UX8BRRZPjlC-z96KLD8O_JwUehBC_1b1AXSNAruBui8wLZ66dbDGbai7-U/s1600/RACE+WEEK+HEADER+SIZED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9toaG5xhIJevE2qr_l9sTgJCXtWASRfWLRD9clMu9dz8ZTqp4R0ydLhCCjbNPuHkS9R2_C4GCPBQGcHU_UX8BRRZPjlC-z96KLD8O_JwUehBC_1b1AXSNAruBui8wLZ66dbDGbai7-U/s400/RACE+WEEK+HEADER+SIZED.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you love ladies with a past, you’ve come to the right place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VBqwZQp3BaqpbOwkA9BcI8DzxxgEwfvYLpkRtHM3CQks0sBnDZ3_xIr9ctmdl6Z2u0Swqhnl11HLwKcdS4-r68s_v4sKXeZesraBz80MpZYAfKGyNGUHP_4qm58BCU0YOSR7eoqwk3c/s1600/867-Fallmouth+Harb+-+Program+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VBqwZQp3BaqpbOwkA9BcI8DzxxgEwfvYLpkRtHM3CQks0sBnDZ3_xIr9ctmdl6Z2u0Swqhnl11HLwKcdS4-r68s_v4sKXeZesraBz80MpZYAfKGyNGUHP_4qm58BCU0YOSR7eoqwk3c/s400/867-Fallmouth+Harb+-+Program+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to English and Falmouth Harbours </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These classic ladies fall into three race categories – genuine classic yachts built in the 20s and 30s - modern yachts built to honour the craftsmanship of yesterday’s beauties - and traditional wooden workboats from the islands. An additional class was added in recent years, the Spirit of Tradition Class, that accepts yachts built along ‘classic’ lines but with modern additions. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Visitors were welcome to walk the docks and chat with the crews as they cleaned and polished their boats for Elegance Day – it’s not enough to be a fast boat, you must also be beautifully maintained.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JD4pOZtj0KFTR0lB2j2Tx0_uK3MUvFzpy_neTflrl_BXf6RUez7qSJ4ysvKy0AP01PnteordtVK4ISyAk2s05iikqNlsSmRtD5FBeMc8u7W1V3IDixJ3B5ZEP5C9b1XD0skyjmKqTCE/s1600/6585-Boat+Prep+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JD4pOZtj0KFTR0lB2j2Tx0_uK3MUvFzpy_neTflrl_BXf6RUez7qSJ4ysvKy0AP01PnteordtVK4ISyAk2s05iikqNlsSmRtD5FBeMc8u7W1V3IDixJ3B5ZEP5C9b1XD0skyjmKqTCE/s400/6585-Boat+Prep+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And then it rained.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicix8jyjUWvs6QFqv-ccDLypVLHGWH8Pg1fQeMwVA1rKF80iQCA5i5VdYBD3uQkB94uPaU28jPz6t9UxfJpF5_LU5qXfWzIH8MnJXnuw5Sq-BjdGUtPiCcmQi7F2OvpgHOMjfSV8x6bIw/s1600/6626-and+then+it+rained.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicix8jyjUWvs6QFqv-ccDLypVLHGWH8Pg1fQeMwVA1rKF80iQCA5i5VdYBD3uQkB94uPaU28jPz6t9UxfJpF5_LU5qXfWzIH8MnJXnuw5Sq-BjdGUtPiCcmQi7F2OvpgHOMjfSV8x6bIw/s400/6626-and+then+it+rained.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And the crews started drying and polishing again – every inch.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1FaOpgy4dvZdwm-nCSQrgi6hVLsgWejZRumzzOEDtGXNEPGW96vt1vuIvMR5xX581tH63gLZPucAuUi94y1js_6KW172760Xl1wyMMuiMuNWVIcEuL-QMrjHU55XM-oJeS_A_LcjjdU/s1600/6631-Cleaning+every+inch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-1FaOpgy4dvZdwm-nCSQrgi6hVLsgWejZRumzzOEDtGXNEPGW96vt1vuIvMR5xX581tH63gLZPucAuUi94y1js_6KW172760Xl1wyMMuiMuNWVIcEuL-QMrjHU55XM-oJeS_A_LcjjdU/s400/6631-Cleaning+every+inch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Velsheda</em> is a beautiful J-class yacht.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvcXbOfgZHJ3LKdpEjTYCt8H2ojKvyZfZczAt8uP4gRcEQbdbmqoNumsYIzL9Y38Uoyu9LUxsl8nPWM-drTarKNX8m_4kx_jlV1moLLKabbJapx022II4IL21zG8zLT5j1BKyAUGDV5A/s1600/6615-Velsheda+-+dock+stern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvcXbOfgZHJ3LKdpEjTYCt8H2ojKvyZfZczAt8uP4gRcEQbdbmqoNumsYIzL9Y38Uoyu9LUxsl8nPWM-drTarKNX8m_4kx_jlV1moLLKabbJapx022II4IL21zG8zLT5j1BKyAUGDV5A/s400/6615-Velsheda+-+dock+stern.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She arrived in Antigua with her mother ship, a motor boat to house the owners of the racing yacht and their guests. Meet <em>Bystander</em>. Just how do you spell “$$$$$”?</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNDGVmdjlyaYIp-McLsiuUFzA3_XLl7TKBIh-nAwmLOFAAsa5IfGy53QXW0iLOWXjywymdLbbr8Ly5DNI-28Rkg8LeMu61rW9uNVlTqfHXU78zZ6X5J8MXUTuoTArT-O16VuIXAf8tvk/s1600/P4251170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXNDGVmdjlyaYIp-McLsiuUFzA3_XLl7TKBIh-nAwmLOFAAsa5IfGy53QXW0iLOWXjywymdLbbr8Ly5DNI-28Rkg8LeMu61rW9uNVlTqfHXU78zZ6X5J8MXUTuoTArT-O16VuIXAf8tvk/s400/P4251170.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Ranger</em> is a crowd favourite and has fun loving crew members. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVypjSTpIQR8rmbNAJGQqkrg3hgCm6dehyphenhyphenrEat1ejBVBuoW7EHSuCZezKwTVrVMBscmYU5zmPECt76tCBLO7SorKNdHVmOh26fUnWTSbrrI9Eunvdi1rGU264p4T_LJL9SoCuDxFD6ois/s1600/6608-Ranger+at+dock++and+Pat+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVypjSTpIQR8rmbNAJGQqkrg3hgCm6dehyphenhyphenrEat1ejBVBuoW7EHSuCZezKwTVrVMBscmYU5zmPECt76tCBLO7SorKNdHVmOh26fUnWTSbrrI9Eunvdi1rGU264p4T_LJL9SoCuDxFD6ois/s400/6608-Ranger+at+dock++and+Pat+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looks like it's possible that a little Mount Gay loosens everyone up. “The rum that invented rum” may have generated a few rum squalls during the week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Marie</em> was our favourite racing yacht. We checked her out from every angle. A crew member joked, “If you have $5000 in your pocket right now, she’s yours.” Maybe a safe bet we weren’t carrying the cash? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKDi9-B5kg6Q1ra5I0UHs_wtGtTUL4e_lQSZfIjgQSIxRksrwIaSUJorEsJ1AwM1t4k4MP2gjen5w0O77ji2KPIPVdkwTa4fODaKb2B5CBIrH7Fw74-NIYZZPwYRIGsAQSIgi3ibtnDg/s1600/6606-Marie+-+dock+stern+shot+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKDi9-B5kg6Q1ra5I0UHs_wtGtTUL4e_lQSZfIjgQSIxRksrwIaSUJorEsJ1AwM1t4k4MP2gjen5w0O77ji2KPIPVdkwTa4fODaKb2B5CBIrH7Fw74-NIYZZPwYRIGsAQSIgi3ibtnDg/s400/6606-Marie+-+dock+stern+shot+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the big boats, there were beautiful ladies of a more modest size.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjlEkegfCFrM3ceom9rdYyRlSdXeo_lSbNgE67MogUBObdk_VQliGBPnTP9abxCbMhJoV0sztcAJDvPf6GdekrDZZqWIqhMSaTLLMW6sAlqX9Juz_PmsdYoyQe4-hDi44gQ-4vtop9sc/s1600/6628-Elegance+day+1+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirjlEkegfCFrM3ceom9rdYyRlSdXeo_lSbNgE67MogUBObdk_VQliGBPnTP9abxCbMhJoV0sztcAJDvPf6GdekrDZZqWIqhMSaTLLMW6sAlqX9Juz_PmsdYoyQe4-hDi44gQ-4vtop9sc/s400/6628-Elegance+day+1+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the wooden Carriacou sloops are in a class of their own. These traditional island work boats are built by hand and by eye - no blueprints and no hull molds. They’re sturdy but elegant, hardy but fast.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wzMqpnYjD-2PmT6So8JtNlkn-H4IPFMQ5VjZJmBxmoImBFYj76ZgkqwK0pwK-DHAcfAGTDTLswo039PscEP9LaYMelBkR6_gBe3azYurqlGajzk55tGewyaSUIC32q1QM8cz_2x3goc/s1600/6624-Island+boats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3wzMqpnYjD-2PmT6So8JtNlkn-H4IPFMQ5VjZJmBxmoImBFYj76ZgkqwK0pwK-DHAcfAGTDTLswo039PscEP9LaYMelBkR6_gBe3azYurqlGajzk55tGewyaSUIC32q1QM8cz_2x3goc/s400/6624-Island+boats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.tradition-sailing.com/carriacou-sloops.html</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to dock walking and gawking, we spent some fun times volunteering at the Antigua Yacht Club. Geoff went to AYC every morning during race week to help with the morning clean up and tent changeovers – these tents down, those tents up, depending on that day’s sponsor.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent a shift in the yacht club office and another day bartending in the members lounge with Moe, a new friend</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and fellow cruiser volunteer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3y5UoYegrOGa8PFNv7A1A5pn0Whx-aoKNLMFzd3Ywc5s2DSqo3wpOZcPxXg_3MPoBngPlJP7yoMoh42FQ5A6ZaZkWB7joYMxaJ3N3Jtrkv8JRYowhv7P2fio0Lk1vQvFwZxvnS8MuxE/s1600/6687-Office+Pat+-+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz3y5UoYegrOGa8PFNv7A1A5pn0Whx-aoKNLMFzd3Ywc5s2DSqo3wpOZcPxXg_3MPoBngPlJP7yoMoh42FQ5A6ZaZkWB7joYMxaJ3N3Jtrkv8JRYowhv7P2fio0Lk1vQvFwZxvnS8MuxE/s400/6687-Office+Pat+-+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We enjoyed the experience and the opportunity to meet people, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">both other cruisers and local yacht club members. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On several of the race days, Geoff dinghied out to the start/finish line with his camera. The light winds that plagued the entrants meant lots of canvas being added and great viewing - the pictures say it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on the race circuit, <em>Old Bob</em>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4bIi4BxkUZ41zwS7NysCBjKzkZvG_Pj8Q6r7vQyUBpCvMo1yHZD-8haeEbQv2PPpaNtY-krTR0wKZHRM1ksaIJXYDvyDyuGYdxsPKtxuruiYzcKCS_Qa_QoCuEeEQ92urDKVZbImbXk/s1600/6655-Classics+2011-09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4bIi4BxkUZ41zwS7NysCBjKzkZvG_Pj8Q6r7vQyUBpCvMo1yHZD-8haeEbQv2PPpaNtY-krTR0wKZHRM1ksaIJXYDvyDyuGYdxsPKtxuruiYzcKCS_Qa_QoCuEeEQ92urDKVZbImbXk/s400/6655-Classics+2011-09.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three other vessels caught our eye. They weren’t here to race but they attracted a lot of well-deserved attention. And they couldn’t be more different from each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First up, <em>The Maltese Falcon</em>, all 289 feet of her. Her beam is 42.2 feet - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that's the length of <em>Beach House</em>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyTGv8lDOhpV89_TozpgakFU9Kj__1BlkLy6fNZ0eJ5XQ4roLWsDMGFomeLIbZ2hQGwPrLSfS92-ZInDmnk-pELy0A9ApevIOJ2xb7bRt-fezUZfnZ7CDLzGBKgRxknNYgNPT_1NwTAM/s1600/6632-Maltese+Falcon+-+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyTGv8lDOhpV89_TozpgakFU9Kj__1BlkLy6fNZ0eJ5XQ4roLWsDMGFomeLIbZ2hQGwPrLSfS92-ZInDmnk-pELy0A9ApevIOJ2xb7bRt-fezUZfnZ7CDLzGBKgRxknNYgNPT_1NwTAM/s400/6632-Maltese+Falcon+-+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her revolutionary sail system is apparently under consideration for use on smaller and more attainable boats.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTKcTsdPDGQoAMjjlkjUvq8EdIS67ZhfjbHqCznseYf9z0-M_SJY9Yk7mhymOPYVJzvDigjHbt16syp_88p_6ujiY4lS_VXhI7aK8o8T_fNamiwKdu88xMtmCoxXUaDxsJOHE5lVPju4/s1600/6745-Maltese+Falcon+departure+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTKcTsdPDGQoAMjjlkjUvq8EdIS67ZhfjbHqCznseYf9z0-M_SJY9Yk7mhymOPYVJzvDigjHbt16syp_88p_6ujiY4lS_VXhI7aK8o8T_fNamiwKdu88xMtmCoxXUaDxsJOHE5lVPju4/s400/6745-Maltese+Falcon+departure+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.symaltesefalcon.com</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Leander</em> was also here for a visit. At 246 feet, she’s one of the largest yachts in the world available for private charter. Rumour has it that <em>Leander</em> has been chartered by the royal family in the past, and that when she left Antigua a few days ago, she was headed to England to arrive in time for the royal wedding. Inquiring minds are wondering where William and Kate are honeymooning and how they're getting there.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We happened to be visiting friends when <em>Leander</em> left the harbour. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check her out and say hi to Sandy and Leslie.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the third non-racing ship that bears mentioning is the tall ship <em>Picton Castle</em>, based out of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMEnim6egBHk2v1yF2f5Nt2blZCP1qwWALzOSOyPBXWNn97Xn6cmek1RQspbyBBmdXUXl2hhcubW7bhz-FzRzCQl1nQw66Ho0DYFhMlhLT_-0N2XtjyLqm2RZ-rsM_cKApLCNo0sAjsI/s1600/6730-Picton+Castle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjMEnim6egBHk2v1yF2f5Nt2blZCP1qwWALzOSOyPBXWNn97Xn6cmek1RQspbyBBmdXUXl2hhcubW7bhz-FzRzCQl1nQw66Ho0DYFhMlhLT_-0N2XtjyLqm2RZ-rsM_cKApLCNo0sAjsI/s400/6730-Picton+Castle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She’s on her fifth circumnavigation as a teaching vessel and spent Classics race week here, welcoming visitors aboard for tours. What a thrill to check her out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje57qHUbxDjimw3ONxMwBg6pfkmE1StZ7u8-NsAolQzWPfi6TQ2-ohGXUuxEz_E_5vGOBxmnZ5tkq1pWixPzEVEzsx7nvUaw8_8bkv9R7D5KsuNtfNvyS-VOHxdjARkSJXa_CXYKzdFNU/s1600/6734-Pat+coming+up+-+Combo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje57qHUbxDjimw3ONxMwBg6pfkmE1StZ7u8-NsAolQzWPfi6TQ2-ohGXUuxEz_E_5vGOBxmnZ5tkq1pWixPzEVEzsx7nvUaw8_8bkv9R7D5KsuNtfNvyS-VOHxdjARkSJXa_CXYKzdFNU/s400/6734-Pat+coming+up+-+Combo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The piece de resistance of race week was the Sunday Parade of Classics through English Harbour. We were fortunate to score reservations through friends at Catherine’s Café – the premiere place to be on the premiere day of Classics. Thank you, Bob!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhby6NuvwU0COu8msV0JRvvdCu6wrSAWcx7lTtIcqrYzD-TGIldHanqMOPf-TMKUzFfBRklHVSzrKpArYFHz2rkGrrNwIVLINrlf84RCJb18LgGHWQYmrtZmT2eXTcjnatVomWyGvrnNvQ/s1600/6695-Classics+Parade+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhby6NuvwU0COu8msV0JRvvdCu6wrSAWcx7lTtIcqrYzD-TGIldHanqMOPf-TMKUzFfBRklHVSzrKpArYFHz2rkGrrNwIVLINrlf84RCJb18LgGHWQYmrtZmT2eXTcjnatVomWyGvrnNvQ/s400/6695-Classics+Parade+2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lunch was pricy but excellent and the view even better as we cheered our appreciation for these classy ladies with a past. It's possible that the crews were having as good a time as the spectators.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will we come to Antigua next April for Classics? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">look like a lopsided butterfly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6fZNQdPsjORPAi6lrJTCcL7fkduO_cOvRrygKGCzBfyw6xnt35NLmdJGac4IAEqLTPglT6Bq15IxwWJ4MSdnCOja5C4DqHLUna1G0ZD7eYRHQbaA3PQmee25YGgTw7ks3JcqBx_cqSA/s1600/Guadeloupe+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="266" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6fZNQdPsjORPAi6lrJTCcL7fkduO_cOvRrygKGCzBfyw6xnt35NLmdJGac4IAEqLTPglT6Bq15IxwWJ4MSdnCOja5C4DqHLUna1G0ZD7eYRHQbaA3PQmee25YGgTw7ks3JcqBx_cqSA/s400/Guadeloupe+map.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The ‘wings’are separated by a naviagable river </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">and we had a plan. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">But wait. Getting there is half the fun. Right?</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iYBB50vGoltwR3yG2t8XqUkrJZw4v4tyn2RSU4cPByflwCCO6qbRI4HtgF_RU_zUmfvyy9FVQ0JKHfPYcm7Ugww8weci7N7ih6YXp1ZhjtWHWrHCbszLBC05dS8xdxB27bDNh2P6rgo/s1600/6188+-+6339.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="188" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iYBB50vGoltwR3yG2t8XqUkrJZw4v4tyn2RSU4cPByflwCCO6qbRI4HtgF_RU_zUmfvyy9FVQ0JKHfPYcm7Ugww8weci7N7ih6YXp1ZhjtWHWrHCbszLBC05dS8xdxB27bDNh2P6rgo/s400/6188+-+6339.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">So let’s slow down a bit.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We couldn’t come to Guadeloupe without spending </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">some time in The Saintes, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a collection of islands </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">off the southwest corner of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the main islands.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wwpmRXwDa_YvIx0pyJuJiHXaV2BdfPenlOF5FPTCujtaYMd7DgtTMrkaGq5QkmhQ2zd9OgEU5cf-gwyGlwCXOylNolp3YzXFKcpymYX_5rlNEaGSLCp46MNRCoS14r7lHcVB0LS52eU/s1600/Saintes+map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="248" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wwpmRXwDa_YvIx0pyJuJiHXaV2BdfPenlOF5FPTCujtaYMd7DgtTMrkaGq5QkmhQ2zd9OgEU5cf-gwyGlwCXOylNolp3YzXFKcpymYX_5rlNEaGSLCp46MNRCoS14r7lHcVB0LS52eU/s400/Saintes+map.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Bourg des Saintes, the only town there, </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">is colourful and charming.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbGfmBxIUNrY1Lo-RF6to19drwcGf1CLSpe8JbUHPH7uavlPC9wDJMMro5T_uKY_iPby3rJtDCshjsnFzJG0Ut4Fvh1qSXv5-Jb3M8_4cLGNwAOAMdimF8Ua173JgF52h4HV33335PbU/s1600/891-894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="172" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbGfmBxIUNrY1Lo-RF6to19drwcGf1CLSpe8JbUHPH7uavlPC9wDJMMro5T_uKY_iPby3rJtDCshjsnFzJG0Ut4Fvh1qSXv5-Jb3M8_4cLGNwAOAMdimF8Ua173JgF52h4HV33335PbU/s400/891-894.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">there are beaches to enjoy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plage de Pompierre ……</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaU8bfVV5hjhyphenhyphenVVJ5Dxzo_YYiTSqFNzuJUF_p8Ejx32D7ZBsALUPTDPXEO3IqjcANviNupj3NtFVd3QLZlVOOtXnyuXLgocVthf0iwQxnrp00hrALal79QjTCD1s67rdQC3KbSTF3vwY/s1600/6212-6214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="180" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaU8bfVV5hjhyphenhyphenVVJ5Dxzo_YYiTSqFNzuJUF_p8Ejx32D7ZBsALUPTDPXEO3IqjcANviNupj3NtFVd3QLZlVOOtXnyuXLgocVthf0iwQxnrp00hrALal79QjTCD1s67rdQC3KbSTF3vwY/s400/6212-6214.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Plage de Figuier ……</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPmjj9bueRm1PynvgxabBdPl1xUITK3isNzvdIEFpx7Rz1OvzoEgJ5fSGIE4xUV5aY1HW2bfZ7PvzJrWehoEw-Z0IfvotU1OVsrFgRyBtK1vyoEOWio3FsVVJCNeF0Fr8Y9dCvnWwMiM/s1600/6327-+6333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="168" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPmjj9bueRm1PynvgxabBdPl1xUITK3isNzvdIEFpx7Rz1OvzoEgJ5fSGIE4xUV5aY1HW2bfZ7PvzJrWehoEw-Z0IfvotU1OVsrFgRyBtK1vyoEOWio3FsVVJCNeF0Fr8Y9dCvnWwMiM/s400/6327-+6333.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And the beach at Marigot Bay ……</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C3poZirOGfuK5GZ969pVWjOqzFziDDeJ8J7r2ocCSFM9LGR4cOsKgWgQWbxatuoj-pBj08Xk4D7c6EsAPOeqrvysf9W02yP9z0juu4LO9Q5XWz8hyxKV5UkAcXhKgUVETWocbc_69AY/s1600/6220-6221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="153" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1C3poZirOGfuK5GZ969pVWjOqzFziDDeJ8J7r2ocCSFM9LGR4cOsKgWgQWbxatuoj-pBj08Xk4D7c6EsAPOeqrvysf9W02yP9z0juu4LO9Q5XWz8hyxKV5UkAcXhKgUVETWocbc_69AY/s400/6220-6221.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The next stop was Pointe a Pitre, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the largest city in Guadeloupe. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDT6kF5LKjulrvz7wDM1QtNUYVlaV76XOGM6vfBHtLzvX1ce3TFgnjm4QH1nxzo9wdLKtTOh_k4bIp7aRLeHQtGz8ZVv9Q6dFOUurL2gRFMk6SXViQu2TrzEw_kr3sc5mSBhc26yZVSo/s1600/6357-6358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="172" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPDT6kF5LKjulrvz7wDM1QtNUYVlaV76XOGM6vfBHtLzvX1ce3TFgnjm4QH1nxzo9wdLKtTOh_k4bIp7aRLeHQtGz8ZVv9Q6dFOUurL2gRFMk6SXViQu2TrzEw_kr3sc5mSBhc26yZVSo/s400/6357-6358.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We hadn’t seen high rises like these since Florida, in fact the whole experience coming into Pointe a Pitre was very reminiscent of the ICW heading into Miami.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having a little walkabout is always part of the experience. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were house and garden moments ……</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxxRX6rQ_SMOwPrLG8bKOU83lZQW7clFivocPRahPDesS-nYht4dSPNmih_eVi4cuzNeGJ4mw5RgsaqzBErBSML2TJO6K7dVJN869UtNg1AwaGhrgIXeBqbun26clPpUAESVIO4pg020/s1600/6374-6379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="161" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXxxRX6rQ_SMOwPrLG8bKOU83lZQW7clFivocPRahPDesS-nYht4dSPNmih_eVi4cuzNeGJ4mw5RgsaqzBErBSML2TJO6K7dVJN869UtNg1AwaGhrgIXeBqbun26clPpUAESVIO4pg020/s400/6374-6379.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The inevitable big city road construction ......</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg8LLbUQFIUm0E-d4llDbDpQELdFZJ1WwopQ8yoLWeI2jZtHvbSNawcuHrDb2aag5-N0WctVWsZKPfMVPYk5oNVexsLqYl9R1gQyWQiQqAOoCCefaWOHBmUBO0Nzsbtfaa-B9BqbCJJQ/s1600/6375-Roundabout+construction.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="225" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg8LLbUQFIUm0E-d4llDbDpQELdFZJ1WwopQ8yoLWeI2jZtHvbSNawcuHrDb2aag5-N0WctVWsZKPfMVPYk5oNVexsLqYl9R1gQyWQiQqAOoCCefaWOHBmUBO0Nzsbtfaa-B9BqbCJJQ/s400/6375-Roundabout+construction.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And MacDonald’s the French way …… ooh la la.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-rc3TJLCelWmMz919Pj3Zr9w2eybyP9-TZcIFMpkN7G0bnBSvPqWbkiBMjsviZ2HQi2r-UBGiFL7tICdbQsT5_QGBTfgSIoABy21YuIMhJRPvZhz7r8m2bMIcJNhWmTiR51wkx5ZghI/s1600/6377-Goat+cheese+burger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-rc3TJLCelWmMz919Pj3Zr9w2eybyP9-TZcIFMpkN7G0bnBSvPqWbkiBMjsviZ2HQi2r-UBGiFL7tICdbQsT5_QGBTfgSIoABy21YuIMhJRPvZhz7r8m2bMIcJNhWmTiR51wkx5ZghI/s400/6377-Goat+cheese+burger.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Geoff found some unexpected art </span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">outside a restaurant men’s room. </span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Whoever placed those chairs had a good eye </span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">for colour, shape and form.</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Or did the artist work around them?</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKB0ceJ43AAcnBKnGoIkBf7wiL_0d4sT6Z79iPodT600hwCZ1QKli8Fd1ZvH7uY3X162wffjXIrKOEDonCH6rqD63DLKOOlhrpyVp2v96OVgQ7UD97sdsnTbNW2stRjq9T-tLhosF038Y/s1600/6382-Le+Pirate+-+washroom+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKB0ceJ43AAcnBKnGoIkBf7wiL_0d4sT6Z79iPodT600hwCZ1QKli8Fd1ZvH7uY3X162wffjXIrKOEDonCH6rqD63DLKOOlhrpyVp2v96OVgQ7UD97sdsnTbNW2stRjq9T-tLhosF038Y/s400/6382-Le+Pirate+-+washroom+door.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But enough sightseeing. It’s time for a ‘jungle cruise’ up the river.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Riviere Salee is a natural saltwater channel through mangroves rich with bird life. But there are drawbacks to this passage - shallow depths in some areas and two bridges that open once a day on a set schedule. Traveling north, the first bridge opens at 5am and the second bridge at 520. Many cruisers avoid the river.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The day before our planned passage through Salt River and on to Antigua, we moved Beach House from the city anchorage to the staging anchorage </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">within sight of the first bridge.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ogRASjhmKUySxtu6uG8nzMIkRG5lhP8P-4UI6gIvwPxNt-GtCD_wFmfHlsE-NblXKW5AR-SGaj7d3rlx-E1MWsR5QUq2VfBIB90pwUFt9W5A2FsPmEDRgTxN90SSpYjJAyh4OXse9fg/s1600/AERIAL+WITH+LABELS+JPG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="313" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ogRASjhmKUySxtu6uG8nzMIkRG5lhP8P-4UI6gIvwPxNt-GtCD_wFmfHlsE-NblXKW5AR-SGaj7d3rlx-E1MWsR5QUq2VfBIB90pwUFt9W5A2FsPmEDRgTxN90SSpYjJAyh4OXse9fg/s400/AERIAL+WITH+LABELS+JPG.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And then we took a little dinghy ride </span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">to check out the Riviere Salee in daylight.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first bridge, Pont de la Gabarre, is a combination road </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and pedestrian bridge that open in tandem.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoMsRnIBOrwJhlfCjYhyhzvu9VAKKBSfLU7xj69kl_igAmMneH4UamLfiEv4K_Dd-6_XoRGob6BAHf8wBdO7xOgwX6mFovQ-QJr4tK4c566LorH7y9r26wLllbRhX6bJd7uo1ttvBGwM/s1600/6384-Pont+de+Gabarre+-+south+bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="256" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvoMsRnIBOrwJhlfCjYhyhzvu9VAKKBSfLU7xj69kl_igAmMneH4UamLfiEv4K_Dd-6_XoRGob6BAHf8wBdO7xOgwX6mFovQ-QJr4tK4c566LorH7y9r26wLllbRhX6bJd7uo1ttvBGwM/s400/6384-Pont+de+Gabarre+-+south+bridge.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second bridge is Pont d’Alliance </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a sharp dogleg to port right past it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UBinCfoK40XBnIOV9UrzyW6cyx_aM2uRSjZLlibi8hJ8jyN5jDvl1WyOEGvDdYLphXIXR52ybHPwHKaPIfPj8mHvpk1fdaZABgamTCmnqFe2vwxGvbcImgBX_zaaWWuJlfKcKxdYw20/s1600/6387-Pont+L%2527Alliance+-+north+bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="210" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UBinCfoK40XBnIOV9UrzyW6cyx_aM2uRSjZLlibi8hJ8jyN5jDvl1WyOEGvDdYLphXIXR52ybHPwHKaPIfPj8mHvpk1fdaZABgamTCmnqFe2vwxGvbcImgBX_zaaWWuJlfKcKxdYw20/s400/6387-Pont+L%2527Alliance+-+north+bridge.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The guidebooks promised flying friends </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we weren’t disappointed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="172" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaYgjsLLu1k-zY6fF-zr3O9OQNH04wRuVZ54BSrwW3W2yRynUZDhq6W3BRsdaoU1oZAdnLGGlSpo2qv2r8N87CFMj7ZvhEGffKv3mljnxiL72_Ccx0KzCChsjKU2WCAJU3_X5vOqdDzfU/s400/6390-6392.jpg" width="400" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was 5pm – roosting time for the night.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7t87vfP5B2v62XIBntiGs5kB9mZlbLPuOgiYfzNoQ_GE4909Icy_-BoJeFKQydDR7MZTEQIE_KbUIQI2yFJhC-pWwmHdEIa_kgj6xuXpJHK2wRvgqmoReCt_dkY_GsUEmMYQ0rdcS-os/s1600/6396-6397.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="161" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7t87vfP5B2v62XIBntiGs5kB9mZlbLPuOgiYfzNoQ_GE4909Icy_-BoJeFKQydDR7MZTEQIE_KbUIQI2yFJhC-pWwmHdEIa_kgj6xuXpJHK2wRvgqmoReCt_dkY_GsUEmMYQ0rdcS-os/s400/6396-6397.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><br />
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</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But this silver bird surprised us.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We were up at 415 the next morning, sipping caffeine in the cockpit while watching cabin lights come on in the other three boats in the anchorage. We would have company along the river. We changed the ASA on the camera to try for shots in the dark, but we ended up with some unplanned ‘arty’ shots.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The catamaran just ahead of us was first through the bridge. As Beach House passed through Pont de la Gabarre, I called up “Bon jour!” to the bridge tender. His response? “Allez! Allez!” We do wonder how he filled the rest of a work shift after his half hour here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7pZYEpPYzTfF42zcCEMdjpQ5SYETNcSBjqt9n9acmZeSiChJnRMiQzEaAYg-0H1HbM7pEt9hy1V9R4b_lzLJSNDdHOIugAnMrXURgnE9Zv037mZiv1LmZLppx4ew0CrFRFPt3Wcl6Gk/s1600/6404-6405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="190" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7pZYEpPYzTfF42zcCEMdjpQ5SYETNcSBjqt9n9acmZeSiChJnRMiQzEaAYg-0H1HbM7pEt9hy1V9R4b_lzLJSNDdHOIugAnMrXURgnE9Zv037mZiv1LmZLppx4ew0CrFRFPt3Wcl6Gk/s400/6404-6405.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twenty-five minutes later we approached the Pont de l’Alliance. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The light was measurably better.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3fg-cFFAxSbJVCGf_M5yfVSZPXRlmHwGbGIMIQ-hjIbwa2EPJsiVTMQWa1yHtgEe3oTvkLoS5KT5ytR_FDbTnN2J9fx6nW8lMUyIsDQjCKR5uUhqnTrSH7PN7mqWgt9k1PkZe8vDUtI/s1600/6409-6410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="162" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3fg-cFFAxSbJVCGf_M5yfVSZPXRlmHwGbGIMIQ-hjIbwa2EPJsiVTMQWa1yHtgEe3oTvkLoS5KT5ytR_FDbTnN2J9fx6nW8lMUyIsDQjCKR5uUhqnTrSH7PN7mqWgt9k1PkZe8vDUtI/s400/6409-6410.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ahead? No more bridges, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">just a well marked channel to follow </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">with mosquitoes for company. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunrise is always a welcome sight on these early starts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewyF0fOiOw8NYnN3d9IgRDxCoqCBWeywEtG8Op6eE3NVW5XwJtMnFtUjHmISPRaw5pLhdsZLvKlXLrzJoXZOKH2JRPeaIC9fkcdqKP6-QJAfZW63jKwG4dVs8ACl2P2t0rCm19w24i2Y/s1600/6417-The+welocome+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="256" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewyF0fOiOw8NYnN3d9IgRDxCoqCBWeywEtG8Op6eE3NVW5XwJtMnFtUjHmISPRaw5pLhdsZLvKlXLrzJoXZOKH2JRPeaIC9fkcdqKP6-QJAfZW63jKwG4dVs8ACl2P2t0rCm19w24i2Y/s400/6417-The+welocome+light.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We cleared the north end of the river and followed </span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the rest of the channel </span></span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">towards the reefs </span></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">that fringe the exit to open water.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was a small surf along the eastern reef, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just enough to make an Aussie boy a little homesick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZedtJ1X1DcCmIi384jhk0lEZXYYfhinJNEMBBRZkWwp-KxrzF9L4zFFMi0pqyw8wNJw6a0aQdI6G7vYyC_j9ZCCAGMYjLTydVhH_Je4spHI47KO4pBXMyEs0FkaIOFYac8yDGoKcnU-M/s1600/6421-6422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="132" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZedtJ1X1DcCmIi384jhk0lEZXYYfhinJNEMBBRZkWwp-KxrzF9L4zFFMi0pqyw8wNJw6a0aQdI6G7vYyC_j9ZCCAGMYjLTydVhH_Je4spHI47KO4pBXMyEs0FkaIOFYac8yDGoKcnU-M/s400/6421-6422.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Will we do the Riviere Salee again? Maybe, but there are so many other possible adventures. Our research has convinced us that Beach House will be back to Guadeloupe. The interior beckons with its rain forest, cloud forest and waterfalls.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Carib Indian word for Guadeloupe is Karukera, </span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">meaning ‘island of lovely waters’. Who could resist?</span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-70755028379443348982011-03-07T14:32:00.014-05:002011-04-03T07:58:29.319-04:00"LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKgNfb_hTkX-vyXpzO9-BtARoOIEHmW4dn7tqhX4NucZNigBsXClYe8Fpqygqtd8zcfYXxU3gzDMwLu0y1-NEo5hiBNjcIYmdZX_KL8nPqiXx0kwxd42qQniDYYE1ge9cD-fEeTrj0rg/s1600/dave+and+rosie+header+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKgNfb_hTkX-vyXpzO9-BtARoOIEHmW4dn7tqhX4NucZNigBsXClYe8Fpqygqtd8zcfYXxU3gzDMwLu0y1-NEo5hiBNjcIYmdZX_KL8nPqiXx0kwxd42qQniDYYE1ge9cD-fEeTrj0rg/s400/dave+and+rosie+header+final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We’ve been friends with Dave and Rosemary for years. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Always compatible, always laughing. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">But living together 24-7 for almost two weeks? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">On a 42 foot sail boat? What were we thinking?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Well. Here’s how the good times rolled out with Dave and Rose in St. Lucia. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We started out right with a ‘Welcome aboard!’ drink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiqk3b1GuYTEZFV2gAn7ef25c5uDJV93ASurUumk79hF6Wdo9qbjfmNc85tSuuWL0T0I5i2cGk2AazLcx1giXgI08IlFldGxOOwgzOBx_yyV9LmMJOIjyPblO2xZ3Z4OFsHcSgV55HJw/s1600/5808-5809+Y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="210" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNiqk3b1GuYTEZFV2gAn7ef25c5uDJV93ASurUumk79hF6Wdo9qbjfmNc85tSuuWL0T0I5i2cGk2AazLcx1giXgI08IlFldGxOOwgzOBx_yyV9LmMJOIjyPblO2xZ3Z4OFsHcSgV55HJw/s400/5808-5809+Y.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Just one - we swear.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Next day we did a little provisioning in Vieux Fort. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The blog photographer calls this picture ‘Shopping Daze’.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPhAG9GVPIj8JE0A30FRLiw4ihounZO_EWiBx0DCrsuWBrqn_ZsFn89QxKNfr-1WhapWbjeK90eOVxr-vIARtArgKX6nCOte6dzYY1um11eETWdyejHVCUURV0gkkEa3393qGXhGh3lM/s1600/5816-Shopping+Daze.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="252" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPhAG9GVPIj8JE0A30FRLiw4ihounZO_EWiBx0DCrsuWBrqn_ZsFn89QxKNfr-1WhapWbjeK90eOVxr-vIARtArgKX6nCOte6dzYY1um11eETWdyejHVCUURV0gkkEa3393qGXhGh3lM/s400/5816-Shopping+Daze.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Dazed maybe, but not confused. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We knew for sure that we wanted some of that fine Coconut Cream Liqueur. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">After shopping and checking out the town, </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">we enjoyed a late lunch at the Old Plantation Yard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSk0DMp29Emob5cgXVWikRee4INci-oPr48VofJk3K0xlTsD85JC4IOhWc3s0SLvhqV_DdVe4_RJuDGnUA329wMVoQTBW4D4B5Uj0AOWweGIHBvn9kwlBShyphenhyphenuw4tb_KTmMBg0SHWtFZIE/s1600/5819-Geoff+Dave+at+Plantation+Yard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="262" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSk0DMp29Emob5cgXVWikRee4INci-oPr48VofJk3K0xlTsD85JC4IOhWc3s0SLvhqV_DdVe4_RJuDGnUA329wMVoQTBW4D4B5Uj0AOWweGIHBvn9kwlBShyphenhyphenuw4tb_KTmMBg0SHWtFZIE/s400/5819-Geoff+Dave+at+Plantation+Yard.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The two captains had diet-friendly Pitons for dessert.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rosie and Dave wanted to experience the cruising life as lived on Beach House, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">so next day it was over to the beach </span></span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">to scrub the dinghy bottom.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt4-iTp5CEl-HQwDU9T3FLMa1T3lWumliZnO5ELx89WPMjzTKOOFP1CICnAhIcuESTy439-XW54Rr4mscYfjSwDjIRdbkNXEvwz8pj5LuJtAehgaiAHhuhE5zAkJtFhb8PeYra2OAOxM/s1600/5904-5909+Y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="162" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTt4-iTp5CEl-HQwDU9T3FLMa1T3lWumliZnO5ELx89WPMjzTKOOFP1CICnAhIcuESTy439-XW54Rr4mscYfjSwDjIRdbkNXEvwz8pj5LuJtAehgaiAHhuhE5zAkJtFhb8PeYra2OAOxM/s400/5904-5909+Y.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rosie and I kept a close eye on the worker bees, offering advice as needed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgwMiDwgdzycbefvyVZGZzYqB-rGJwSPZKwpLTt5jjPsdiXe2yeSTRQxwm5JHmtfo5QdmfJ6trGqWSvMtxzpWaRK1xpgNnWPIylv4Y49KO4DRw8G2e2ooH2yci9fKjWC932S0mhDtcUQ/s1600/5903-Sand+in+your+toes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="296" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUgwMiDwgdzycbefvyVZGZzYqB-rGJwSPZKwpLTt5jjPsdiXe2yeSTRQxwm5JHmtfo5QdmfJ6trGqWSvMtxzpWaRK1xpgNnWPIylv4Y49KO4DRw8G2e2ooH2yci9fKjWC932S0mhDtcUQ/s400/5903-Sand+in+your+toes.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">They were …… amused.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeURgLL4Ahtb6t4zz1y-eLDRBzVhayRkYcYgXlQEuZ0DYZtPJ48DrrSAOBbM1dgRzWVmTc0ilWzS3lDGH8o_EEV9LBCiRR8b_NRnRGJnpPYwD3mj8zMpfL3Wwp3Mv0PjnNgFYNtSja5x0/s1600/5911-Number+one+dinghy+cleaners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="268" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeURgLL4Ahtb6t4zz1y-eLDRBzVhayRkYcYgXlQEuZ0DYZtPJ48DrrSAOBbM1dgRzWVmTc0ilWzS3lDGH8o_EEV9LBCiRR8b_NRnRGJnpPYwD3mj8zMpfL3Wwp3Mv0PjnNgFYNtSja5x0/s400/5911-Number+one+dinghy+cleaners.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Rosemary did some snorkeling off the beach and found a friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiZcwnft3mtoUO37OaT6JsUo0E7_J63PLx2cl4E3W_taOZWQRN4fRow_zqD0CIFoqPIsO9eH2mIqkxWZUUm4PKBUcVh6HTZebZS9JRWnf2u33I1VedUlHKo7SvjAaCp9HydpeKq_BV8g/s1600/5908-Rosies+starfish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="323" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiZcwnft3mtoUO37OaT6JsUo0E7_J63PLx2cl4E3W_taOZWQRN4fRow_zqD0CIFoqPIsO9eH2mIqkxWZUUm4PKBUcVh6HTZebZS9JRWnf2u33I1VedUlHKo7SvjAaCp9HydpeKq_BV8g/s400/5908-Rosies+starfish.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Rose is a star herself, bringing goodies galore from Toronto </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– chocolate, cashews, fresh herbs, cheese spreads, Bailey’s, excellent coffee, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and <<em>drum roll please></em> rack of lamb. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff barbied ......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhhhYklkdOOo-Qrtq-GW_eMdMQz7QGnBJxaATdq_BXKKPK40rByCZfK4HMnGAu6X4_pXRQvdOYo7FW6Wm-VJM87l3SqjVq3X3ZhFzg7Q4oXho6WvZF90SGSlYbzPtADbpvqRXJtyt-Co/s1600/5917-5918+Y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="171" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyhhhYklkdOOo-Qrtq-GW_eMdMQz7QGnBJxaATdq_BXKKPK40rByCZfK4HMnGAu6X4_pXRQvdOYo7FW6Wm-VJM87l3SqjVq3X3ZhFzg7Q4oXho6WvZF90SGSlYbzPtADbpvqRXJtyt-Co/s400/5917-5918+Y.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">...... while Rosie and I prepped the rest of the meal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6WdkBJcw_iJnFOO0xvlibDve0VxFT3RtduckRdRh_YmWQg9YCXfXoupaQ-lzE5QhTRRqOmsuWCBNz77LzieM0pJuIaLtmHl_C5RpsckpA6Hsn-nN93Ag-tqNsIq1Q5TQyjyRe94bl3M/s1600/5916-5919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6WdkBJcw_iJnFOO0xvlibDve0VxFT3RtduckRdRh_YmWQg9YCXfXoupaQ-lzE5QhTRRqOmsuWCBNz77LzieM0pJuIaLtmHl_C5RpsckpA6Hsn-nN93Ag-tqNsIq1Q5TQyjyRe94bl3M/s400/5916-5919.jpg" width="265" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And then Dave thanked Rose as only a husband should.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqbVJLsF6bWMfhN_vuihLtOKec9RxCpfpx69xY23D665mjYVYTkjTGIWYaOQvfY6vPPoE8dT92UdZ_NoRqrGaqD0A_22qF4g9UYWFtYVXMWdZMy6rgQQc4M2M4o20-2yz1o7vrKF42Ho/s1600/5921-Dave+checks+Rosies+heartbeat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="285" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqbVJLsF6bWMfhN_vuihLtOKec9RxCpfpx69xY23D665mjYVYTkjTGIWYaOQvfY6vPPoE8dT92UdZ_NoRqrGaqD0A_22qF4g9UYWFtYVXMWdZMy6rgQQc4M2M4o20-2yz1o7vrKF42Ho/s400/5921-Dave+checks+Rosies+heartbeat.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Good food with good friends with laughs on the side. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Who could ask for anything more?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The north shore of Rodney Bay </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">is Pigeon Island National Park, </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">a great place for some serious sightseeing </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">among the fort ruins.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXN2KbAdFgda2lO9KC8xcNvBzKJV5BTGTelBNABiVrS3yzardV8DIw9NA9eEM6tAIt3AJP25vWiOjgNAdKQjXad3D1rvtXfygfvL1SAx1jIQDQbKvqmmVUjenC14gg1lmoz_IwqZRtTo/s1600/5971-5972+Y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="176" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDXN2KbAdFgda2lO9KC8xcNvBzKJV5BTGTelBNABiVrS3yzardV8DIw9NA9eEM6tAIt3AJP25vWiOjgNAdKQjXad3D1rvtXfygfvL1SAx1jIQDQbKvqmmVUjenC14gg1lmoz_IwqZRtTo/s400/5971-5972+Y.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">to end a hot morning of exploring. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkQemLJVLQoOL51HZLoKM17BZLyx78Dg0eOAcXNE9Q0tgWpG6Fcur5BY09rQpHVMO1HwWYDp0vri5AX_ye9qHd3bbcXNGf9yYs7sGxi7DTgvSsjQEqQIYmuEGvZDc8Ryz8K0BB1Kuj1w/s1600/5973-Foursome+at+Jamb+de+Bois.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="267" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkQemLJVLQoOL51HZLoKM17BZLyx78Dg0eOAcXNE9Q0tgWpG6Fcur5BY09rQpHVMO1HwWYDp0vri5AX_ye9qHd3bbcXNGf9yYs7sGxi7DTgvSsjQEqQIYmuEGvZDc8Ryz8K0BB1Kuj1w/s400/5973-Foursome+at+Jamb+de+Bois.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Castries is the capital of St. Lucia and our next stop for some more good times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9ocNjzgc2xxBYwpAg2s15fUZwkYuaS618Jp8lw7NCdzBEDsKTfMJ686t8H2ODtwHQHB-D2L6WG5C-eY2FHQADlU6YYhOcv0J0Q5W1y9PIdYHWX9nkkjDNZIuJiinwVL-hd8zqe7-xMY/s1600/6004-6005+Y.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="175" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9ocNjzgc2xxBYwpAg2s15fUZwkYuaS618Jp8lw7NCdzBEDsKTfMJ686t8H2ODtwHQHB-D2L6WG5C-eY2FHQADlU6YYhOcv0J0Q5W1y9PIdYHWX9nkkjDNZIuJiinwVL-hd8zqe7-xMY/s400/6004-6005+Y.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little sightseeing, a little shopping and a lunch at the Balcony Restaurant </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with its extensive menu.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">You’ve met Ken and Diane on this blog before. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">They’re Canadian cruisers and have built a home here on St. Lucia. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jKH035gqicYDh98FfJAKa7y8R2CmfeSAQvq-ZzSL3jezeyjP7h6q-XlTg76-Vr0sToi7aUaPLcIaZoxTj3OfHr1W_PgxCZWfEkk2D4eC2FZUYxs2cYjOMb63JiZNjhwHswLv05Qr7tw/s1600/5925-Ken+and+Dianne+on+box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="293" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4jKH035gqicYDh98FfJAKa7y8R2CmfeSAQvq-ZzSL3jezeyjP7h6q-XlTg76-Vr0sToi7aUaPLcIaZoxTj3OfHr1W_PgxCZWfEkk2D4eC2FZUYxs2cYjOMb63JiZNjhwHswLv05Qr7tw/s400/5925-Ken+and+Dianne+on+box.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">They had guests at the same time Dave and Rose were with us on Beach House. The whole group spent a day touring together and another day taking Beach House from Vieux Fort to Soufriere, just north of the Pitons, on the west coast of St. Lucia. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-66839231524941240202011-01-23T05:37:00.015-05:002011-03-07T15:29:29.961-05:00"FUN, FUN, FUN"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FjH_Ut6x1H_nAlJuU98wRHu5c9aNzUpmj9JgR2QGSj1_BJy-m1bxUbUuvz6FLyltTqp_zPnT_vW6BPTBULsqoZ_ymcVgpD5unn9guA9H-O7hXcrKnx6ZJnUHKpoUSSoWFphDwJ8v4oI/s1600/JAKE+-+PERFECT+GRANDCHILDREN+-+FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4FjH_Ut6x1H_nAlJuU98wRHu5c9aNzUpmj9JgR2QGSj1_BJy-m1bxUbUuvz6FLyltTqp_zPnT_vW6BPTBULsqoZ_ymcVgpD5unn9guA9H-O7hXcrKnx6ZJnUHKpoUSSoWFphDwJ8v4oI/s400/JAKE+-+PERFECT+GRANDCHILDREN+-+FINAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We’re pretty sure our favourite beach boy had fun on his visit to Grenada.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKNHnsvOoxDAG_u2d89OiQ3Iu_0gU8qfOvowAmdKqRWv4tFmPlT2M1Oa2QJvVJ4ShfR1sKaT_ysY8BvzZGmaLQQmn73xcRex3-sHLaR3O_FP1pCi_8u1jKS-9jxFc-2cryKiBei0aS4w/s1600/5699-Jake+relaxin+on+Hog+Island.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="232" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYKNHnsvOoxDAG_u2d89OiQ3Iu_0gU8qfOvowAmdKqRWv4tFmPlT2M1Oa2QJvVJ4ShfR1sKaT_ysY8BvzZGmaLQQmn73xcRex3-sHLaR3O_FP1pCi_8u1jKS-9jxFc-2cryKiBei0aS4w/s400/5699-Jake+relaxin+on+Hog+Island.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If he had half as much fun as Grandma and Grandpa, it’s all good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But back to the beginning of this story.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jake arrives.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpu42vtikC_ZjfgriT7DX3B0MZMEyBdFsJtnHy57n3mQaCBNKx1efWrr-1Oq49ipRnss9UPa04Izpj8I3CjHSUGwbm4a1-Bu3k4CIs_6ecoOgiQ5v6fzVT9JXGjgT8EVFvSFKglt8gWhY/s1600/5523-Jake+arrives.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpu42vtikC_ZjfgriT7DX3B0MZMEyBdFsJtnHy57n3mQaCBNKx1efWrr-1Oq49ipRnss9UPa04Izpj8I3CjHSUGwbm4a1-Bu3k4CIs_6ecoOgiQ5v6fzVT9JXGjgT8EVFvSFKglt8gWhY/s400/5523-Jake+arrives.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grandma's happy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9-f6ShtPpiu1HYi9v8cD0tBUTo4Z6Q3dy_Ikg6Dp1_pFp8YETAjxUpmIG9hCUbcznDyhMzVrKBgF2kliJLjXbU8-nbuYEFuF32FIEEm59RPqExzfI9jvmtlkoiJYB7gVVQLXQH_CTjo/s1600/5525-Big+smiles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY9-f6ShtPpiu1HYi9v8cD0tBUTo4Z6Q3dy_Ikg6Dp1_pFp8YETAjxUpmIG9hCUbcznDyhMzVrKBgF2kliJLjXbU8-nbuYEFuF32FIEEm59RPqExzfI9jvmtlkoiJYB7gVVQLXQH_CTjo/s400/5525-Big+smiles.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Someone said a few days later, “I can see the family resemblance. You have the same teeth.” Well, well. And the same cool sunglasses, too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">On Saturday morning, we waited at Nimrod’s for the local bus to St. George’s for a brief city walkabout. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR7XqvF18vp9kZRYwZVVSpC8P5tXVwvgkmifFviQ1PdZmwtl0TXU1kOr3jbFl4BIyxQ-xeCdVp6B2_Yv9VnAXOnAYRA-qfQpFEDBfcWZvmMFrHAQDeJPg-BaMlKBf4WRfj4Lk15FX5Kk/s1600/5544-Pat+Jake+Nimrods+ms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcR7XqvF18vp9kZRYwZVVSpC8P5tXVwvgkmifFviQ1PdZmwtl0TXU1kOr3jbFl4BIyxQ-xeCdVp6B2_Yv9VnAXOnAYRA-qfQpFEDBfcWZvmMFrHAQDeJPg-BaMlKBf4WRfj4Lk15FX5Kk/s400/5544-Pat+Jake+Nimrods+ms.jpg" width="345" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpGxeh0kzyTa2kmexbEdOk5DUqQpXpNE5n0lEPo8ePmmIr3dCFe6vYVkr7qdmI1rmz78pjugHIHBCeEkdrU3aGJ-P4xbac06T5wsgfp4CWfe0kvgA_MNpx9YHwRDwwPoCvsswS872zaw/s1600/5545-Jake+Pat+near+Bus+Station.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpGxeh0kzyTa2kmexbEdOk5DUqQpXpNE5n0lEPo8ePmmIr3dCFe6vYVkr7qdmI1rmz78pjugHIHBCeEkdrU3aGJ-P4xbac06T5wsgfp4CWfe0kvgA_MNpx9YHwRDwwPoCvsswS872zaw/s400/5545-Jake+Pat+near+Bus+Station.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We played Euchre with friends several times, sometimes on Beach House ......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6ZWoZpwR_MfX1NvWsebcZEknkMuKid_kwO54o9RMHiwOfCfeeVHdpqhGT14IQlX3jo7BUQv9UNk2BRBI63rU_YeARX_rOgCqZeaNNkhUq6WRMNpBIa9OtLq7wBeh35CC0wOqOfuqAQc/s1600/5685-Charles+and+Jake+-+Euchre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6ZWoZpwR_MfX1NvWsebcZEknkMuKid_kwO54o9RMHiwOfCfeeVHdpqhGT14IQlX3jo7BUQv9UNk2BRBI63rU_YeARX_rOgCqZeaNNkhUq6WRMNpBIa9OtLq7wBeh35CC0wOqOfuqAQc/s400/5685-Charles+and+Jake+-+Euchre.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...... and sometimes up at Clarke's Court Bay Marina.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIYIL1fxAoaLUot3hQuG9VARXjMiSSHD0mpJpyvjUdgNklrnFKbS2UO1aI40nGTDVyhmu77rDreX7Qp1B1jwlW23mKQnboiLVfh-VDT2N5REC-mK3OR0ZAfGpuQX2IQyeSNoIGvghN_w/s1600/5578-Euchre+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIYIL1fxAoaLUot3hQuG9VARXjMiSSHD0mpJpyvjUdgNklrnFKbS2UO1aI40nGTDVyhmu77rDreX7Qp1B1jwlW23mKQnboiLVfh-VDT2N5REC-mK3OR0ZAfGpuQX2IQyeSNoIGvghN_w/s400/5578-Euchre+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Joe giving Jake some pool pointers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TTwOwF6ei2uu831bq1tF9lbpLsWtKseKivDAGgwYfbjotozCQObTU3xT-qxywvrL2prgeWDUBhSV4Cx_OQ2pz6YjMbUKiTAzTo01lBWgrJcu6IPj1llnvBmzX35aYDYZMCla9T_Y4KE/s1600/5538-Kim+and+Joe+gives+pointers+to+Jake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_TTwOwF6ei2uu831bq1tF9lbpLsWtKseKivDAGgwYfbjotozCQObTU3xT-qxywvrL2prgeWDUBhSV4Cx_OQ2pz6YjMbUKiTAzTo01lBWgrJcu6IPj1llnvBmzX35aYDYZMCla9T_Y4KE/s400/5538-Kim+and+Joe+gives+pointers+to+Jake.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Kim and Joe own Spice Kayaking. They take groups from the cruise ships on a little kayaking jaunt from Clarke’s Court Bay Marina round to Hog Island for drinks and lunch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Guess who decided to give it a go.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr-7eB0lVyYLFek1yvnNnF8vJyny30ajhRvxSJutjUqfZxbddM1glawpMZ-YtLnmIBOO9ZT7EL9dAFmzfcrhJo5-PoV8Kxyn2d81iYAbXg3oAWIQPHftZ-tMCOk4_NKzdxMYJwmUvW60/s1600/5692-Jake+and+Grandma-Kayakers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidr-7eB0lVyYLFek1yvnNnF8vJyny30ajhRvxSJutjUqfZxbddM1glawpMZ-YtLnmIBOO9ZT7EL9dAFmzfcrhJo5-PoV8Kxyn2d81iYAbXg3oAWIQPHftZ-tMCOk4_NKzdxMYJwmUvW60/s400/5692-Jake+and+Grandma-Kayakers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's a first time for everything.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJELguUfNLwWxljnW4b0D7e1pPf5ilA-6MK4y7VY4yMUT2MaDqENdkm-3uCkjLZoGd0iHtfmmioljvf9RKzPb0LslvkhRgDyUQl3bK1VAH_zphyphenhyphenaff37BrTQnXOWUxbCWoS4TW9tDjvDk/s1600/5705-Bumper+boats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJELguUfNLwWxljnW4b0D7e1pPf5ilA-6MK4y7VY4yMUT2MaDqENdkm-3uCkjLZoGd0iHtfmmioljvf9RKzPb0LslvkhRgDyUQl3bK1VAH_zphyphenhyphenaff37BrTQnXOWUxbCWoS4TW9tDjvDk/s400/5705-Bumper+boats.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">At Hog Island that day, Jake talked music and bands with a couple of guys from one of the cruise ships.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITGTlDrBGrNLArHvITjEdNyFwxr7LUqmt_xFISShW6h8t5anIev31MqTxnjFQxGxbKrLnewbw-DLJJxHn1vm8LKv_dN_NgNLN8mbPw58ZMpn1FXg5tWHrhP_h96fo8VNXqEnugAl72ho/s1600/5701-Jake+with+cruise+ship+bloke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITGTlDrBGrNLArHvITjEdNyFwxr7LUqmt_xFISShW6h8t5anIev31MqTxnjFQxGxbKrLnewbw-DLJJxHn1vm8LKv_dN_NgNLN8mbPw58ZMpn1FXg5tWHrhP_h96fo8VNXqEnugAl72ho/s400/5701-Jake+with+cruise+ship+bloke.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Grandma listened in, not recognizing any groups they mentioned. Dying Fetus is a group? </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">We had Kim and Joe over to Beach House for dinner one evening, and Jake took the car to the dock to pick them up.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyXbp0nzsYmy4PT1At6KvDGouQSZkRTFMu8imAMWk9CIvv3al7CNfwE9FhEeBkmODi00RG99_DghW_qAnrMK6yZxc3X2scLSaBg5kIhx6y7vbDI9Q1f1__tlm38pyCWi3Hi18nTgkTrw/s1600/5687-Safe+arrival.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyXbp0nzsYmy4PT1At6KvDGouQSZkRTFMu8imAMWk9CIvv3al7CNfwE9FhEeBkmODi00RG99_DghW_qAnrMK6yZxc3X2scLSaBg5kIhx6y7vbDI9Q1f1__tlm38pyCWi3Hi18nTgkTrw/s400/5687-Safe+arrival.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Here he’s concentrating on landing the dinghy at our stern ladder. Good job, Jake! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Facebook makes it easy to keep up with friends and family. We think Jake rather enjoyed asking them what the weather was like ‘way up north’ in Canada.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNSypTqa8yXUd4sjBHDxADsM4KkPcqEkqT1ZhlPDFSdnfc0R71QhqZkOXLLugnEfOKYqliUADcG05i9S5Vq-3V5dD0Ly8MNBJji_2kwbjNRhfPJbeUXxSmxGF2IjStYKb6XrawVlQo-E/s1600/5528-Face+Book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbNSypTqa8yXUd4sjBHDxADsM4KkPcqEkqT1ZhlPDFSdnfc0R71QhqZkOXLLugnEfOKYqliUADcG05i9S5Vq-3V5dD0Ly8MNBJji_2kwbjNRhfPJbeUXxSmxGF2IjStYKb6XrawVlQo-E/s400/5528-Face+Book.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He stretched out to enjoy some comedy shows with us ......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTNFP7fD6SBDAWkmqdHve2Rdvvi2qdbpdWuBx7aJmq3tQlR4PpUYbz79V1NyGtaTH7q3E5eAlcOIbxgHRN1JD5KFAPT8SQr7sU5VVr6XLrHAlIpTlX2CIF-9lclwDFoF7oc4aoSLbZL4/s1600/5542-Watching+TV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTNFP7fD6SBDAWkmqdHve2Rdvvi2qdbpdWuBx7aJmq3tQlR4PpUYbz79V1NyGtaTH7q3E5eAlcOIbxgHRN1JD5KFAPT8SQr7sU5VVr6XLrHAlIpTlX2CIF-9lclwDFoF7oc4aoSLbZL4/s400/5542-Watching+TV.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...... and watched a movie or two.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyjeHoQkdFAS1irMphNqVR5N35mvTkWBB7xs_5vYkohEK8nlm61rqPWxUacnVoEoICSRdgXizzjELAaftHSwJwX3AyIZ0xty7GNvYMiFp-_i5IY_Z_lpBtsJ3jgW3rudHpUjELU3K54Q/s1600/5539-Movie+Time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyjeHoQkdFAS1irMphNqVR5N35mvTkWBB7xs_5vYkohEK8nlm61rqPWxUacnVoEoICSRdgXizzjELAaftHSwJwX3AyIZ0xty7GNvYMiFp-_i5IY_Z_lpBtsJ3jgW3rudHpUjELU3K54Q/s400/5539-Movie+Time.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">But when you come to Grenada, ya gotta get out there and see some of this glorious island. Yes. A tour day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Jake may not have enjoyed the rum tasting stop ……</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PqTJMRgS0QpGyLcDuol2gF5YhjHBApYCP1-iuaabuSMDU-hfqz9YFfvM6ylqOnhHM2tUWNqbaz-X1MPpvv120wAqOJXKOc98lp0nwT-c4rHfgJ-pPRhf0i8FhsCFW21ap74zMJbDuoo/s1600/5584-Jake+at+tasting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-PqTJMRgS0QpGyLcDuol2gF5YhjHBApYCP1-iuaabuSMDU-hfqz9YFfvM6ylqOnhHM2tUWNqbaz-X1MPpvv120wAqOJXKOc98lp0nwT-c4rHfgJ-pPRhf0i8FhsCFW21ap74zMJbDuoo/s400/5584-Jake+at+tasting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...... or the photo-op views ......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEged3Zf1ItKax9lKe3QUuxFhkcqgsKdAUM4kyQSTeso9aFYTg-3BMk_watONM3jKvPqTuTJnGtDX4tkOFhBgRCT_PV_j6i1qt2eSdppT0vWmEGV3CLwXXsKmT9UfQvS5bmL1UcqyV0IfMc/s1600/5591-Stay+seated.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEged3Zf1ItKax9lKe3QUuxFhkcqgsKdAUM4kyQSTeso9aFYTg-3BMk_watONM3jKvPqTuTJnGtDX4tkOFhBgRCT_PV_j6i1qt2eSdppT0vWmEGV3CLwXXsKmT9UfQvS5bmL1UcqyV0IfMc/s400/5591-Stay+seated.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...... but when he sensed the possibility of food?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TP43ObHBAiNhmoWXFMNjq3Nt9Kw8Uphzt830p-QIgkawygXIrLPqGrwZxzPyEirj8Fm1nSLBqt8fliKnREQQ-d-hQ8ilFDQBjIBtcCF6HgqmEyJSvpiIO6DN-AEzSmfg3XNUFk2G7aE/s1600/5611-Is+there+food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TP43ObHBAiNhmoWXFMNjq3Nt9Kw8Uphzt830p-QIgkawygXIrLPqGrwZxzPyEirj8Fm1nSLBqt8fliKnREQQ-d-hQ8ilFDQBjIBtcCF6HgqmEyJSvpiIO6DN-AEzSmfg3XNUFk2G7aE/s400/5611-Is+there+food.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now we're talkin'!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUklyZ_U1pd75XEIwYDGiGHwAb9IjbKv1SlpwKNbhz5DuwmUg5V7l_TGllAGCSfr_xWJqglCDamuh64W5qjmjqrkqAfxwlLtdmpYYCG7qMM5JTJ6Pp3jhLvJiZu1l6UoEKIeYkMIYn2o/s1600/5630-Rum+Shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUklyZ_U1pd75XEIwYDGiGHwAb9IjbKv1SlpwKNbhz5DuwmUg5V7l_TGllAGCSfr_xWJqglCDamuh64W5qjmjqrkqAfxwlLtdmpYYCG7qMM5JTJ6Pp3jhLvJiZu1l6UoEKIeYkMIYn2o/s400/5630-Rum+Shop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A little snack for Jake while Michael Williams, our favourite guide, tells us about the special spiced rum at Mark’s Rum Shop.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijph_POr33P7PxjuwrHQ8Of0T7dwDkKR3Uv_IgtghuuIs59-USuSq2VBErfvy4g9xCDvSEdGZ71O-dgjNLRBDGIwFH4w3XSrrNwK3lJOGoxofre7LXuCeMKQxWpv08Ms2JQEAq-1n0aU/s1600/5623-Michael+at+Marks+Rum+Shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijph_POr33P7PxjuwrHQ8Of0T7dwDkKR3Uv_IgtghuuIs59-USuSq2VBErfvy4g9xCDvSEdGZ71O-dgjNLRBDGIwFH4w3XSrrNwK3lJOGoxofre7LXuCeMKQxWpv08Ms2JQEAq-1n0aU/s400/5623-Michael+at+Marks+Rum+Shop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the next stop, Annandale Falls, Jake found a friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTWrsfMBb1buASNWXQhLWe2Nyls2q7yQvlEYwIlcrkTdfiRWddUf76MFltcW6AMJmAXU3FD62Q8IVXbfwASqsoxwrP1a2zqbddW1fCiwf4eBElJGoaOgJdYS_CPdmBRY4b65Q3PB6NzE/s1600/5636-Jake+and+monkey+-+Annandale+Falls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCTWrsfMBb1buASNWXQhLWe2Nyls2q7yQvlEYwIlcrkTdfiRWddUf76MFltcW6AMJmAXU3FD62Q8IVXbfwASqsoxwrP1a2zqbddW1fCiwf4eBElJGoaOgJdYS_CPdmBRY4b65Q3PB6NzE/s400/5636-Jake+and+monkey+-+Annandale+Falls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monkeys make everybody smile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Petite Anse Hotel, our lunch stop, has a large selection of coffee-table books for your viewing pleasure. Check out what Jake found to read.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXrMHc-HyORz2rRfO9EkNBuhBXTK9zVpeiTqxcE00bl2nRpYCx0Ol-mMk859ClhSQx5lUqJAlH8-3JKKXxxT0Aa1JkzuEGq0jskX47Xf5CKzTdu9MPPO_XQtG7LgohbnTy7VBaSOs_fg/s1600/5678-Lunch+group+Petit+Anse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXrMHc-HyORz2rRfO9EkNBuhBXTK9zVpeiTqxcE00bl2nRpYCx0Ol-mMk859ClhSQx5lUqJAlH8-3JKKXxxT0Aa1JkzuEGq0jskX47Xf5CKzTdu9MPPO_XQtG7LgohbnTy7VBaSOs_fg/s400/5678-Lunch+group+Petit+Anse.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The view at Petite Anse on the north coast of Grenada is spectacular.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAdcNqEMlnQLuhONrCxXiKynalcFx7JItk3hUBuEKCNdwgQuHEfxnHik9PmzMYJsWrA3VDtJiZpgEKgnvbxJrHv33xGr5OUjmUmCO9kxyo4LMd6kFYnqfXggtrSIAWPbS81p_d6cnGg0/s1600/577677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAdcNqEMlnQLuhONrCxXiKynalcFx7JItk3hUBuEKCNdwgQuHEfxnHik9PmzMYJsWrA3VDtJiZpgEKgnvbxJrHv33xGr5OUjmUmCO9kxyo4LMd6kFYnqfXggtrSIAWPbS81p_d6cnGg0/s400/577677.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even impressed a 16-year-old.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back on Beach House, it was time for Jake to finish his reading assignment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwfkDgxWGoSs5ijIf_u8JlLjzshZSvlWuVwED9V9TvS07rQFpM1HeSscQl5acDRFAkLN1vHWCa-RIG2PbWW4MA9cZu-fzX4CwSpScBOqY-8wzJokRYDOe4rzrlJezstW_ItAvPQ6J8Vg/s1600/5707-Book+report.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwfkDgxWGoSs5ijIf_u8JlLjzshZSvlWuVwED9V9TvS07rQFpM1HeSscQl5acDRFAkLN1vHWCa-RIG2PbWW4MA9cZu-fzX4CwSpScBOqY-8wzJokRYDOe4rzrlJezstW_ItAvPQ6J8Vg/s400/5707-Book+report.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The book report would be written on the plane ride home.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And all too soon, it was time to head to the airport for Jake’s return flight.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOI2LHbD-wyY3Osm0cYkgnPHck7X3Y1rRLw_Zk1supMgBR8yaOEh-KT3bovRKMSUYQ8PdN9NyuMvwtz4A0euIJWBWvmkgBCluCxVs5fKLwOAbEtil4dtskCk1Uum4crWIqO2TIkAgp3ZI/s1600/5708-Jake+departs+BH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOI2LHbD-wyY3Osm0cYkgnPHck7X3Y1rRLw_Zk1supMgBR8yaOEh-KT3bovRKMSUYQ8PdN9NyuMvwtz4A0euIJWBWvmkgBCluCxVs5fKLwOAbEtil4dtskCk1Uum4crWIqO2TIkAgp3ZI/s400/5708-Jake+departs+BH.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-66209590364709447602010-11-30T14:44:00.026-05:002011-01-23T05:45:47.679-05:00"BLUE SKIES"<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9biaAk8UxAL1TgxMzSNMWY7aCyIsutnSmZzxMnr_Sk8cTTSM3RNs1bC_xdlO44rjBQOwuSq3Rq8ccTyFvOUwRwqzoFSDpa4WFBx8br56hqZMcYzFifpAkRnU5XjZCHF5BKypIP1kwfZo/s1600/CHRIS+TREE+HEADER+-+SIZED_psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9biaAk8UxAL1TgxMzSNMWY7aCyIsutnSmZzxMnr_Sk8cTTSM3RNs1bC_xdlO44rjBQOwuSq3Rq8ccTyFvOUwRwqzoFSDpa4WFBx8br56hqZMcYzFifpAkRnU5XjZCHF5BKypIP1kwfZo/s400/CHRIS+TREE+HEADER+-+SIZED_psd.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stormy Weather</i> that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wasn’t</i></b> Tomas, our son Chris picked the perfect few days of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Blue Skies</i> to visit us in Grenada. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Here’s the requisite arrival shot. Chris didn’t ‘rate’ the Immigration escort his brother Bil did last year. But that’s another story. So is the one L in Bil.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlRQ_yPc2NjVxCO7tug56PCYHVXudFL1-fnQYjGqfkKRGQnYIRAcxplbehWZmLJrahal7jGWiTsZBz9R9WN0BJRoebrluDq3jNqAsH7yUUDEHzNiCxjRZ6Ml2ESAOuzLN3_4JFPMuSAU/s1600/5146-Chris+arrives+in+Grenada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRlRQ_yPc2NjVxCO7tug56PCYHVXudFL1-fnQYjGqfkKRGQnYIRAcxplbehWZmLJrahal7jGWiTsZBz9R9WN0BJRoebrluDq3jNqAsH7yUUDEHzNiCxjRZ6Ml2ESAOuzLN3_4JFPMuSAU/s400/5146-Chris+arrives+in+Grenada.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, this is the last time you’ll see Chris in long sleeves during his stay. Grenada’s temperature seldom varies out of the mid 80s, although it has dipped into the high 70s the last couple of nights.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nimrod's Rum Shop......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE12lORhBaQQ1x7LYMJaPzs3shDnUF3UVXDCza22MD6aQc24FqxdWLbdB6_SKL1P8EISj1Zfb-arwRjHuo5_Qmqq9JSrbHopV9mQ31vgtnXlPtVTy6s_YRGnaPwl35GqCgGTAY_qRO6I/s1600/5154-Chris+at+Nimrods.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjE12lORhBaQQ1x7LYMJaPzs3shDnUF3UVXDCza22MD6aQc24FqxdWLbdB6_SKL1P8EISj1Zfb-arwRjHuo5_Qmqq9JSrbHopV9mQ31vgtnXlPtVTy6s_YRGnaPwl35GqCgGTAY_qRO6I/s400/5154-Chris+at+Nimrods.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The open air market in downtown St. George’s......</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoszKSIp04iNyHBEiesfeUKzqKKZMf3WII-xd3I8QuRATRi0Gkf8ZVAj8yc752lwaLoVmeJEgSuDxI5_CEyd8kIHDoSrlIuXuX1QggsL6fXSAoQfPpoEWBxPP9_SJTcjqDq_wUpFgCBM/s1600/5158-Chris+Tourist+shopping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsoszKSIp04iNyHBEiesfeUKzqKKZMf3WII-xd3I8QuRATRi0Gkf8ZVAj8yc752lwaLoVmeJEgSuDxI5_CEyd8kIHDoSrlIuXuX1QggsL6fXSAoQfPpoEWBxPP9_SJTcjqDq_wUpFgCBM/s400/5158-Chris+Tourist+shopping.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Creole Shack near the cruise ship docks for lunch, and, an introduction to Farkel......</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnVK3VW2HHjHxvdgzzSii2wFYZ0BPrNzN-ZDt5QiVVSTZJf-5oxo-RG0XLP1TTkp59iWad8cwmNiyMXBVhLr0iw_2VTt6CoEjtHouffzv_GuQ9ewG40pLdFo2uY7lohFOv1UP6qWPNaI/s1600/5159-Creole+Shack+lunch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnVK3VW2HHjHxvdgzzSii2wFYZ0BPrNzN-ZDt5QiVVSTZJf-5oxo-RG0XLP1TTkp59iWad8cwmNiyMXBVhLr0iw_2VTt6CoEjtHouffzv_GuQ9ewG40pLdFo2uY7lohFOv1UP6qWPNaI/s400/5159-Creole+Shack+lunch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, the blog photographer enjoyed all these stops with us – he just couldn’t manage to get in the shots. He needs a different lens, I guess.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of Chris's favourite stops was Roger’s Barefoot Beach Bar on Hog Island.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz5gJXKB2eRDoE9MSqDeWjf6kpvtRPNT-qVIsd4wK1lns7Q4NbgehLdZYGBb2r-8n7ptwenrkdy-ouDonbIT6IYOjBlF1lBEQ7ddqijOVAwA978Ro7vA3l-LJGn1JiVtzi8RCm3mLVT0/s1600/5168-Chris+outside+Rogers+Beach+Bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitz5gJXKB2eRDoE9MSqDeWjf6kpvtRPNT-qVIsd4wK1lns7Q4NbgehLdZYGBb2r-8n7ptwenrkdy-ouDonbIT6IYOjBlF1lBEQ7ddqijOVAwA978Ro7vA3l-LJGn1JiVtzi8RCm3mLVT0/s400/5168-Chris+outside+Rogers+Beach+Bar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who can blame him? Cold beer in hand and warm sand between your toes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOfYeMKtottZUFuWd8Z4fW7LZoBH6s3I192Y1jmQVpl6nSKCPoWOWQvEvnfadgwPXmKx89Pzofu6s0jpbS74A1bLfaY73e7Mo2xS7ezgNHy9-JDfp_tAjQ_4etw_1sKycmGdXmkB4CzY/s1600/5171-Chris+Band+behind+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOfYeMKtottZUFuWd8Z4fW7LZoBH6s3I192Y1jmQVpl6nSKCPoWOWQvEvnfadgwPXmKx89Pzofu6s0jpbS74A1bLfaY73e7Mo2xS7ezgNHy9-JDfp_tAjQ_4etw_1sKycmGdXmkB4CzY/s400/5171-Chris+Band+behind+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not to mention loud island music as the sun goes down. This place is the real deal, enjoyed by locals and cruisers alike.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An island tour filled one day. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First stop was a rum tasting at Clarke’s Court Bay Distillery.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMEZ5XdxWY8mUJ5NI7wWTqWw5kbyA8G6HlzqV1Zcv0sbU7Lyj-wzvUeI7l7FKde8wlqumjmvm_wOXA_n5SiaMIbR8MVKuW-kpkFy9oUOQfpUWB6fuB8HxHzYUV5-ThjaX4FcL8DVk9G4/s1600/5176-Chris+Clarkes+Court+Rum+tasting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSMEZ5XdxWY8mUJ5NI7wWTqWw5kbyA8G6HlzqV1Zcv0sbU7Lyj-wzvUeI7l7FKde8wlqumjmvm_wOXA_n5SiaMIbR8MVKuW-kpkFy9oUOQfpUWB6fuB8HxHzYUV5-ThjaX4FcL8DVk9G4/s400/5176-Chris+Clarkes+Court+Rum+tasting.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At nine in the morning, we were sipping rum punch. Not a bad way to get your morning juice. We love this island.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our guide made every stop we requested to get the postcard shots, this one on the high road above St. George’s.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Z33uK_zA6SFoW2Gmh2tZiuHzsn1DfChyvt_6K5xeRqWzqsX5XzfHbnMhBR5ktN5-QmJxudoCtW4sHxwJqSN0xO8jCF57oB0LKk9IHOWPaaVpb2xXw3RINXyga_9uWECJrbGIhi7AXuU/s1600/5182-Chris+overlooking+the+Carrenage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Z33uK_zA6SFoW2Gmh2tZiuHzsn1DfChyvt_6K5xeRqWzqsX5XzfHbnMhBR5ktN5-QmJxudoCtW4sHxwJqSN0xO8jCF57oB0LKk9IHOWPaaVpb2xXw3RINXyga_9uWECJrbGIhi7AXuU/s400/5182-Chris+overlooking+the+Carrenage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the family tree shot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW46KpeIAaj5-5WI2I2Iyb7REi5nyaQ_sX0MxLJm-4hrYr0Cl0WMdQir8lFupWYxtqU6lqNsJdfKngxtetJ_uRPoUexzhGFWfYb7t_ePLC7to1RrdKF9xaAvYQjqy_weWPM8IUUE9r40I/s1600/5185-Family+at+Silk+Cotton+Tree+-+Kapok.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW46KpeIAaj5-5WI2I2Iyb7REi5nyaQ_sX0MxLJm-4hrYr0Cl0WMdQir8lFupWYxtqU6lqNsJdfKngxtetJ_uRPoUexzhGFWfYb7t_ePLC7to1RrdKF9xaAvYQjqy_weWPM8IUUE9r40I/s400/5185-Family+at+Silk+Cotton+Tree+-+Kapok.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a kapok, or silk tree. They are huge and majestic. The human-looking trunk and limbs could be the stuff of nightmares. Remember The Wizard of Oz?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next stop was Annandale Falls, one of six waterfalls in the mountains of Grenada. Chris is watching Matthew and Nicholas from the Australian boat, s/v Orchid, jump into the cool, fresh water under the falls. That’s Byron with the camera, crew from s/v Astor, who also joined us for tour day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_xSxDtyS-ZgqqMc6Svi2MS2iHh9V_497LfpEv20AhiTNDvAM0_f47iX7ByvAKCfIkiZ0dn2_zXqtq-yGX3j43A8Ka5P1N5dJgjOd3r_YWAU_InBkm3E8XRsZ3fIDB9mgrx_lkMegvbs/s1600/5202-Orchid+crew+jump+Annandale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_xSxDtyS-ZgqqMc6Svi2MS2iHh9V_497LfpEv20AhiTNDvAM0_f47iX7ByvAKCfIkiZ0dn2_zXqtq-yGX3j43A8Ka5P1N5dJgjOd3r_YWAU_InBkm3E8XRsZ3fIDB9mgrx_lkMegvbs/s400/5202-Orchid+crew+jump+Annandale.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff , Nicholas and his brother Alexander, tried to get Chris to join them, chanting his name and slapping the water.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFJ22MfIpXX_KLFFuBH4iaFk_AFAFxW6mcXEa0ZRP0qx3sU2tIZr8MXVB6z9T1yrD9iI1WioHs5PNYtrdWeT3_to8mjcnLcieAAaJHq3r1Q5WofcxYiGmESWTeE1WCodcavjUtFtcVo0/s1600/5204-Geoff+Nicholas+Alexander+in+water.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFJ22MfIpXX_KLFFuBH4iaFk_AFAFxW6mcXEa0ZRP0qx3sU2tIZr8MXVB6z9T1yrD9iI1WioHs5PNYtrdWeT3_to8mjcnLcieAAaJHq3r1Q5WofcxYiGmESWTeE1WCodcavjUtFtcVo0/s400/5204-Geoff+Nicholas+Alexander+in+water.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To no avail. Chris kept me company in the peanut gallery, taking this picture.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s Michael Williams, our excellent tour guide, setting up another rum tasting at Mark’s Sports Bar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwKXbMsEDfKYuBIAmwfbAQv-Ug11FUIkeSMFoNNpKQLUadQ1QtRbvcYkeBXddqjyJqge8jV9LJWDqujABWk6fxTVttwJ-3m5co9lqEdrjj9lTBaViJUqk0st4hL4NNgcexlghqbp5oKk/s1600/5210-Chris+Byron+Mike+Pat+at+Marks+Rum+shop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwKXbMsEDfKYuBIAmwfbAQv-Ug11FUIkeSMFoNNpKQLUadQ1QtRbvcYkeBXddqjyJqge8jV9LJWDqujABWk6fxTVttwJ-3m5co9lqEdrjj9lTBaViJUqk0st4hL4NNgcexlghqbp5oKk/s400/5210-Chris+Byron+Mike+Pat+at+Marks+Rum+shop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mark makes his own spiced rum punch.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdioPDU13AavQOia5BX4bWDBJUuri3VGKZMj51HNfyDQlFOpNMrTgFhuLZpdfdMH3gZ55BhDTBAFVpcLKdWM_zbbmgVt5ja9t3Pz8In5gdw5YNRaajs7JjUJXIVGZX4J6FrJ5l3AYMr24/s1600/5212-Chris+sipping+rum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdioPDU13AavQOia5BX4bWDBJUuri3VGKZMj51HNfyDQlFOpNMrTgFhuLZpdfdMH3gZ55BhDTBAFVpcLKdWM_zbbmgVt5ja9t3Pz8In5gdw5YNRaajs7JjUJXIVGZX4J6FrJ5l3AYMr24/s400/5212-Chris+sipping+rum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We didn’t really need a second taste to decide that it was the best of the day. So far.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1tpgPqYSd2MifEUF4slvejHNfb1D6qDMtIzfFju73K3WRA0YfcpP6Ju_0-0Hh82S_ulRWG4q2t4EwY1Ry_Jn6cEvFXJsG_YT6EHGyc1CmGR2OAX3E5upFr0pzhOLWZGO_lauFUYphSg/s1600/PB220315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1tpgPqYSd2MifEUF4slvejHNfb1D6qDMtIzfFju73K3WRA0YfcpP6Ju_0-0Hh82S_ulRWG4q2t4EwY1Ry_Jn6cEvFXJsG_YT6EHGyc1CmGR2OAX3E5upFr0pzhOLWZGO_lauFUYphSg/s400/PB220315.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we accepted another sip after buying our own bottles. That’s Mark, sending us off with half a bottle of the rum punch.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rachel, mom and first mate from s/v Orchid, took custody of that bottle.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVfhlk0enVLnG85R8zXm-ypVIPnkRdR901ooa_k_c8YZvFd7d8wcNGn7ZdkwI3R2UlNENY_4TcX-nMNHFoD1QivZ6OhxBcYTxY-d4gieBNkp5lkS7WrT-QDE947Qe-Yti8fftzq_Ymrw/s1600/5242-Rachels+Rum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzVfhlk0enVLnG85R8zXm-ypVIPnkRdR901ooa_k_c8YZvFd7d8wcNGn7ZdkwI3R2UlNENY_4TcX-nMNHFoD1QivZ6OhxBcYTxY-d4gieBNkp5lkS7WrT-QDE947Qe-Yti8fftzq_Ymrw/s400/5242-Rachels+Rum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was empty by the end of the day. Rachel???</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our meandering tour worked its way through Grenville on the central east coast of Grenada. We stopped at The Nutmeg Factory, one of three that are still operating on the island. There used to be eight. The storage bins in the picture below on the right are all empty. This factory has operated at about one tenth capacity for the past five years. Why?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D7iNIoaau9n8vALSb6h895OLuKCW9ZlxrfG6qs3z2LEFOOcEUbuESEevnQBoRhNi6F7WuSlJKg1UwliTHpnCWcLiyvAc7sTYID9oW1Ozw1wkGXo02S1MkIgFrObW16BM5mwXwol7cC8/s1600/5220-5228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D7iNIoaau9n8vALSb6h895OLuKCW9ZlxrfG6qs3z2LEFOOcEUbuESEevnQBoRhNi6F7WuSlJKg1UwliTHpnCWcLiyvAc7sTYID9oW1Ozw1wkGXo02S1MkIgFrObW16BM5mwXwol7cC8/s400/5220-5228.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2004, Hurricane Ivan devastated the nutmeg crops, leaving diminished forestation of any kind to hold the soil in place. The next year, though Hurricane Emily was only a Category One, she compounded the problem, her rains and winds sweeping away more nutmeg trees. Grenada has replanted in many areas, but the nutmeg itself takes 12-15 years to mature. The island economy has a long recovery ahead.</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our guide at The Nutmeg Factory was soft-spoken and, in his way, captivating. He told us the economic side of the story and also the journey of the nutmeg itself – growth, harvest, and processing.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxLYVPUB7OFu35-l5FSRYZJ_3uBxbuz3Pk-55jU5gI3rFPd_0016rAjHLYaW8eJldlKq1cgXKLR60lVzdqjX9qQ20yi-uMs2-jhbeGhKQH6d8q0-UV-JtFqG5jLyr6d6ur8NdNKFtsDg/s1600/5223-Nutmeg+tour+ws+group.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxLYVPUB7OFu35-l5FSRYZJ_3uBxbuz3Pk-55jU5gI3rFPd_0016rAjHLYaW8eJldlKq1cgXKLR60lVzdqjX9qQ20yi-uMs2-jhbeGhKQH6d8q0-UV-JtFqG5jLyr6d6ur8NdNKFtsDg/s400/5223-Nutmeg+tour+ws+group.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His lovely, slow, island manner was unintentionally dramatic. Look at the faces of Alexander and Nicholas.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We stopped for lunch at Belmont Estate, a 400 acre working plantation, inland and north of Grenville.</span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNuzqqPhpPAKtoU1YiwO8Q-dhk2N0mpH0xU8kq0UgJJtiwva4qexmzweJw1B2nhM-mBoYvxfYx6FuzpeTbPOy7a8q_Y7Pn6PYTerKcXhT0VCmGu6Q6WFoz9VwmWTvkvCidenkcGd1TNg/s1600/5228-Lunch+at+Belmont+Estate+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNuzqqPhpPAKtoU1YiwO8Q-dhk2N0mpH0xU8kq0UgJJtiwva4qexmzweJw1B2nhM-mBoYvxfYx6FuzpeTbPOy7a8q_Y7Pn6PYTerKcXhT0VCmGu6Q6WFoz9VwmWTvkvCidenkcGd1TNg/s400/5228-Lunch+at+Belmont+Estate+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a delicious three-course island meal. Is Chris yawning? </span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part of Belmont Estate is an area for the gathering and processing of cocoa beans to make Grenada’s world-famous organic chocolate. The cocoa plant fruit resembles a good-sized yellow mango. The guide broke one open to reveal the cluster of cocoa beans that looks like a bunch of grapes. We were invited to take one of the beans and treat it like a hard candy – don’t bite down, just suck on the gelatinous white coating till just the brown cocoa bean remains.</span></span> </div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarUlP4WUBHppM0qMTMULF89kyQGidgbWJ1hs4RCm52m0s99FvOpQSMpR-O9K2x85HKpiAZ1h8mh4c1TTxSPpbw5k7RhctnQIDyvEmnHHVLvtS0YfeA8Xhe5_7mrsxFINN_jAmsRBdHcg/s1600/PB220340.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiarUlP4WUBHppM0qMTMULF89kyQGidgbWJ1hs4RCm52m0s99FvOpQSMpR-O9K2x85HKpiAZ1h8mh4c1TTxSPpbw5k7RhctnQIDyvEmnHHVLvtS0YfeA8Xhe5_7mrsxFINN_jAmsRBdHcg/s400/PB220340.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The adults look a bit squeamish but Alexander and Nicholas enjoyed the sweet white pulp, taking one whole fruit along and finishing the pulp off the seeds in the bus.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kelly was our energetic and entertaining guide at Belmont Estate. </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was a hit with kids of all ages.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQ-rI9q9yC-ZIwbGVSIrQ3MGlRtl_AZNLQzCePhOgsqsPo-heVRa-eQ9L15XjFfeMb0tFuRxIOCv0jD0Qlx1E_UI_7E2xaqVuhnYifjKVVbDNrCtIjzHW7mY6PlQhUdbsgr76N2PZBII/s1600/5233-Cocoa+Bean+show+and+kids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="321" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQ-rI9q9yC-ZIwbGVSIrQ3MGlRtl_AZNLQzCePhOgsqsPo-heVRa-eQ9L15XjFfeMb0tFuRxIOCv0jD0Qlx1E_UI_7E2xaqVuhnYifjKVVbDNrCtIjzHW7mY6PlQhUdbsgr76N2PZBII/s400/5233-Cocoa+Bean+show+and+kids.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chocolate bars don’t last long aboard Beach House. Even our Dutch and German cruising friends admit that Grenadian chocolate rates extremely high on the world scale of excellent chocolate.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our last stop was at the River Antoine Rum Distillery. It’s the only rum factory in the Caribbean still operating with a water-powered wheel powering the cane crusher that starts the rum-making process. If it’s worked for 250 years, why mess with that?</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0G8L-dFux32UBp4mOqDwf322Eo_pd-TKbuxhr14pOgdsq1T2QIMFJWX_eYlGrbWHuy-NsOB3vdJCEFKDdGs1y1EF30JeCzw1BzEPido4zOSlfi2bzWVuv4_xu5zD1wiZB1ssOsB9Wp0/s1600/5246-Chris+at+Water+wheel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm0G8L-dFux32UBp4mOqDwf322Eo_pd-TKbuxhr14pOgdsq1T2QIMFJWX_eYlGrbWHuy-NsOB3vdJCEFKDdGs1y1EF30JeCzw1BzEPido4zOSlfi2bzWVuv4_xu5zD1wiZB1ssOsB9Wp0/s400/5246-Chris+at+Water+wheel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were delighted to see Patty, the same guide we had last year at the distillery.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83wkudGkPe0fXEx9oDzVe23Kw4vaZzCsN6XLpvx_lidgsjj1XSaPFVLnobdVuln1zHftZI1h7sGxbLCkQyL14rMWD3uP7f5neKknKWG0Dn4vKyz6MjqnVp2dC8r0DWr1_5VIK-PRnXpE/s1600/5252-River+Antoine+Rum+Distillery+tour+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh83wkudGkPe0fXEx9oDzVe23Kw4vaZzCsN6XLpvx_lidgsjj1XSaPFVLnobdVuln1zHftZI1h7sGxbLCkQyL14rMWD3uP7f5neKknKWG0Dn4vKyz6MjqnVp2dC8r0DWr1_5VIK-PRnXpE/s400/5252-River+Antoine+Rum+Distillery+tour+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris tasted the extra proof River Antoine rum.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS89V5hxjUjW0X0Vl_Ziv8EHDgIxXEOsJs2N7RpP7IDhpDtTEXKbfFRnyWFofF96ySwj3vwNAjS6iggIEjGICYKSzGogjLwzzFXrcFVbXS9c7_gzCJ-LwpjGysDrlbvsiQG9m-7lck3M/s1600/5255-Tasting+the+River+Antoine+rum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZS89V5hxjUjW0X0Vl_Ziv8EHDgIxXEOsJs2N7RpP7IDhpDtTEXKbfFRnyWFofF96ySwj3vwNAjS6iggIEjGICYKSzGogjLwzzFXrcFVbXS9c7_gzCJ-LwpjGysDrlbvsiQG9m-7lck3M/s400/5255-Tasting+the+River+Antoine+rum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I stayed with the rum punch. Tried 160 proof once.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never again.</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the ride home, our guide showed us a Hurricane Janet house.</span> </span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgauEwnebmfbXPBShoyqnjivNMfCVEiOxLUKh9bGh8Zm4CuM5s27aBMUQplg0PhBOSXUS9oTRdKSrXkNN77FV9PZbLb4F3E8_Ekxb_nl9ZsLIqHcnqbK6iuK5pDItg60x9vI9wE9NVHPA/s1600/5261-Hurricane+Janet+House.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgauEwnebmfbXPBShoyqnjivNMfCVEiOxLUKh9bGh8Zm4CuM5s27aBMUQplg0PhBOSXUS9oTRdKSrXkNN77FV9PZbLb4F3E8_Ekxb_nl9ZsLIqHcnqbK6iuK5pDItg60x9vI9wE9NVHPA/s400/5261-Hurricane+Janet+House.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">After Hurricane Janet in 1955, small, prefabricated homes were brought in to replace many homes lost in the hurricane. Hurricane Janet houses were the only ones totally untouched by the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Ivan in 2004. They were clearly built to withstand mighty winds.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">No visit to Beach House in Grenada is complete without an evening or three at Clarke’s Court Bay Marina, our home-away-from-home when we’re off the boat. Chris’s last night happened to be Hamburger Night at CCBM – what good planning. We like the food, the bar and the music, but the best part of Clarke’s Court Bay Marina is the people.</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">There are lots of reasons to like Charmella – in addition to her beautiful smile, she serves up the cold Carib. Looks like this was Chris’s round.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8-wT3nhykHbWooOknD6YPGTFM1Mq0cUdXVR0-dXHSD9zkaGH4QNQtSg4LfBrJTUBTe9RX2dGhyh-J56AjE7U-Oj6q6y63gVVFu_BUS6UoG3T9sYST6PyHXj-3Vf5y-GjqeL_FiuToVw/s1600/5274-Charmella+serves+Chris.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW8-wT3nhykHbWooOknD6YPGTFM1Mq0cUdXVR0-dXHSD9zkaGH4QNQtSg4LfBrJTUBTe9RX2dGhyh-J56AjE7U-Oj6q6y63gVVFu_BUS6UoG3T9sYST6PyHXj-3Vf5y-GjqeL_FiuToVw/s400/5274-Charmella+serves+Chris.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Here we are with Jim and Wendy from s/v Merengue. They came around from Prickly Bay that night and we’re really glad they did. They made a good night even better.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrGUSXvOxINVzizehJOSrsX3cy55Mpmv-T6ETy_Z8PMopkNrHTSrvQUrHtljkMK_3_8B4i7PvAccQMYWCkGVUX5PqR7yrHs_SfSUIQ3x21hGOPYF65DNTCmUh5OjTlX4S-VM97W97Ytw/s1600/5273B-Chris+with+Jim+Wendy+Pat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTrGUSXvOxINVzizehJOSrsX3cy55Mpmv-T6ETy_Z8PMopkNrHTSrvQUrHtljkMK_3_8B4i7PvAccQMYWCkGVUX5PqR7yrHs_SfSUIQ3x21hGOPYF65DNTCmUh5OjTlX4S-VM97W97Ytw/s400/5273B-Chris+with+Jim+Wendy+Pat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The back steps are a favoured gathering spot. That’s Pia and Erling, our Danish friends from s/v Thora II.</span></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfHqBk8e2OPS_fIT4nRbnUnL00NDTLbC0cvP8u9vZk5bsFitgCB1Wpf0uVQBJvLNzaeGwPKj8ZY1oGt16odYXbImDnWwIiyw0Bgt8sU5NTarLAQ1lZ0hZ781sUW8DlBT_BW0Z3GOX0rw/s1600/5270-Chris+Charmella+Pia+Erling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfHqBk8e2OPS_fIT4nRbnUnL00NDTLbC0cvP8u9vZk5bsFitgCB1Wpf0uVQBJvLNzaeGwPKj8ZY1oGt16odYXbImDnWwIiyw0Bgt8sU5NTarLAQ1lZ0hZ781sUW8DlBT_BW0Z3GOX0rw/s400/5270-Chris+Charmella+Pia+Erling.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A game of pool broke out later in the evening. Every body took a turn showing me how to sink this particular shot. Charles from s/v Margaret Sharon is in the background – he’s the real player, but Pia’s form was impressive.</span> </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHFEXo9Apg-xg1zqvqu3f4JONIHuWQ9VaM03edUZ2T5BQU2IV2x0OfBJ3xDKGyaa62pqHqwvg0Mko8L8ZNpGypyqrxJBZlHUEFjPhRJGeXgJ5MHjIyHcDElmYjaqGxfLIaRoKcHPyD_4/s1600/5283-Pia+shows+Pat+pool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="331" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHFEXo9Apg-xg1zqvqu3f4JONIHuWQ9VaM03edUZ2T5BQU2IV2x0OfBJ3xDKGyaa62pqHqwvg0Mko8L8ZNpGypyqrxJBZlHUEFjPhRJGeXgJ5MHjIyHcDElmYjaqGxfLIaRoKcHPyD_4/s400/5283-Pia+shows+Pat+pool.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sank the shot, by the way. Must have been the advice. Or maybe the easy angle?</span></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this last picture says it all. Here’s Charles again and that’s Jenny in the middle. She keeps Clarke’s Court Bay Marina running smoothly.</span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2LPEACy5szzendhg1oB-m2l8GxUTTWySbNpztVrBRf4ArJ9AkGkl0PGO_ix7zAp-Y1TLIOAbZ3wvFEqKgd3JSN1CvC96N0itrVOBfZiC_Q8wqVUcJeDmgJiiSEPe2cfAbI3fsqADoQ4/s1600/5280-Chris+Jenny+Charles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2LPEACy5szzendhg1oB-m2l8GxUTTWySbNpztVrBRf4ArJ9AkGkl0PGO_ix7zAp-Y1TLIOAbZ3wvFEqKgd3JSN1CvC96N0itrVOBfZiC_Q8wqVUcJeDmgJiiSEPe2cfAbI3fsqADoQ4/s400/5280-Chris+Jenny+Charles.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Just look at those smiling faces. </div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">So - one visitor in 2009 and one visitor in 2010. Here’s hoping we double the number of visitors to Beach House in 2011. At least. Cheers, everyone.</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-38293338338011322492010-10-31T16:55:00.015-04:002010-11-30T15:33:05.332-05:00"STORMY WEATHER"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrlDrCX-Vgh-9WSdxUyVE3sgyo8CtbrQjdXZmCmURvb2NTB6q0ch0z_qSc6hNCwWf00SEvLUEAYAczyiE73pxGPd0DJ9hPBjthvwnTq6PQ5Hq6hJ-NEs-g4YMMwbSgmXCTR1h_tbSA8M/s1600/WEATHER+BLOG+HEADER+ALT+3+SIZED%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGrlDrCX-Vgh-9WSdxUyVE3sgyo8CtbrQjdXZmCmURvb2NTB6q0ch0z_qSc6hNCwWf00SEvLUEAYAczyiE73pxGPd0DJ9hPBjthvwnTq6PQ5Hq6hJ-NEs-g4YMMwbSgmXCTR1h_tbSA8M/s400/WEATHER+BLOG+HEADER+ALT+3+SIZED%255B1%255D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The weather affects everyone, everywhere, every day. At the very least it can affect your mood. Care to choose between a wet, gloomy day and a bright, sunny one? A no-brainer. Be happy.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6qZoJcMVH4H_9i_JoNhw92E4nb20Z9jSwOWIWxVy_ETeoRYFp7u_RlxKYaHGnEApeeUTuaHuV0hjdGx7s-Ogt39xBaqyTElYqF_e5UhH93HV9Hl4-OotQG3cZRha7Ak7QhYvNdbLhwk/s1600/Combined+squall+and+sun.psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6qZoJcMVH4H_9i_JoNhw92E4nb20Z9jSwOWIWxVy_ETeoRYFp7u_RlxKYaHGnEApeeUTuaHuV0hjdGx7s-Ogt39xBaqyTElYqF_e5UhH93HV9Hl4-OotQG3cZRha7Ak7QhYvNdbLhwk/s400/Combined+squall+and+sun.psd.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there’s severe weather. When Mother Nature throws a hurricane our way, more than mood is affected - lives may be on the line. We’ve been watching Tomas, a confused and growing storm. Here’s the timeline for the last several days.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tropical Storm Tomas threatened Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday into overnight, to the extent that the capital city, Port of Spain, shut down – schools and businesses were closed and residents battened down as they awaited a face-to-face with a named storm. But Tomas had other plans. Late into the evening he changed course and set his sights on the waters east of Grenada. Our day continued as planned. We didn't know then that our weekend forecast was about to change.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurricanes have a mind of their own. In 1999, Hurricane Lenny defied all the experts – he moved from west to east – very unusual. He’s called Wrong Way Lenny – less than fondly. Grenada was at the very south end of Lenny’s path of destruction, but they remember him. In 2004, Hurricane Ivan grew to the size of Texas and still holds the record as the 10th worst Atlantic hurricane. Grenada – NOT a hurricane zone - suffered catastrophic damage. There is still rebuilding happening today. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So Grenadians weren’t taking information about Tomas lightly. They expected, at the very least, heavy rain and very strong winds on Friday. The government ordered businesses and schools to close early so residents could prepare their homes and the island water supply was shut off to avoid possible contamination from storm water.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The storm projection called for a midnight arrival of the chaos. Many cruising boats changed anchorages for better protection, some put down second anchors, still others went into marinas and tripled up their dock lines. We stayed at anchor, preparing Beach House by letting out more anchor chain and making sure various bits and pieces were well secured on deck. And then with assurances to each other that we’d done all we could, we settled in for a long, wakeful night.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But nothing happened. Nada. Oh, possibly a few drops of rain – but that happens most nights – a tropical thing. And there was no wind. At all. The heaviest thing in the air was expectation. All night. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hit the computer early Saturday morning to see what Tomas was up to.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two images are from Ralph’s Tropical Weather site – a year apart. The shot on the left is from October 2009 and contains those three little words we prefer – No Active Storms</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr1PylrlGeKWFH6nKND1YT3sHLVD5ndQvi0Rxpc-z1YTBrV1HI-WBr7B2bxsXt4gEXssS3zyJgLdaB42kECXXgbDNp0_lqioGsuFtuGsProKyNIR_HigyScXYudJIiIp_8ULzhH9kQ5Y/s1600/Combined+world+storm+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEr1PylrlGeKWFH6nKND1YT3sHLVD5ndQvi0Rxpc-z1YTBrV1HI-WBr7B2bxsXt4gEXssS3zyJgLdaB42kECXXgbDNp0_lqioGsuFtuGsProKyNIR_HigyScXYudJIiIp_8ULzhH9kQ5Y/s400/Combined+world+storm+view.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the right is a screen grab from Ralph’s site on Saturday. Quite a different story this October - Shary weakening to the north and Tomas building in the south.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ralph's site also shows “Possible Tracks” for named storms.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ERhSxWqptb6qXTYMrjWi0y4_Y2bpkvPmidke4gO_8tEMNsXKxFKT7-pTKK4VRessQhQ2LYZm0hqUuYnWcP4gNT5WSgwawG5jorZ6J6TXrM8GjQ2RCXnV0PBFBwAIId20Shge_NpmB0s/s1600/Possible+Tracks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ERhSxWqptb6qXTYMrjWi0y4_Y2bpkvPmidke4gO_8tEMNsXKxFKT7-pTKK4VRessQhQ2LYZm0hqUuYnWcP4gNT5WSgwawG5jorZ6J6TXrM8GjQ2RCXnV0PBFBwAIId20Shge_NpmB0s/s400/Possible+Tracks.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given that these predictions, as varied as they are, come from the same available information, it makes you wonder how accurate any forecast is. How nice to be a weather forecaster – you can be wrong 95% of the time and still keep your job and get paid.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then we sought out Chris Parker’s expertise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSj1PiVRWFKieQTeJyodRFekRb-YbHSQIMmQCyb7xDLqKtJ9fH0i5vE3rxiAbixeSTyhwmdI-fbkqdodDpqh___6Qh6JChLhyBvADNNpNLDGTZxGHFjYJRWCgWcIS1d2hMfHBVkUk-LE/s1600/Active+Chris+Parker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRSj1PiVRWFKieQTeJyodRFekRb-YbHSQIMmQCyb7xDLqKtJ9fH0i5vE3rxiAbixeSTyhwmdI-fbkqdodDpqh___6Qh6JChLhyBvADNNpNLDGTZxGHFjYJRWCgWcIS1d2hMfHBVkUk-LE/s400/Active+Chris+Parker.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris is a cruiser and weather guru, now manning The Caribbean Weather Center out of Florida. He’s been doing weather forecasts on the SSB for several years, including individual advice to “sponsoring” vessels. Chris recently added interactive webcasts to his repertoire. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seemed Tropical Storm Tomas was on his way to becoming Hurricane Tomas and the predicted path was between St. Vincent and St. Lucia. This screen grab from Storm Pulse, another great weather site, clearly shows Tomas’ intent on hitting those two islands</span>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAEz4lOPIZWSkkShK2qMbVhR_j3dBpUh67dOqsXyNZ4QKkgFzm8ZqwHxZeXoX9ovK8rF8XeLczaBc_Gg9fcPJ0wUJ7bjrayP58CEzc_rdgXLDleeHQ8Kp7o0WhoO0jch76p_eY9R0qDk/s1600/Storm+Pulse+Track.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAEz4lOPIZWSkkShK2qMbVhR_j3dBpUh67dOqsXyNZ4QKkgFzm8ZqwHxZeXoX9ovK8rF8XeLczaBc_Gg9fcPJ0wUJ7bjrayP58CEzc_rdgXLDleeHQ8Kp7o0WhoO0jch76p_eY9R0qDk/s400/Storm+Pulse+Track.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grenada had been spared a direct hit but wasn’t totally in the clear yet – severe thunderstorms were expected well into Saturday evening.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we stayed home, not wanting to leave Beach House during the predicted weather. Instead of celebrating Geoff’s birthday at a local venue with friends, we had a quiet dinner aboard and watched a movie - not The Perfect Storm. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiKxosRNU4Akujz22d74GRta0Cb98YgeSnxDxntAOT4srcmU7ngSI1gQk0Uz4DRZK4kqiWcZUz6ksjrDyCY8QAIGF4aC2HCB74OU0TO0c9SlNGaRxarZZsgWiLf1ubCMKe4JXUIVv4VE/s1600/RUM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKiKxosRNU4Akujz22d74GRta0Cb98YgeSnxDxntAOT4srcmU7ngSI1gQk0Uz4DRZK4kqiWcZUz6ksjrDyCY8QAIGF4aC2HCB74OU0TO0c9SlNGaRxarZZsgWiLf1ubCMKe4JXUIVv4VE/s400/RUM.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the captain enjoyed a dram of his prezzie from me.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once again, the predicted ‘long night of bad weather’ didn’t happen. No wind, just a few drops of rain, no thunder, no lightning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We heard via a special Sunday edition of the Coconut Telegraph, a cruisers’ net on the SSB, that Dave and Michelle, friends who headed north about a week ago, are fine. Their boat was tied up in Rodney Bay Marina in St. Lucia for the blow. They experienced winds up to 50 knots – quite significant. Ken and Diane, friends who have a house on the southeast coast of St. Lucia are fine. They and their house survived unscathed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our weather sites show more on this continuing story this morning. This is a radar shot from NOAA’s site. Hurricane Tomas is clearly past the Windward Island chain as he heads WNW, but a significant disturbance is trailing behind him. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current information suggests that Hurricane Tomas may gather strength as it crosses the warm water of the Caribbean Sea, heading towards Haiti. This screen grab from the Passage Weather site is a projection for next Friday, showing the surface wind speeds and wind direction</span>.</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aRA8v6RmsTv3bbsk3zskIPtu73NGAZGV9ex4a9T7lxnu0X1SwTlbExGpFxgy9Q9SpVBSP9_zoizAS42_iu3JbD03Zls86j5zmyDyyTU-472k-JahJDxchlBlcCWdLIatFgMqeaeaBD4/s1600/passage+weather+Nov05-06UTC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8aRA8v6RmsTv3bbsk3zskIPtu73NGAZGV9ex4a9T7lxnu0X1SwTlbExGpFxgy9Q9SpVBSP9_zoizAS42_iu3JbD03Zls86j5zmyDyyTU-472k-JahJDxchlBlcCWdLIatFgMqeaeaBD4/s400/passage+weather+Nov05-06UTC.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The swirling hurricane formation is quite clear in the little ‘arrows’ that show the wind direction. Those million and a half survivors of the Haiti earthquake certainly don’t need another natural disaster as they struggle to manage in tent cities. What an understatement.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hurricane season isn’t officially over until the end of November. At the moment, there’s nothing new brewing off the west coast of North Africa where all these disturbances originate, but we’ll be watching very carefully as we choose a time to start moving north. This has been a very different hurricane season from last year’s non-event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> In the meantime, we’re hoping to call our next blog entry “Blue Skies”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.<br />
Is Beach House ready?<br />
The Admiral's returning.<br />
Is Beach House clean?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3KVKRoMqM5I8I5rsmLp79OEJTKb7reY-G2iQ92_KbJr8P20zqrS5rVIQLW3MHek9vEmGVwmdteem0T_mlfmk4WD0kVqCEntXXkqLVN6BR0XOaDXvNyKYCZdeRwx2sARjXs8Al4dvCPc/s1600/17+Rigged+again+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3KVKRoMqM5I8I5rsmLp79OEJTKb7reY-G2iQ92_KbJr8P20zqrS5rVIQLW3MHek9vEmGVwmdteem0T_mlfmk4WD0kVqCEntXXkqLVN6BR0XOaDXvNyKYCZdeRwx2sARjXs8Al4dvCPc/s400/17+Rigged+again+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.<br />
She's been gone too long.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.<br />
Where does all the stuff belong?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPbKwJLc5COSPGcc8nw8aL8FE9JyGQ8zSSLVZwZEPafmk96kh94E-kwg8egGuNJ1ctERnJtS8875wHUjqGjjVKiAvfNg2uQ6OyigKUip008aLGVrhCGVWZLOu-rff_NgbVkWlQM_cw1o/s1600/4-Stowing101C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPbKwJLc5COSPGcc8nw8aL8FE9JyGQ8zSSLVZwZEPafmk96kh94E-kwg8egGuNJ1ctERnJtS8875wHUjqGjjVKiAvfNg2uQ6OyigKUip008aLGVrhCGVWZLOu-rff_NgbVkWlQM_cw1o/s400/4-Stowing101C.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral 's returning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon all will be fine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The Admiral 's returning<br />
Gotta chill some white wine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ktU4qZ9SnwAAUrDxzj8UikILYjYp1X_C7O1HMluJiTcrsWp780bILBL39lPtnvlu83dHrZiA54U3BA_JLeCdQJstU6IzbkdGnRUBrCzPVlPy1qR2tDqpzccgd3PxHDnGUdO1ufqCb1Y/s1600/4465-Beach+House+Wine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ktU4qZ9SnwAAUrDxzj8UikILYjYp1X_C7O1HMluJiTcrsWp780bILBL39lPtnvlu83dHrZiA54U3BA_JLeCdQJstU6IzbkdGnRUBrCzPVlPy1qR2tDqpzccgd3PxHDnGUdO1ufqCb1Y/s400/4465-Beach+House+Wine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.<br />
Normalcy will soon reign.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll be two again.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo2SRUtIbgyYGWprg7Ja65blXMKuwvajvHEUz5YjCLHu2_WGilE4Nbth-zGBhSA2Zze3KFWFLxpRVnxRYO0JGthIb1-mNTb0kNt1kG0XCXXn5p6cjnTZiXFKNgZ8tbwReVB1YgyJ4H30/s1600/1152-Pat+Geoff+Sunset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFo2SRUtIbgyYGWprg7Ja65blXMKuwvajvHEUz5YjCLHu2_WGilE4Nbth-zGBhSA2Zze3KFWFLxpRVnxRYO0JGthIb1-mNTb0kNt1kG0XCXXn5p6cjnTZiXFKNgZ8tbwReVB1YgyJ4H30/s400/1152-Pat+Geoff+Sunset.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been such a long while.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Admiral's returning.<br />
You'll know by my smile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOWWqTOEcNtLrgO92wb5SMpZnhyphenhyphenYc10Om_V_8b9lELD5UNfoSVkoYNR5kmMg1rFgxle-bW2ReuWVn_3r2P3QtMyAJktIbo5t9rQQX2J9Y2c23IjmmPM2w6J0UYSKb-EHm2-xpC-eGFuw/s1600/1249a-Geoff+Pat+Bequia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOWWqTOEcNtLrgO92wb5SMpZnhyphenhyphenYc10Om_V_8b9lELD5UNfoSVkoYNR5kmMg1rFgxle-bW2ReuWVn_3r2P3QtMyAJktIbo5t9rQQX2J9Y2c23IjmmPM2w6J0UYSKb-EHm2-xpC-eGFuw/s320/1249a-Geoff+Pat+Bequia.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
That the Admiral has returned<br />
You'll know by my smile<br />
That I'm second in command<br />
You'll know by my smile<br />
That Happy days are here again!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-76975014696640376642010-07-30T06:57:00.089-04:002010-10-08T22:05:29.065-04:00HELLO MUDDAH, HELLO FADDAH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Muddah - Hello Faddah</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here I am at - Camp Grenada </span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYb3Ay9wT6WiMOgEeRUhVttKF40SF4dTlceQGvAJmd1uKuOeIcbQxpXmZWYo7yRku8RXGE_FL3P054dI5EjwtHbQdbvdTQyQ9u4aPpSG7wULTLRX840IOzWvP4_jgQb4O8QlX9O16LxGg/s1600/CCB+Montage.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYb3Ay9wT6WiMOgEeRUhVttKF40SF4dTlceQGvAJmd1uKuOeIcbQxpXmZWYo7yRku8RXGE_FL3P054dI5EjwtHbQdbvdTQyQ9u4aPpSG7wULTLRX840IOzWvP4_jgQb4O8QlX9O16LxGg/s400/CCB+Montage.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where it's all – so enter-taining </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">We play cricket - there's no complaining</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9ulP1OcvhRCHgMaeCWeQX0KFAXFljtpyOjQ5l4B0SFZvBV-qXnvdIY1UHip5-tCG9arM-39_AxypxMlPkmZPWI-twU6Cu247ZZ8XxX4uiehB6s3yaFxsLkWhOz0DwETOAQ_rHVlvt_w/s1600/Cricket+Montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG9ulP1OcvhRCHgMaeCWeQX0KFAXFljtpyOjQ5l4B0SFZvBV-qXnvdIY1UHip5-tCG9arM-39_AxypxMlPkmZPWI-twU6Cu247ZZ8XxX4uiehB6s3yaFxsLkWhOz0DwETOAQ_rHVlvt_w/s400/Cricket+Montage.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went painting - to learn from Terry </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used water colours - very merry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijb8mWP_umFstx8wiPjvaJeEp92IGABIkwEr5Co7_j_iqP-FpOQ3e5c_pa2b0Zm_4SmjmVEIkB55K5MOI_PT6gHt4CnYhe4V8CeV6RieayS1JNlJuQwjOx3YNOHy25KZrVrI01RICx008/s1600/Water+Colour+Terry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijb8mWP_umFstx8wiPjvaJeEp92IGABIkwEr5Co7_j_iqP-FpOQ3e5c_pa2b0Zm_4SmjmVEIkB55K5MOI_PT6gHt4CnYhe4V8CeV6RieayS1JNlJuQwjOx3YNOHy25KZrVrI01RICx008/s400/Water+Colour+Terry.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Bob's Marina - has a big screen </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where ev'ry Grand Prix - can be see---een</span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDNCOK4jZ5J4MpjxptMii82ZCgilNlhfFhqtbea-yoOgndH307gsbWG1IFsEgBM_oxhpNi_ErFKU2o4n5vl-9lBvxj-ddmpltw-J7fDnlSQdiErGZov9O4vhnf-G2dt5XnqZgkxI7_Zo/s1600/GP+montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDNCOK4jZ5J4MpjxptMii82ZCgilNlhfFhqtbea-yoOgndH307gsbWG1IFsEgBM_oxhpNi_ErFKU2o4n5vl-9lBvxj-ddmpltw-J7fDnlSQdiErGZov9O4vhnf-G2dt5XnqZgkxI7_Zo/s400/GP+montage.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't take me home - oh Muddah, Faddah </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the book swaps - here in Grenada</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7ADOi-jBOrauAdpUqGxMeme4mEnu5ve7qM19iwrscR8bYoBfoP-PL6zDU8hYIlFs9yzVDCTEwnLoDyJOTQ51qY7CHZe72zOmH2q5io0Opxz2h_CPsvOwltX1FnmLZsnKql7uVXW8acE/s1600/Book+Swap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7ADOi-jBOrauAdpUqGxMeme4mEnu5ve7qM19iwrscR8bYoBfoP-PL6zDU8hYIlFs9yzVDCTEwnLoDyJOTQ51qY7CHZe72zOmH2q5io0Opxz2h_CPsvOwltX1FnmLZsnKql7uVXW8acE/s400/Book+Swap.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please leave me here - out on the hook </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll grab a beer - and read my book</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ah6C3Tf0sXdyNCg3YfwaWEQAPaESILngi2JDCEKRK-y2W8WPqUcCmSQbxiDgEwxYvttCTeAZ1S52mgt04_GxOt7W8NVQJkI_zKn2LnJVboB8HiElH6kT-aTVjr3vsk2Ys12mfAmSfo8/s1600/Geoff+reading.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Ah6C3Tf0sXdyNCg3YfwaWEQAPaESILngi2JDCEKRK-y2W8WPqUcCmSQbxiDgEwxYvttCTeAZ1S52mgt04_GxOt7W8NVQJkI_zKn2LnJVboB8HiElH6kT-aTVjr3vsk2Ys12mfAmSfo8/s400/Geoff+reading.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I don't want - to cause you pain </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we play - Mex-i-can train </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TbkaGVnlWF-WrQYiocua3iQN0VfU1deAz54ivPtnNDe5mnLIT0vpQmIl6aegqOOnId3HPkPny2H-jOoQxXf9LFt0zBYrXoUc7U4Q_U5r5K0kJG_jJdm5WZCUvNC9BHNlFf_jKFluYqo/s1600/Dominos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7TbkaGVnlWF-WrQYiocua3iQN0VfU1deAz54ivPtnNDe5mnLIT0vpQmIl6aegqOOnId3HPkPny2H-jOoQxXf9LFt0zBYrXoUc7U4Q_U5r5K0kJG_jJdm5WZCUvNC9BHNlFf_jKFluYqo/s400/Dominos.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And you remember - FIFA World Cup</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2maGpa6kyGiUbJW-vMzWQYnHV_3ImihwWNrefk2JsN9lmF3grS8LdWszfQMmmkr_fyocHxDoUTOQuA0vTwMjdi-P93HgH4ZDCjRJ00zW8zTPHp3j4v43p5cK-ccekeMnHX_f4HjhtSQU/s1600/World+Cup+TV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2maGpa6kyGiUbJW-vMzWQYnHV_3ImihwWNrefk2JsN9lmF3grS8LdWszfQMmmkr_fyocHxDoUTOQuA0vTwMjdi-P93HgH4ZDCjRJ00zW8zTPHp3j4v43p5cK-ccekeMnHX_f4HjhtSQU/s400/World+Cup+TV.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's where Spaa- ain - beat Holland up</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZrs4rH9SlxNPLfxIsqV7E1v_QSep5zcHlFpPX9SLAMVlz5MTNotlMk2AOGiUj43tp0p1ELD3eEto-iBBF4ZeVx9kuvKqC8y0Cy1U9Cw4EeVJ8V2kGPDGBo42O9Ckl2bzypqJVCKY7i0/s1600/World+Cup+Spain+scores.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZrs4rH9SlxNPLfxIsqV7E1v_QSep5zcHlFpPX9SLAMVlz5MTNotlMk2AOGiUj43tp0p1ELD3eEto-iBBF4ZeVx9kuvKqC8y0Cy1U9Cw4EeVJ8V2kGPDGBo42O9Ckl2bzypqJVCKY7i0/s400/World+Cup+Spain+scores.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't take me home - don't make me cry</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love Burger night - love ev'ry french fry</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDABwj1_2ged9W1BaOSBw55DJko0TQOstXT4DanXQXNB5KfffFK1d-_N1XaOlZ8OoZIZmfJzfaGg3PFrSw182ZvSP72dq6H04gfbT4xQ11V_-W4P0Y87iT5KjLfAhL-AQdil-yKGykt4/s1600/Geoff+Cooks+Burgers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDABwj1_2ged9W1BaOSBw55DJko0TQOstXT4DanXQXNB5KfffFK1d-_N1XaOlZ8OoZIZmfJzfaGg3PFrSw182ZvSP72dq6H04gfbT4xQ11V_-W4P0Y87iT5KjLfAhL-AQdil-yKGykt4/s400/Geoff+Cooks+Burgers.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So please, please, please - just let me stay </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want my fish and chips - ev'ry Friday</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgGOf_lEHBUS2BOxiAbwCPu14BkL1rimrlxeknjGN3k5IRMa7M9tdxnW9d7VQ3cTT3Y5ljkcfCbEg5kO9VQhCHLa-w5D7J1d8cK8wuERe8ItesMgzMmQzu2CGmQw5PoEdEWLp5K6cXaE/s1600/Fish+montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfgGOf_lEHBUS2BOxiAbwCPu14BkL1rimrlxeknjGN3k5IRMa7M9tdxnW9d7VQ3cTT3Y5ljkcfCbEg5kO9VQhCHLa-w5D7J1d8cK8wuERe8ItesMgzMmQzu2CGmQw5PoEdEWLp5K6cXaE/s400/Fish+montage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dearest Faddah - Darling Muddah </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How's my precious - little bruddah </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you miss me - don't worry 'bout me</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cause ev'ry Tuesday - I watch a movie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3bj-DbmH4Qlnya3i_mhnHV7GBt84oIln2XlU5c0ErVrkS_AhgstI6lRddCFZuLaWJgHehIEzM85r6lyPmmgYDiBiqoZe1d3n6mvW31HZlDhAgbEfQOWGS48s5e3FQTSrH006UeQmRLE/s1600/Movie+night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3bj-DbmH4Qlnya3i_mhnHV7GBt84oIln2XlU5c0ErVrkS_AhgstI6lRddCFZuLaWJgHehIEzM85r6lyPmmgYDiBiqoZe1d3n6mvW31HZlDhAgbEfQOWGS48s5e3FQTSrH006UeQmRLE/s400/Movie+night.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost forgot - there's jewelry making</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulacejMcDD4eDGDYwMOQGzc1pUDyO4NoXAg0_e7OAzynbVLeUxzetCJ11HdBB6v7bI5Mah9twYh_n8NPy2_tLDqxnxzD4TSiSD3SJi37m8zvqoNTBr5Vu0_Uq5jBWdjl-fZ42vhjq6qA/s1600/Jewelry+Montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulacejMcDD4eDGDYwMOQGzc1pUDyO4NoXAg0_e7OAzynbVLeUxzetCJ11HdBB6v7bI5Mah9twYh_n8NPy2_tLDqxnxzD4TSiSD3SJi37m8zvqoNTBr5Vu0_Uq5jBWdjl-fZ42vhjq6qA/s400/Jewelry+Montage.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some are swimming </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aWwtQynrQa82vNkPziud8h337PCstQ6zmzPq6csxaYczZ4wrmfbcznS1p7rbypqkbdoiBE2mAJsPJG6zxaYkdRlIVEqcpcRZPRqntUTEJ_ymLP5iJHZLnK-w9G4Vzl_OBzHIJeZDRlM/s1600/Pat+swims.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_aWwtQynrQa82vNkPziud8h337PCstQ6zmzPq6csxaYczZ4wrmfbcznS1p7rbypqkbdoiBE2mAJsPJG6zxaYkdRlIVEqcpcRZPRqntUTEJ_ymLP5iJHZLnK-w9G4Vzl_OBzHIJeZDRlM/s400/Pat+swims.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and some are diving</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnC6CduvZrK0Xswq1skgiRYHKC4uopQ87vQIE9dDMpeIuLBp5RBM5lRLabNyqVPnLJHzHb0pIieDfuEZFpSrNMgjJ_EUQRaLvuM7G4WRdGmxxRr8-_d-BfM2ubI4Cwn9gWVmF_KJiERZ0/s1600/Diving.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnC6CduvZrK0Xswq1skgiRYHKC4uopQ87vQIE9dDMpeIuLBp5RBM5lRLabNyqVPnLJHzHb0pIieDfuEZFpSrNMgjJ_EUQRaLvuM7G4WRdGmxxRr8-_d-BfM2ubI4Cwn9gWVmF_KJiERZ0/s400/Diving.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might think - that I would miss ya</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really don't - but I still love ya.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And dear Muddah - and dear Faddah</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's Carnival - at Camp Grenada</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Gylfi's singing - at Roger's Beach Bar</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll watch the sun set - where all my friends are</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl6HZaia1MwOCjMkgil3FHUnvkTtljs_aHVmYR2aupnzNCL0Bfxn2K9ry22b-xEh7sjUQ5XILbyxQCDnRIsb18Sw9fuR5AT9ccxG43W0ECQgcNHc6_tYK_zvIjii3CtpZL1YEAtErf3I/s1600/Roger+Montage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl6HZaia1MwOCjMkgil3FHUnvkTtljs_aHVmYR2aupnzNCL0Bfxn2K9ry22b-xEh7sjUQ5XILbyxQCDnRIsb18Sw9fuR5AT9ccxG43W0ECQgcNHc6_tYK_zvIjii3CtpZL1YEAtErf3I/s400/Roger+Montage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So goodbye Muddah - goodbye Faddah </span></div><div align="center"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll stay forever - at Camp Grenada</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-20467504904310273422010-07-10T14:19:00.001-04:002010-07-30T08:44:16.101-04:00FLASHBACK - "DANCING QUEEN"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GQ2f3IMOuOwmYd4SluizSr_z56_FfxayEJAhG4ozRxHrmA3o_Wak41CrhGP7KKOAdHWowbrNw6eU1YuypuuGM-mH-Npo7qQX8bIO1YLdMSUqxB6KS5QOabae1_o3raKMY1BaZ8VWX8c/s1600/DANCING+HEADER+Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" bx="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2GQ2f3IMOuOwmYd4SluizSr_z56_FfxayEJAhG4ozRxHrmA3o_Wak41CrhGP7KKOAdHWowbrNw6eU1YuypuuGM-mH-Npo7qQX8bIO1YLdMSUqxB6KS5QOabae1_o3raKMY1BaZ8VWX8c/s400/DANCING+HEADER+Final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can dance, you can jive</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having the time of your life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1lSpIZAi6NvJNdkbXtE3wre_Vs0cQxVYTCsuya6OgeGnJiG3lqZGXPL4oZFCM2V6Usaz8dB6MeOYpcRLq5CN6AseGqPUcraLF4gYlPSifvGlWWWk66iRqpVmLdhzi4FGCIeYwQnlCfc/s1600/3209-Ashley+Doug+Susea+1+IMG_1204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1lSpIZAi6NvJNdkbXtE3wre_Vs0cQxVYTCsuya6OgeGnJiG3lqZGXPL4oZFCM2V6Usaz8dB6MeOYpcRLq5CN6AseGqPUcraLF4gYlPSifvGlWWWk66iRqpVmLdhzi4FGCIeYwQnlCfc/s400/3209-Ashley+Doug+Susea+1+IMG_1204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ooh see that girl, watch that scene</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diggin’ the dancing queen</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday night and the lights are low</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking out for a place to go</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEagevZCKRqtZGrrzVQHGW9k5VnpZ0N2s2APHG3qBkMCDJ2XXtFvUlW5IaiFrzl62DnLfSMICPPinbYAeno2wYtcnsidUWIo1fMHidYjIhChoRYgNZZqTJqSVqKY9F00HYfjhnOVQC68/s1600/3352-Pat+Geoff+Dancin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEagevZCKRqtZGrrzVQHGW9k5VnpZ0N2s2APHG3qBkMCDJ2XXtFvUlW5IaiFrzl62DnLfSMICPPinbYAeno2wYtcnsidUWIo1fMHidYjIhChoRYgNZZqTJqSVqKY9F00HYfjhnOVQC68/s400/3352-Pat+Geoff+Dancin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where they play the right music, getting in the swing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You come in to look for a king</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anybody could be that guy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Night is young and the music's high</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnv0LdeOBAQpF2vAMXVzWjrRt05ns3DERaRQxFbVc75V0VYOE72VVUsv2_kUjkMixGxtos1iGQYDzU1Wn3hjYbj781-KvDcRzOLj0xM4IliMjcJzFXqoPKSnav0at-aYF7FGUGY1WzVE/s1600/3207-Pat+Gene+1+IMG_1198.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnv0LdeOBAQpF2vAMXVzWjrRt05ns3DERaRQxFbVc75V0VYOE72VVUsv2_kUjkMixGxtos1iGQYDzU1Wn3hjYbj781-KvDcRzOLj0xM4IliMjcJzFXqoPKSnav0at-aYF7FGUGY1WzVE/s400/3207-Pat+Gene+1+IMG_1198.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a bit of rock music, everything is fine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're in the mood for a dance</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And when you get the chance</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are the dancing queen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young and sweet, only seventeen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rqKhuWEf_TxEp74QSn1wZZn-MWSCn3nWwTF-LZXhoFXsrp-ucTTqlsf7AJXdh42tbGGfz9kmc_jSHmZKvl46wV5zbF80MoD99NVdZgyeu_IQYyGmEyX-07XBIsttECnp0Eq31z1p5Qw/s1600/IMG_2425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8rqKhuWEf_TxEp74QSn1wZZn-MWSCn3nWwTF-LZXhoFXsrp-ucTTqlsf7AJXdh42tbGGfz9kmc_jSHmZKvl46wV5zbF80MoD99NVdZgyeu_IQYyGmEyX-07XBIsttECnp0Eq31z1p5Qw/s400/IMG_2425.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dancing queen, feel the beat</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the tambourine, oh yeah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can dance, you can jive</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having the time of your life</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQP7PL-DxVGmvDK-DSw7FnWwEXaIZEyyGCM99nAn4TBznQ45BNDkymdCPXoUCNT_w6jG3Hube8HgVA8C3sXXbVeOYjuhRnXt6GXetG9S_NItnx78UwmuL4Xus6bDj97k1c7nzIgEonkk/s1600/3211-Gene+Susea+dip+2+IMG_1222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQP7PL-DxVGmvDK-DSw7FnWwEXaIZEyyGCM99nAn4TBznQ45BNDkymdCPXoUCNT_w6jG3Hube8HgVA8C3sXXbVeOYjuhRnXt6GXetG9S_NItnx78UwmuL4Xus6bDj97k1c7nzIgEonkk/s400/3211-Gene+Susea+dip+2+IMG_1222.jpg" width="337" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ooh see that girl, watch that scene</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diggin’ the dancing queen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're a teaser, you turn 'em on</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leave 'em burning and then you're gone</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiifImr_QJhUEHkzsWPFf7u3q39CaUxYzPQHVi4NkV02-iSpQlOhkCJNzleNa3v-RHEsZs7pFNNh0HSI5DGAsVmFeNXgU7x521EqwtLssCRBBgdTeFqu-rn1TGkrd2U1sGLwfKd3OCRow/s1600/3203-Dancin+ws+1+IMG_1196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiifImr_QJhUEHkzsWPFf7u3q39CaUxYzPQHVi4NkV02-iSpQlOhkCJNzleNa3v-RHEsZs7pFNNh0HSI5DGAsVmFeNXgU7x521EqwtLssCRBBgdTeFqu-rn1TGkrd2U1sGLwfKd3OCRow/s400/3203-Dancin+ws+1+IMG_1196.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking out for another, anyone will do</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7QTdmM4FeNaMILGQmDwPF3kdZ4mxNNF5vhg59Ha0_0xk9dR5KteZUXTTeYJlf8TtPfXWiNTL1TA6vT3Hj3OgshfT1TlbebiF8eQmRPjNa3ylDoM8ihhA6q20UCnvUDR8Pr6p1eSWkUc/s1600/3205-Gene+SuseaMoody+Blues.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT7QTdmM4FeNaMILGQmDwPF3kdZ4mxNNF5vhg59Ha0_0xk9dR5KteZUXTTeYJlf8TtPfXWiNTL1TA6vT3Hj3OgshfT1TlbebiF8eQmRPjNa3ylDoM8ihhA6q20UCnvUDR8Pr6p1eSWkUc/s400/3205-Gene+SuseaMoody+Blues.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You're in the mood for a dance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And when you get the chance</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are the dancing queen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Young and sweet, only seventeen</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJc4F8TiQ8Awot763eJo7y2R7wg_wMde4cuOQTbRP3r31tF-kU2x3pAVajseNKa7B23eA7A8Ra1bH0tVVRPkz2j-AAhZ1Wc5PEZi8A_bmYMVREgyozGtI7qBO__MS0_kx18Z30F3xtpCM/s1600/4222-Dancing+Jenny+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJc4F8TiQ8Awot763eJo7y2R7wg_wMde4cuOQTbRP3r31tF-kU2x3pAVajseNKa7B23eA7A8Ra1bH0tVVRPkz2j-AAhZ1Wc5PEZi8A_bmYMVREgyozGtI7qBO__MS0_kx18Z30F3xtpCM/s400/4222-Dancing+Jenny+1.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dancing queen, feel the beat</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the tambourine, oh yeah</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-18037217192688355612010-07-02T22:40:00.014-04:002010-07-15T10:55:02.871-04:00"OH CANADA"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLpoR2WqgsXq58iRYwt06Ygra0sZSwPaySEfLfDaGRkE-LeQZ76k-4aUkgY9ZjTjYgS_ZNkgsHB909Fa7lUPRK8mcudNFFP7yrzW0f2jMBI9lh9O6gUsMGbye2FutO4UDwUIpFKqphG8/s1600/Canada+Day+Title+1+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLpoR2WqgsXq58iRYwt06Ygra0sZSwPaySEfLfDaGRkE-LeQZ76k-4aUkgY9ZjTjYgS_ZNkgsHB909Fa7lUPRK8mcudNFFP7yrzW0f2jMBI9lh9O6gUsMGbye2FutO4UDwUIpFKqphG8/s400/Canada+Day+Title+1+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last year Beach House was in Bequia for Canada Day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibztx6IFQQdsHywrbLM1L_96F7djeSXgLqrAq0gsqJfZf1R6CT9-FFoDSo37ZfWUgM0NGlJvHic6a0Y0LNty5i7_NG1RrfYJkfcJBpBvGz0sRCKwTTUice8NWx0eDBJGU4P4cHXAtlyvE/s1600/1255-BH+Canada+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibztx6IFQQdsHywrbLM1L_96F7djeSXgLqrAq0gsqJfZf1R6CT9-FFoDSo37ZfWUgM0NGlJvHic6a0Y0LNty5i7_NG1RrfYJkfcJBpBvGz0sRCKwTTUice8NWx0eDBJGU4P4cHXAtlyvE/s400/1255-BH+Canada+Day.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We celebrated on Dream Maker with the crews from seven other boats. It was a small bi-lingual affair with about a 50/50 Anglo/Quebecers representation. We all got along fine and enjoyed ourselves. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87exk4TpBQtIcuXOsjJ6t3kKIFw5k8yZs7K3hE4jswz9viOnHc23moPfkpyczna3nDJC8J1VuyjzGyaV3bwLCSqbRxdXtiPrKi5mi07VHg8h38AFxqwGrQ47HJyUEbZGnarEwYCP1Wqo/s1600/Canada+Day+at+anchor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj87exk4TpBQtIcuXOsjJ6t3kKIFw5k8yZs7K3hE4jswz9viOnHc23moPfkpyczna3nDJC8J1VuyjzGyaV3bwLCSqbRxdXtiPrKi5mi07VHg8h38AFxqwGrQ47HJyUEbZGnarEwYCP1Wqo/s400/Canada+Day+at+anchor.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year Canada Day Beach House was in Grenada. The Clarke’s Court Bay area is our summer home where there are several anchorages, marinas, restaurants and bars competing for our meagre dollars.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DO0PEj-YZYz2Arf7v2JnK8bMCl31Qfq4WKkvK1_5uLtqLdstElg7SWq3Uqg6lWQehvTmOD6VzGlq4wxw2jLGBMO7GOu2LBsfrOgPZEE7kSIuQaMrNfB4Dc7X6oDgWKhuSsGBy904ZBE/s1600/Up+your+Fleur+Dis+Lis+Eh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1DO0PEj-YZYz2Arf7v2JnK8bMCl31Qfq4WKkvK1_5uLtqLdstElg7SWq3Uqg6lWQehvTmOD6VzGlq4wxw2jLGBMO7GOu2LBsfrOgPZEE7kSIuQaMrNfB4Dc7X6oDgWKhuSsGBy904ZBE/s400/Up+your+Fleur+Dis+Lis+Eh.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Bequia I flew our large Canadian flag up high. In Grenada I opted to fly it low and at the bow because the boat in front of Beach House only flies the flag of his 'country' – Quebec. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's just say - we’ve had words</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The call went out from Clarke’s Court Bay Marina that Bob, who owns the marina, would provide a turkey for a Canada Day dinner. Canadian cruisers, and anybody else who wanted to come, would provide the rest on a pot luck basis. As an added incentive there would be Happy Hour bar prices.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mhZZDsK42gTAexGL_D2SfyyDnxotgyfSUgByRYHiTRjDjHa3NCBEieQVQJ5D2XbVpkgQddladod3euxFkNytH3nQGm_2O0Sh6YH9T4ae3M243B4Pgl1U-Vq5dXOIqY2kdZAxZKiWZ4o/s1600/MAPLE+LEAF+Drinks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mhZZDsK42gTAexGL_D2SfyyDnxotgyfSUgByRYHiTRjDjHa3NCBEieQVQJ5D2XbVpkgQddladod3euxFkNytH3nQGm_2O0Sh6YH9T4ae3M243B4Pgl1U-Vq5dXOIqY2kdZAxZKiWZ4o/s400/MAPLE+LEAF+Drinks.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a typical Canadian event. No one really wanted to be in charge and everybody was happy to be fed and have drink or three.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our gracious Texan friend Miss Kitty brought out the turkey and the stampede was on.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPfTmhSAdbgPDwt9i1H3P_iLgq6pvdfVn-V79v7pHkbrji24MkenSzkZfczaLGCR-9biR1PobgCZug4ED2v68FdlgjsgUDGtlTB5g0isKIywtF0TMLkcI-JdC1uTpQCZse3DziXeeOWs/s1600/MAPLE+LEAF+Food+Line+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="385" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPfTmhSAdbgPDwt9i1H3P_iLgq6pvdfVn-V79v7pHkbrji24MkenSzkZfczaLGCR-9biR1PobgCZug4ED2v68FdlgjsgUDGtlTB5g0isKIywtF0TMLkcI-JdC1uTpQCZse3DziXeeOWs/s400/MAPLE+LEAF+Food+Line+up.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well maybe not stampede. Being polite Canadians we all stood in line and said "I’m sorry" </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a lot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the Canada Day traditions is the wearing of red and white.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we were handing out awards, Phil would have won the hat contest.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the very wet and windy weather, which was inspired by a Tropical Wave passing just south of us, we all had a good time. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgearXYUDT8VvDiIlQm7diLFPGyRbhy-xDfaCGH28uhUo8KMqA1AXB8uaIlmIgxTBJwD0vktrsEd0GaTv0zSwnGKhYZhXkMN_PGNcAS5-zWDy_BZ05XVmLoGTaUhEJYeo1AHkzLPEqer3Y/s1600/Bar+crew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgearXYUDT8VvDiIlQm7diLFPGyRbhy-xDfaCGH28uhUo8KMqA1AXB8uaIlmIgxTBJwD0vktrsEd0GaTv0zSwnGKhYZhXkMN_PGNcAS5-zWDy_BZ05XVmLoGTaUhEJYeo1AHkzLPEqer3Y/s400/Bar+crew.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks Bob, Miss Kitty, Jenny and Charmella for making it happen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In signing off I’d like to leave you all with a quote from Sir John A. MacDonald. </span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-85015658446337726542010-06-11T07:24:00.007-04:002010-07-02T23:02:19.409-04:00"DAY TRIPPER"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zp6bmBuNf6CUBjC5PjSlvkkPS6Z9jIEe3DiGPBDXJuOkuzBK3Z3rvGt3pFUjh706mtbnzHdxe8JjVqwWxSkGbioafyk0FM919iriyOw0UjBYBd8RAYFAH27g10vUqQdQyZOoLKOmQFo/s1600/MARTINIQUE-LITTLE+THINGS+-+FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zp6bmBuNf6CUBjC5PjSlvkkPS6Z9jIEe3DiGPBDXJuOkuzBK3Z3rvGt3pFUjh706mtbnzHdxe8JjVqwWxSkGbioafyk0FM919iriyOw0UjBYBd8RAYFAH27g10vUqQdQyZOoLKOmQFo/s400/MARTINIQUE-LITTLE+THINGS+-+FINAL.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a month in St. Lucia, we enjoyed a comfortable day sail to the north end of the Windward Islands. Ah, Martinique – the island of baguettes, cheese, pate and wine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFf0tMAkrb6cleRpBqAy763Dep3nwjIPr7hU31sDOd13JkhvON3aoYTytCfem77T9n_DjfyAAmB8RWAEwZabFizX41ZzMXQdt11Ckc4k56fAqQJewFmd6KdfEpcE0iMs2U-I99jS61Eg/s1600/Windward+Map+-+labelled.psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaFf0tMAkrb6cleRpBqAy763Dep3nwjIPr7hU31sDOd13JkhvON3aoYTytCfem77T9n_DjfyAAmB8RWAEwZabFizX41ZzMXQdt11Ckc4k56fAqQJewFmd6KdfEpcE0iMs2U-I99jS61Eg/s400/Windward+Map+-+labelled.psd.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The closest Customs and Immigration office was in Marin at the southeast corner of the island.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1Q0dzqSpwMaGZf0hQEahJTlBWYIUKCTZA7KEDX60AtBiRG_xX0STvM7P9ELb3fW9nkS-COu4lNBXNp-Vigr5BbqEAYSPWA4YfcfVUqgI3n5sC2vImEpEw-8stPtSH3ebengzF4GeRqQ/s1600/Martinique+Map+-+labelled.psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1Q0dzqSpwMaGZf0hQEahJTlBWYIUKCTZA7KEDX60AtBiRG_xX0STvM7P9ELb3fW9nkS-COu4lNBXNp-Vigr5BbqEAYSPWA4YfcfVUqgI3n5sC2vImEpEw-8stPtSH3ebengzF4GeRqQ/s400/Martinique+Map+-+labelled.psd.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The French islands definitely win the award for “Best Check in/out Procedures”. You sit at a computer, type in your boat and passport details and hit print. It takes five minutes max for the whole process – less if they have a qwerty keyboard . No writer’s cramp from handwritten forms in quadruplicate. No money changing hands. Simple and straightforward. Merci, merci.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marin is a huge yachting centre with every boat service conveniently located along the waterfront. The town beyond the harbourside turned up some interesting moments. I’ve always liked the slogan, “If you object to my driving, stay off the sidewalk.”.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJGmMOo3Hj35cA0px73x0euSevDorermGbpwPqfUmhb3jfJNsKUfyLIgT8OkmIINJd7zIWuHnjuaHjQX-g08ui2EwUFHj_3U2_CU1m2cctGh1bQvBaMSmlu0du5LcL37TiC0znY0qBrQ/s1600/4103-Get+off+the+footpath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJGmMOo3Hj35cA0px73x0euSevDorermGbpwPqfUmhb3jfJNsKUfyLIgT8OkmIINJd7zIWuHnjuaHjQX-g08ui2EwUFHj_3U2_CU1m2cctGh1bQvBaMSmlu0du5LcL37TiC0znY0qBrQ/s400/4103-Get+off+the+footpath.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No wonder the preference here for small cars. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this apartment building showed off some architectural license with ‘port holes’ in the ‘sails’.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUoCL_4cBj9Cw8BvvuS7e-LpQeygTiQ-x_2LqefvAzOzT3zDaP62oaKLZBC2XR2Ij6Vcc6WyPgHo8O7hsrCIlAOBQZpE-oTND0HSX5hc5UDRJJYRaN8YtGEWn4R0hdbnIvidiLot0N7s/s1600/4106-Sail+away.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyUoCL_4cBj9Cw8BvvuS7e-LpQeygTiQ-x_2LqefvAzOzT3zDaP62oaKLZBC2XR2Ij6Vcc6WyPgHo8O7hsrCIlAOBQZpE-oTND0HSX5hc5UDRJJYRaN8YtGEWn4R0hdbnIvidiLot0N7s/s400/4106-Sail+away.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But very nautical and spiffy, don’t you think?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This factory door looked like an expensive watercolour painting.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBsu-YOM0mEoqyU0gh9W1kj_uRNqNZhNIo-vPPN4dPgM4cLtHzPBdN6opSadEeu39WsvQYgYaxnjZI-e6G7tPM_9DhKuNDv-oxEdeItuNA-lTaMc4wq2iqoVRZTau0spfS3bVpmsFv7c/s1600/4131-Factory+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBsu-YOM0mEoqyU0gh9W1kj_uRNqNZhNIo-vPPN4dPgM4cLtHzPBdN6opSadEeu39WsvQYgYaxnjZI-e6G7tPM_9DhKuNDv-oxEdeItuNA-lTaMc4wq2iqoVRZTau0spfS3bVpmsFv7c/s400/4131-Factory+door.jpg" width="352" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quite beautiful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We couldn’t find a sports bar, so using wifi at the Mango Bay Restaurant, we watched the Aussies win a nail biter over Pakistan in the Twenty20 cricket semi-finals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobNRe5oUSABwAfpxsNl1V6ugYKeGEhVYYYfSXqIRhpIXCzgQArmZ5m8IU5oVyNkA2hrayXU5J_38ZeVR2TA9nxYjWvHRhyphenhyphenEY7i3qz6C6AtldMSVfXhieNpmvrw67e9ffNq-xK3l_tJvw/s1600/4096-Aus+beats+Pak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobNRe5oUSABwAfpxsNl1V6ugYKeGEhVYYYfSXqIRhpIXCzgQArmZ5m8IU5oVyNkA2hrayXU5J_38ZeVR2TA9nxYjWvHRhyphenhyphenEY7i3qz6C6AtldMSVfXhieNpmvrw67e9ffNq-xK3l_tJvw/s400/4096-Aus+beats+Pak.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gw96_5gkfMRawB5D20Y1yeNCw_iEVnlZnJ8HM7ETP-EPqZU28QeVN5WIxGrUbmSyfDZ-6DVKqAj544hJIvgRVY1rcu-B6U_b2jY_nOsvIhUDhfV9AAWtsiKxsOcoozrSXIc9ExbaLas/s1600/Lizard+Piza+joined+USE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gw96_5gkfMRawB5D20Y1yeNCw_iEVnlZnJ8HM7ETP-EPqZU28QeVN5WIxGrUbmSyfDZ-6DVKqAj544hJIvgRVY1rcu-B6U_b2jY_nOsvIhUDhfV9AAWtsiKxsOcoozrSXIc9ExbaLas/s400/Lizard+Piza+joined+USE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not sure if our lunch companion was interested in the game or the lop-sided pizza.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the cricket final a few days later, we used the wifi at the Quai 13 Restaurant.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXX5A9nrxliHVpc4mZdK3ZYIhrpqXRCUCISO-RfsNe2ksQNxh6TTEKz_-5XlA8aGCRusO7JSO4uYSOkCAw6pjJLNB46UAAEDePBcixeQssiov07BPo4tyDzR7BT7bj_6aRswzALZ2L4E/s1600/4123-Quai+13+restaurant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXX5A9nrxliHVpc4mZdK3ZYIhrpqXRCUCISO-RfsNe2ksQNxh6TTEKz_-5XlA8aGCRusO7JSO4uYSOkCAw6pjJLNB46UAAEDePBcixeQssiov07BPo4tyDzR7BT7bj_6aRswzALZ2L4E/s400/4123-Quai+13+restaurant.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite the restaurant’s location in the middle of a boatyard, we had one of the best meals ashore we’ve had on this cruise – entrecote with frites for me and Bambi tenderloin for the captain. Yes, Bambi. Email Geoff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWKDd75LCGv9aMiTq6IrPs0_c09NgeZfWx3ltKZ8XS8QMciCyhbCOesnKvhqOc3AGfO0SXrQA_OHvanIQ7TyGiWJZW2mdcQldHvk5ukcm-XUX5gHamdyeFmtnDhLb_ksUu85nQeJKbsQ/s1600/4124-Interior+bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigWKDd75LCGv9aMiTq6IrPs0_c09NgeZfWx3ltKZ8XS8QMciCyhbCOesnKvhqOc3AGfO0SXrQA_OHvanIQ7TyGiWJZW2mdcQldHvk5ukcm-XUX5gHamdyeFmtnDhLb_ksUu85nQeJKbsQ/s400/4124-Interior+bar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">England beat Australia, so Geoff needed something sweet to compensate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiU8QZo4lJYzlxIHe0GfmA8SXeeDwZk0A3O8Ut1zWo03nYWkInwqQiGQXBM6JHMGbbFB31ophl-Umw5Opp8JNWWQMV5nNGHcGP-ofPWkVdbb00BC9uuQ5ePjQ8aRIcpBTO1w0TYn5yj0/s1600/4126-The+best+chocolate+dessert+ever.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiU8QZo4lJYzlxIHe0GfmA8SXeeDwZk0A3O8Ut1zWo03nYWkInwqQiGQXBM6JHMGbbFB31ophl-Umw5Opp8JNWWQMV5nNGHcGP-ofPWkVdbb00BC9uuQ5ePjQ8aRIcpBTO1w0TYn5yj0/s400/4126-The+best+chocolate+dessert+ever.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has declared this the best chocolate dessert – ever. The picture doesn’t do it justice, of course, but I was allowed one bite, so I can vouch for the quality.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our time on Martinique was short, but we didn’t want to miss Grande Anse D’Arlet, just around the southwest tip of the island. What a sweet little seaside town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1O_46gOkTI_WLnwnc7eK9d7bCbDVquB3qKja20gDyxWMw6JCNI2YiSfElqcKmri2Q6SoQAYIoimHD3LirzPk7PgmbW159Pgax6Z4vp7aZXR9K7aSYJBBNuZw3MmpfYzK_7BMq_4rjzw/s1600/4145-Grande+Anse+D%27Arlet+Boardwalk+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp1O_46gOkTI_WLnwnc7eK9d7bCbDVquB3qKja20gDyxWMw6JCNI2YiSfElqcKmri2Q6SoQAYIoimHD3LirzPk7PgmbW159Pgax6Z4vp7aZXR9K7aSYJBBNuZw3MmpfYzK_7BMq_4rjzw/s400/4145-Grande+Anse+D%27Arlet+Boardwalk+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pedestrian-only promenade has restaurants and boutiques on one side and beach access on the other.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we walked one bay south to Petite Anse D’Arlet.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxDST0Uw87PHeiOqc0OLIizj1m9u4Dpk3jcY3ozKVStxvw6vblUY_KLVNXM3jCQuJQ5QejnWTjk2O-a1N10gcKMPtVxnlEpXQ33cJ31Pz3refUlxFI6C16v1LKvD4PT0ueEueQwjAvnQ/s1600/Petite+Annse+joinedUSE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxDST0Uw87PHeiOqc0OLIizj1m9u4Dpk3jcY3ozKVStxvw6vblUY_KLVNXM3jCQuJQ5QejnWTjk2O-a1N10gcKMPtVxnlEpXQ33cJ31Pz3refUlxFI6C16v1LKvD4PT0ueEueQwjAvnQ/s400/Petite+Annse+joinedUSE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A sleepy but colourful village.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our last official ‘chore’ in Martinique was to load up on smelly cheeses to see us through the trek back to Grenada. Yes – we were heading home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day trip back to Rodney Bay, St. Lucia was quite a rambunctious motor-sail that tested our stowing techniques once again. One breakage – nothing precious – it’s all good.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had managed to make contact with Ken and Diane in St. Lucia, cruisers from Canada with an awesome back story of dismasting, prop fouling, having to go overboard during the night in rough seas, and more. You know – the stuff cruising dreams are made of.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They met us in Rodney Bay to help us sail ‘Beach House’ down to Vieux Fort, Ken’s hometown.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMKiqSWueGZFemrOEHnb_LccEUwMAx4mFK_XtdxqfBG0iLRuPluDw4NLZsOpT9I4PeXdDIoKCuY1yjqVFQteJVCkvXWgfX3cGSyBPhxTRy-XP3LaIePVNJz5ph41HQBz1Le5xV_UGtZ0/s1600/4168-Ken+%26+Diane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMKiqSWueGZFemrOEHnb_LccEUwMAx4mFK_XtdxqfBG0iLRuPluDw4NLZsOpT9I4PeXdDIoKCuY1yjqVFQteJVCkvXWgfX3cGSyBPhxTRy-XP3LaIePVNJz5ph41HQBz1Le5xV_UGtZ0/s400/4168-Ken+%26+Diane.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a great day. Eight hours of non-stop conversation on the boat with some lunch and drinks, then up to their home for a barbeque and HOT showers. We didn’t get back to the boat till after midnight. The real midnight. 12ayem. Thank you both for your company and your hospitality. See you next year – we know where you live.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next stop was Bequia after another boisterous motor-sail. Look at these pics I took from the dinghy. ; )</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vn2Uywc6syL2ABIZoDYmpA9i1cpyKliCZGKCIRFEmob-9BmDc1BC-EckL5eS2w8bbGE2d2VTVxAMpi7nJeeQYLFlSriacwDNEpJHdufRSEbAuKI2BuDcszU-Vc6Q5m7f-2GPoa9SJg4/s1600/4169-Arriving+Bequia+Bow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vn2Uywc6syL2ABIZoDYmpA9i1cpyKliCZGKCIRFEmob-9BmDc1BC-EckL5eS2w8bbGE2d2VTVxAMpi7nJeeQYLFlSriacwDNEpJHdufRSEbAuKI2BuDcszU-Vc6Q5m7f-2GPoa9SJg4/s400/4169-Arriving+Bequia+Bow.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZWAq0c0OKmnXUbwSxJqyd_nfoZzlzEgWZr9E97PoJ8aZgqdvmfag3rpv8euH0t4fVd6SR8AnLPK45X7kWaGESrrlWmOOxCvbbMV_7nxr65-u04Ksraci3YxCZGOETTtW_FI5Ro6nqE8/s1600/4171-Arriving+Bequia+stern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZWAq0c0OKmnXUbwSxJqyd_nfoZzlzEgWZr9E97PoJ8aZgqdvmfag3rpv8euH0t4fVd6SR8AnLPK45X7kWaGESrrlWmOOxCvbbMV_7nxr65-u04Ksraci3YxCZGOETTtW_FI5Ro6nqE8/s400/4171-Arriving+Bequia+stern.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mighty fine looking vessel. The 'Beach House' is a bit of a whale, but she performs pretty well in decent wind.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Bequia, Doug and Wendy from ‘Nahanni River’ came to visit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmxCArea0Igx9TCh3rr3FlWCntgNvIrfRt-OKnpy3_9s-FA-3vHfP9nv8WLsiq9pwiXffY7LBfpnKxcXfJKermB2c49KZbG6Rg3MUv_H5O6a3nsptsCkpA5J3sUpbEghN03HRsSFtKSI/s1600/4175-Doug+Wendy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmxCArea0Igx9TCh3rr3FlWCntgNvIrfRt-OKnpy3_9s-FA-3vHfP9nv8WLsiq9pwiXffY7LBfpnKxcXfJKermB2c49KZbG6Rg3MUv_H5O6a3nsptsCkpA5J3sUpbEghN03HRsSFtKSI/s400/4175-Doug+Wendy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And meet Bill and Sue from ‘Corcovado’.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuBsvkmzDq_VA-dpe3wBk35_KD9-umTC1PWG8E0Mz1skjBDhoKiNUE96C51RtYQxJ0reMQ0oY_wchk-xpRNnuJILLPl-2vuWt6Pyo4EuPuDrSf6ZJXOVN09UWQNxzMhA4U3Kf94pCM5Y/s1600/4174-Bill+Sue+Corcovada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuBsvkmzDq_VA-dpe3wBk35_KD9-umTC1PWG8E0Mz1skjBDhoKiNUE96C51RtYQxJ0reMQ0oY_wchk-xpRNnuJILLPl-2vuWt6Pyo4EuPuDrSf6ZJXOVN09UWQNxzMhA4U3Kf94pCM5Y/s400/4174-Bill+Sue+Corcovada.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They know our good buddies Ray and Genna from ‘Nighthawk’. Six degrees of cruising - everybody knows somebody you’ve met along the way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Next stop on the homeward cruise was Carriacou where we checked in at Hillsborough, then headed across the bay to Sandy Island to anchor for the night. The pictures say it all.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY43DHiu199Gc8kNJQBqh9GZSnQ-AGSI78qOjnvW9N5r3CV8owgWSgFVzoDZa9r0glHsxh_1UeKdpv-yxJZrTTjLVEuVFYqqYj-ukSGuQy6PmGui4hLgWKWJCsr4B_wx462NxrvrZnww/s1600/4184-Pelicans+Sandy+Isl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJY43DHiu199Gc8kNJQBqh9GZSnQ-AGSI78qOjnvW9N5r3CV8owgWSgFVzoDZa9r0glHsxh_1UeKdpv-yxJZrTTjLVEuVFYqqYj-ukSGuQy6PmGui4hLgWKWJCsr4B_wx462NxrvrZnww/s400/4184-Pelicans+Sandy+Isl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQUbXV_cduGOTwinXCUKjBSqz_Iq_zYKZQ6A6L7GgVJxYgynOHLDs1j2v_47smgEULs_LZ4GqCiAQAnhGppsomUDaWjr2kfe0nhWbMBno2sF5rSk7CrcLEdcbP-OlDm9C2BsR_fF8N_A/s1600/4188-BH+off+Sandy+Isl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQUbXV_cduGOTwinXCUKjBSqz_Iq_zYKZQ6A6L7GgVJxYgynOHLDs1j2v_47smgEULs_LZ4GqCiAQAnhGppsomUDaWjr2kfe0nhWbMBno2sF5rSk7CrcLEdcbP-OlDm9C2BsR_fF8N_A/s400/4188-BH+off+Sandy+Isl.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sandy Island is nothing but the beach and a bit of scrub. Any land you see in the pictures is in the distance. Very pretty place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next day we headed four miles round the corner to Tyrrel Bay, one of our favourite spots – we seem to have quite a few favourites, don’t we?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These ferries at the main dock cracked us up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs0jWo_ZTq2DncS91BY0MBx7lRJ7IINwSlCp1xK25X1V6l-9xXhJIatfMRZo2lrpRa94qWO52fl8Gaj5-RbqO51zHs1ce9eO4GLmWs1bE5t3jVHHbJQei6jNDJUDTECQzNqY7e_gJpSw/s1600/4192-Talking+Ferries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigs0jWo_ZTq2DncS91BY0MBx7lRJ7IINwSlCp1xK25X1V6l-9xXhJIatfMRZo2lrpRa94qWO52fl8Gaj5-RbqO51zHs1ce9eO4GLmWs1bE5t3jVHHbJQei6jNDJUDTECQzNqY7e_gJpSw/s400/4192-Talking+Ferries.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just what would one ferry say to the other? Sounds like a riddle and if you have an answer, you know how to reach us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a walk for a bit of shopping, we found someone’s office set up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_0EB8TKPifOhHY2Io2wAYUmru6A16grzde0ycvSmEcBc9sbeR7W9S_wxv08Q_yfhnnW_p-VTfeAQ8eRiW-SlMJCcg98-lOizW6YCG2uPsKvgUpLQ9DBBucIcwa3mNhdVMf2hgMpR_Uo/s1600/4193-Office+phoine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN_0EB8TKPifOhHY2Io2wAYUmru6A16grzde0ycvSmEcBc9sbeR7W9S_wxv08Q_yfhnnW_p-VTfeAQ8eRiW-SlMJCcg98-lOizW6YCG2uPsKvgUpLQ9DBBucIcwa3mNhdVMf2hgMpR_Uo/s400/4193-Office+phoine.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX-_XCwwbRJY6caBEs63lTps6Yh3NCTababp0Q7x4mGpY1mXpHCeuduIEIhmnEhaJVkXtJOlykb4-zXbj5PElvnxbzvWa_RS3-YP8IrJWy4M0EgJG_NmTLh81gHOE1q19JTP9KPg4ZJc/s1600/4194-Office+computer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTX-_XCwwbRJY6caBEs63lTps6Yh3NCTababp0Q7x4mGpY1mXpHCeuduIEIhmnEhaJVkXtJOlykb4-zXbj5PElvnxbzvWa_RS3-YP8IrJWy4M0EgJG_NmTLh81gHOE1q19JTP9KPg4ZJc/s400/4194-Office+computer.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will the real Caribbean please stand up?</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou, is home to Hallelujah, the floating bar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1p6I1zJrV-rKpUxUtwm3NynX-oCq2lw-cHdP4MBMIile2f6juoLiPaISwLzCc_Dmeqwrfy27sb7zAbcL8zOVVmDQPnG8ZVbbVw34UxbKNIU-fYwBfXJ8EZCngTI6iqnfdD1cmTP0TInQ/s1600/4195-Hallelujah.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1p6I1zJrV-rKpUxUtwm3NynX-oCq2lw-cHdP4MBMIile2f6juoLiPaISwLzCc_Dmeqwrfy27sb7zAbcL8zOVVmDQPnG8ZVbbVw34UxbKNIU-fYwBfXJ8EZCngTI6iqnfdD1cmTP0TInQ/s400/4195-Hallelujah.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s our friend Charles on the left, an American. Tini, sitting in front of Charles, is Dutch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunalDNJrJ9aEEqvgzc3vnbUJqzPP76jkWvgTR1jloytjuInKo27fiDbnS_HbZqI0dqBc90YpZyABljXDLMDyuLtT8K3YeUGREly0nePoiNE1qBvgiuFgQTmg7sqAfdVgeNJiTnmvoRy0/s1600/4196-Hallelujah+bar+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunalDNJrJ9aEEqvgzc3vnbUJqzPP76jkWvgTR1jloytjuInKo27fiDbnS_HbZqI0dqBc90YpZyABljXDLMDyuLtT8K3YeUGREly0nePoiNE1qBvgiuFgQTmg7sqAfdVgeNJiTnmvoRy0/s400/4196-Hallelujah+bar+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Katherine on the right is Irish. We’re a regular mini UN down here with cold drinks as the language that everyone understands.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Denise, the owner of Hallelujah, was in London visiting family, leaving Devante in charge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xL0jKe7uKyrBSS02eig-oe6TYabrYqwJyGU6uE5MMBw04TbZraqXi6E85epiBy7AGaEXYdmh-HquWdtXhel6t1tH3DbYtp4PH1cuTUMbXALso_qOygiqdkqEahyN_KtL7C3REHdNmOM/s1600/4198-Devante.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xL0jKe7uKyrBSS02eig-oe6TYabrYqwJyGU6uE5MMBw04TbZraqXi6E85epiBy7AGaEXYdmh-HquWdtXhel6t1tH3DbYtp4PH1cuTUMbXALso_qOygiqdkqEahyN_KtL7C3REHdNmOM/s400/4198-Devante.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Devante’s friends here are the Swiss Family Robinson – at least that’s how we referred to them. They home-school the kids in French in the morning and Italian in the afternoon. Their boat was anchored right beside ‘Beach House, and rest assured, these kids got plenty of down time – a pre-lunch swim and an after-school swim every day. They all swim like fish and laugh together like wonderful maniacs.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And last weekend we sailed the last 30 miles to get home to Grenada.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the anchorage outside St. George’s, this spaceship was our neighbour. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its name is simply ‘A’</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRAxV2gxWTF9AdqtJIhroxWYsmodG-6K-7fLIp3oLmIXtj8Zzt3tKzebj5-Ey2or0zpTLk52967zPwyuBn6G70qqInPU-uR4tvbAg3ostzlSPGQAOHSiN84cGoQtrTvdTa5COwCKGzCI/s1600/4205-Sub+Yacht+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpRAxV2gxWTF9AdqtJIhroxWYsmodG-6K-7fLIp3oLmIXtj8Zzt3tKzebj5-Ey2or0zpTLk52967zPwyuBn6G70qqInPU-uR4tvbAg3ostzlSPGQAOHSiN84cGoQtrTvdTa5COwCKGzCI/s400/4205-Sub+Yacht+4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some stats we found online. The yacht is Russian-owned, German-built, cost $300 million and is 120 metres long. There’s a helipad on the foredeck and a pool on the aft deck. If you ever needed evidence that money doesn’t guarantee taste? Case closed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve been back in Clarke’s Court Bay since Sunday. It’s still early in the season so it’s fairly quiet here. That will change over the next month or two. We enjoyed a double birthday celebration on Tuesday evening.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PjEWzNF_bJrDrj7wl-mA3V0EsdmvwGC9wLYlQJm12BbNrwyri0fMn-qEmW8wqmvOipJpF9gZaXtcAsci4ko3bjVjby3gFzG_1-q03smzdghL7oQk8QlL5GArqxAIPPSDpWKWCbq29RE/s1600/4218-B&J+Party+12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PjEWzNF_bJrDrj7wl-mA3V0EsdmvwGC9wLYlQJm12BbNrwyri0fMn-qEmW8wqmvOipJpF9gZaXtcAsci4ko3bjVjby3gFzG_1-q03smzdghL7oQk8QlL5GArqxAIPPSDpWKWCbq29RE/s400/4218-B&J+Party+12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob is the owner of Clarke's Court Bay Marina and the birthday boy. On the right is Jenny, the manager and number one barkeep – she’s the birthday girl. That’s Monica in the middle, Jenny’s mom. Great party.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here we are at home. Home - this one simple word gets around. ‘Beach House’ is home, Grenada is home, and I’m getting ready to head HOME for a few months. To Canada, to family, to friends. My favourite definition for ‘home’ from my trusty Funk and Wagnall’s?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>“A place dear because of personal relationships or feelings of comfort and security.”</em></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That would apply to all of our homes.</span></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-52140046764031235662010-05-16T12:25:00.005-04:002010-06-11T07:53:57.449-04:00"BOTH SIDES NOW"<span id="goog_1787308890"></span><span id="goog_1787308891"></span><span id="goog_1787308869"></span><span id="goog_1787308870"></span><span id="goog_1787308842"></span><span id="goog_1787308843"></span><span id="goog_1787308846"></span><span id="goog_1787308847"></span><span id="goog_1787308848"></span><span id="goog_1787308849"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vieux (<em>pronounced ‘View’</em>) Fort, at the southern tip of St. Lucia, is a bustling commercial port and an active fishing centre. Container ships and local fishing boats outnumber the cruisers at anchor. We stopped in Vieux Fort to check in with Customs and Immigration, expecting to stay a day or two, but the authentic flavour of the town grew on us. We stayed a week and it wasn’t long enough.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The main north-south street is colourful and lined with shops.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNu6CPrYWKCT8GuL-rqFvF6JWP6e9mPa3UE6W5cI_jm6bfV0etPs_FpJuGO60ZicYFF6NXzK7xtOfkehS-ZmXX0f7haq0mxATpoTaSMZcEsjIZrNcdnVWBz4oJPu1RsFYeQllyXSpzV9k/s1600/3922-Colours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNu6CPrYWKCT8GuL-rqFvF6JWP6e9mPa3UE6W5cI_jm6bfV0etPs_FpJuGO60ZicYFF6NXzK7xtOfkehS-ZmXX0f7haq0mxATpoTaSMZcEsjIZrNcdnVWBz4oJPu1RsFYeQllyXSpzV9k/s400/3922-Colours.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; 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border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw several cobblers working curbside.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsyo_1xlbCVk8tIE7kLnnsFSqdjM-wkmtG4gJ2NCYNiHMqNbrVZB4ByhoAuWtGFFuIwOBjzNcxpitSthoRplQUv26CT9ePd2Eln2ZGMFgMcrCuy_Hk-WsGI6opwATXw_F2wecOIVRQuU/s1600/3956-Shoemaker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsyo_1xlbCVk8tIE7kLnnsFSqdjM-wkmtG4gJ2NCYNiHMqNbrVZB4ByhoAuWtGFFuIwOBjzNcxpitSthoRplQUv26CT9ePd2Eln2ZGMFgMcrCuy_Hk-WsGI6opwATXw_F2wecOIVRQuU/s400/3956-Shoemaker.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The locals must walk as much as we do.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ventured up into the hillside neighbourhoods several times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV78ZyOmHV7Ah8tNjFTG6yQ4VqlMbmG-E9ShLsKQZPcyWeAu1k-TA_-BJJQKDpmFTLMaMGMv5ABY1crCvO81ltsINNZvEzeT2jOBODQpqBVbCeYXf1CQFMpV3kJhUdoMg8KiHDEnwAMSc/s1600/3918-Hillside+living.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV78ZyOmHV7Ah8tNjFTG6yQ4VqlMbmG-E9ShLsKQZPcyWeAu1k-TA_-BJJQKDpmFTLMaMGMv5ABY1crCvO81ltsINNZvEzeT2jOBODQpqBVbCeYXf1CQFMpV3kJhUdoMg8KiHDEnwAMSc/s400/3918-Hillside+living.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On one return walk we had to stop for a drink.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPGyyHVDsutQxWXEFVOIMNAHLZxN7y1klrjvlk9ipMBAlX7owmLyoVjjRYQr6oj9TN984FxLa7onSW3VLU-rrR0JmgEf8Y4eshXa01OZmk4lVWWT7ZwajbQ2aOqALK11y1ucxte0_NHw/s1600/3952-Pat+at+Pats+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPGyyHVDsutQxWXEFVOIMNAHLZxN7y1klrjvlk9ipMBAlX7owmLyoVjjRYQr6oj9TN984FxLa7onSW3VLU-rrR0JmgEf8Y4eshXa01OZmk4lVWWT7ZwajbQ2aOqALK11y1ucxte0_NHw/s400/3952-Pat+at+Pats+sign.jpg" width="300" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No. I mean we<em> really</em> had to. Pat, the elderly local owner of the bar, thought I must be a fine Irish lass since I was named after him. He poured me a stiff rum drink to toast our mutual names and Geoff had a Piton, the St. Lucian beer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the other end of St. Lucia, a mere 35 miles away, the scenery and ambiance in Rodney Bay is much more than just an island apart from Vieux Fort – from third world to tourist town.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvfw0sddCy_v4hSnuyK8BxH32Lynky7vrpWrWW40ew5PNifnlVAYepLcFtVIzx5E6yVULLYGiiqSeVJPY3aTk_U3WQH890hQ9EPRYN1i4sQ5fYtV1D32OKoJMOjZYW2iCW43qk6qn6mg/s1600/St+Lucia+Map+labelled.psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvfw0sddCy_v4hSnuyK8BxH32Lynky7vrpWrWW40ew5PNifnlVAYepLcFtVIzx5E6yVULLYGiiqSeVJPY3aTk_U3WQH890hQ9EPRYN1i4sQ5fYtV1D32OKoJMOjZYW2iCW43qk6qn6mg/s400/St+Lucia+Map+labelled.psd.jpg" width="267" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rodney Bay is over a mile wide.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPnXDXxqNvF0CXsANG1rR65KXjBSqZK3SM_krzIYD-5R17QSc5kBYGS0dxxfqTG3WzfjTacTv5bMs-QBiFnx0qgE0T2x955fFMjrG3keDXywbxe88L89u1WfLh2OLnp0eiu_XNAa0Rgg/s1600/Rodney+Bay+Map+Labelled.psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPnXDXxqNvF0CXsANG1rR65KXjBSqZK3SM_krzIYD-5R17QSc5kBYGS0dxxfqTG3WzfjTacTv5bMs-QBiFnx0qgE0T2x955fFMjrG3keDXywbxe88L89u1WfLh2OLnp0eiu_XNAa0Rgg/s400/Rodney+Bay+Map+Labelled.psd.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pigeon Island anchorage with its forest of masts is at the north end of the bay.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oFMGtCTC3lPFETOA0EpWaLAaZcePfFuqn8K-179x22agbOL_c_q9NlTNwimgCjwiYjms0-VFgLKbdqMh4PeXRrQBrvCsFEIbxbAieC-eV51tN0Yxcuu300cS9mecAfC0o_Sjt7y2lyc/s1600/4044-Pigeon+Point+anchorage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oFMGtCTC3lPFETOA0EpWaLAaZcePfFuqn8K-179x22agbOL_c_q9NlTNwimgCjwiYjms0-VFgLKbdqMh4PeXRrQBrvCsFEIbxbAieC-eV51tN0Yxcuu300cS9mecAfC0o_Sjt7y2lyc/s400/4044-Pigeon+Point+anchorage.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6PwfJkqYghIBipSTVYA3zcycPH5DkFUFvNJ4gzx2yO2073c9HJcaSfNtYLw8uKTEl74RzNwsuTSdD4q-uJlm4Xfl5NMQgIE8SFkAgwVEi6xY4VyKyKRfm8InEaeA_5mURG6WeOxknws/s1600/4046-Anchorage+from+YC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6PwfJkqYghIBipSTVYA3zcycPH5DkFUFvNJ4gzx2yO2073c9HJcaSfNtYLw8uKTEl74RzNwsuTSdD4q-uJlm4Xfl5NMQgIE8SFkAgwVEi6xY4VyKyKRfm8InEaeA_5mURG6WeOxknws/s400/4046-Anchorage+from+YC.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We anchored off Reduit Beach at the south end of Rodney Bay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two major events, the St. Lucia Jazz Festival and the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket championship, made for a full house on both sides of the anchorage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Rodney Bay Marina in the lagoon had hundreds of boats on the docks and it wasn’t close to being full. Their web site gives you a better idea of the marina's size.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.igyrodneybaymarina.com/">http://www.igyrodneybaymarina.com/</a> </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2SSS67_Hp5mW0XutafJjMqxWOn6Qb9_x3311JaWy7Lrl9R_Uxkkbj5O9HL4PNCL8afx01UHGuUjE58cD6b6v1rd32ig98x8ZnfGEcLMfcFt-YBF3TAUugDM6AfqnejNU5pGZeHGgwHo/s1600/4068-Marina+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2SSS67_Hp5mW0XutafJjMqxWOn6Qb9_x3311JaWy7Lrl9R_Uxkkbj5O9HL4PNCL8afx01UHGuUjE58cD6b6v1rd32ig98x8ZnfGEcLMfcFt-YBF3TAUugDM6AfqnejNU5pGZeHGgwHo/s400/4068-Marina+1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There’s a free dinghy dock and the grounds are beautifully kept. Among the mature trees and the new plantings, we tiptoed past this guy one day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZeeUspB0orZyOb_vMrTD9zLvcDVXbeB_2XHKHUTJwb9WF2wtY5hool7a8eOqG9QM_Im8xWdMhja3FMOl_g0HKUGGif1JJJEOJPlRTpNc-genvoHNZV0vnWWO4yAPJgwT3gAzYsHajfY/s1600/3984-Asleep+in+tree+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHZeeUspB0orZyOb_vMrTD9zLvcDVXbeB_2XHKHUTJwb9WF2wtY5hool7a8eOqG9QM_Im8xWdMhja3FMOl_g0HKUGGif1JJJEOJPlRTpNc-genvoHNZV0vnWWO4yAPJgwT3gAzYsHajfY/s400/3984-Asleep+in+tree+alt.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’re not sure if he was left over from the night before or if he just knew how to relax – anywhere, anytime. No high blood pressure allowed.</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rodney Bay Village is the tourist mecca of St. Lucia. We walked around to Reduit Beach Road that runs behind the hotel complexes lining the beach.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglATFGD19Kc-tz2_-mlhA4aiknvRT6q-2RJqL5bQ_hpxYAbpecs1PQHJUhIiMJ_uLpd4HOex6ztKm-TeFDGIXPdjyrvvbeXYr1an62GzvNqFkyvQ9YuQcAu2YbWXWDtYYrNm-XS803um4/s1600/4060-Reduit+Streetview+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglATFGD19Kc-tz2_-mlhA4aiknvRT6q-2RJqL5bQ_hpxYAbpecs1PQHJUhIiMJ_uLpd4HOex6ztKm-TeFDGIXPdjyrvvbeXYr1an62GzvNqFkyvQ9YuQcAu2YbWXWDtYYrNm-XS803um4/s400/4060-Reduit+Streetview+1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tourists seem to need a wide range of restaurants, bars, and boutiques, plus tours and rental cars.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2SQLHELL09l1eZQJFubM5ngCjNu-TP9m93cgS3EHF4NPjaTkXY95-pbLNru6TmHER4tbihRwZWGQrhlTRQ_loJMG4b2w9RKW1MeQsZbrYUr_xAvyS_Twa3zPgAGr_vohxzfq87r0sLA/s1600/4061-Billboards+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2SQLHELL09l1eZQJFubM5ngCjNu-TP9m93cgS3EHF4NPjaTkXY95-pbLNru6TmHER4tbihRwZWGQrhlTRQ_loJMG4b2w9RKW1MeQsZbrYUr_xAvyS_Twa3zPgAGr_vohxzfq87r0sLA/s400/4061-Billboards+1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAzdr2UHP-FICAnTWzqzAyXqjFUzLRmwUHJtHmpxjQUgUeoQjxJ7VYImyIXLrAVPGuCdjvujqyFGwJ7L7KH82u0vcnpYauOpP7NE4gGqjqK2JRYpON5UVH_Uokxk-BacDVtcnmsY0g8w/s1600/4062-Billboards+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDAzdr2UHP-FICAnTWzqzAyXqjFUzLRmwUHJtHmpxjQUgUeoQjxJ7VYImyIXLrAVPGuCdjvujqyFGwJ7L7KH82u0vcnpYauOpP7NE4gGqjqK2JRYpON5UVH_Uokxk-BacDVtcnmsY0g8w/s400/4062-Billboards+2.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="goog_1787308852"></span><span id="goog_1787308853"></span><span id="goog_1787308850"></span><span id="goog_1787308851"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Occasionally we walk-the-walk even if we don’t partake.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever seen such a pretty Scotiabank?</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFh4kvomnJQpsdAYgYDvNyOrdSob_o0b1j1U4efVT6acAQef_z9OqED1mGy-QC8etZgTA3TAd65kfg0-e4Qcxn7QS-bZ5VqCkEpgMn28w5-qo_hfzMILN6aAXZWfubwuI1FbT9EHaDwm4/s1600/4057-Scotia+bank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFh4kvomnJQpsdAYgYDvNyOrdSob_o0b1j1U4efVT6acAQef_z9OqED1mGy-QC8etZgTA3TAd65kfg0-e4Qcxn7QS-bZ5VqCkEpgMn28w5-qo_hfzMILN6aAXZWfubwuI1FbT9EHaDwm4/s400/4057-Scotia+bank.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> As colourful as EC dollars.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And if the residential properties are any measure, there’s a <em>lot</em> of money at this north end of St. Lucia. Check this one out. Majestic from the water -</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJqk8FroDonZkwUaOZhj05rXjjyK1VSHEscCivAeMaJ_e2oo9SQtNVNgoigM_JfCuqmrrRPYXY7i_Ea9x04yR0Xc5O7N0c983K5fpoKeVgdw8qB47pI53QNB0qNkJdSN_p_l4XIGuIFU/s1600/4052-Posh+house+water+side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPJqk8FroDonZkwUaOZhj05rXjjyK1VSHEscCivAeMaJ_e2oo9SQtNVNgoigM_JfCuqmrrRPYXY7i_Ea9x04yR0Xc5O7N0c983K5fpoKeVgdw8qB47pI53QNB0qNkJdSN_p_l4XIGuIFU/s400/4052-Posh+house+water+side.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- and just as impressive from streetside.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ0OFoXSWlsiyNefiVSWS3KgjTBwnafbJe8n1P3HHSt4vcixJ-RstEzg2XIPZXf8AaN_KKIoW0FLY-hNzgoIsiyeJQln4Db0p1ySuS-i7CLdfz8S1B0_kxvT6CGIf4M49npTwI8fXPdw/s1600/4051-Posh+house.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ0OFoXSWlsiyNefiVSWS3KgjTBwnafbJe8n1P3HHSt4vcixJ-RstEzg2XIPZXf8AaN_KKIoW0FLY-hNzgoIsiyeJQln4Db0p1ySuS-i7CLdfz8S1B0_kxvT6CGIf4M49npTwI8fXPdw/s400/4051-Posh+house.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A <em>little</em> different from our beach house although we do have a bigger backyard.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between gatherings with some of our Grenada cruising buddies and cricket matches, three weeks slipped away. One of the cricket games Geoff attended was Pakistan vs Australia. Leading up to the national anthems, every player was escorted onto the field by a young local boy.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOzsg1VcLZNN7FLhAWWXnlhaPgc5wVE2HXLFCyR3xfTsc_kuPmc0wZR0JqvAa93Asu3_wDhcrtDvp9DjanEKww-2NfGlErLC8ny1Dbky3RdCLGEqcZYjZ4ey80D3McGMaKwniynvOxXI/s1600/4019-National+Anthems+alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzOzsg1VcLZNN7FLhAWWXnlhaPgc5wVE2HXLFCyR3xfTsc_kuPmc0wZR0JqvAa93Asu3_wDhcrtDvp9DjanEKww-2NfGlErLC8ny1Dbky3RdCLGEqcZYjZ4ey80D3McGMaKwniynvOxXI/s400/4019-National+Anthems+alt.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wonderful to see an effort made to get kids excited about the game.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff watched the game from ‘the hill’. </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_62Jd0WSnYHCq41Qoearh4R4rwg-SOdvzIiotYXxdvZqsDDnCdk4bKnltCQopSj1vCYx6lSuYKsoLiUSTD_fjEXA8nNVomFVmam6QD8A3ygEhdGymfCmXH2kSBnS0DOZ6x3YIctepEU0/s1600/4015-The+Hill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_62Jd0WSnYHCq41Qoearh4R4rwg-SOdvzIiotYXxdvZqsDDnCdk4bKnltCQopSj1vCYx6lSuYKsoLiUSTD_fjEXA8nNVomFVmam6QD8A3ygEhdGymfCmXH2kSBnS0DOZ6x3YIctepEU0/s400/4015-The+Hill.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Several well-lubricated locals wanted to take our Australian flag walkabout.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t6OE66B12Bv-UZT0fQ8vZ1h3kXALly_ItTNCKfdtcjX2YzLtzGizjYJisuu42Cc5bA36KkERWpFGg8pqO0DrZIvbylRzrz10kz8jnmwsfD0b_tXjG7K3TRQDonVcJHJxT190SQfM7vE/s1600/4021-Locals+with+BH+flag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_t6OE66B12Bv-UZT0fQ8vZ1h3kXALly_ItTNCKfdtcjX2YzLtzGizjYJisuu42Cc5bA36KkERWpFGg8pqO0DrZIvbylRzrz10kz8jnmwsfD0b_tXjG7K3TRQDonVcJHJxT190SQfM7vE/s400/4021-Locals+with+BH+flag.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Geoff wasn’t sure they’d find their way back to him, so they settled for a photograph.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Memories of hockey, anyone?</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuaWU8Ong7pCWaAI9eaNkCA8EqFIwRFsv6Iyy8I__nkzTOpc9lDHViO2v8CrmTI_7k08Rcwh3MehqSAekerQu1FPeA4PG7RuHJEqhxRsMnyXEB2LKDwAZWNAQrYB3rF7B9DfsFLxSC0U/s1600/4013-Rolling+the+pitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMuaWU8Ong7pCWaAI9eaNkCA8EqFIwRFsv6Iyy8I__nkzTOpc9lDHViO2v8CrmTI_7k08Rcwh3MehqSAekerQu1FPeA4PG7RuHJEqhxRsMnyXEB2LKDwAZWNAQrYB3rF7B9DfsFLxSC0U/s400/4013-Rolling+the+pitch.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay. They don’t call it a Zamboni, but this machine rolls out the pitch, smoothing it for the second half of the game.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On off cricket days, we took the bus into Castries, the capital of St. Lucia. The population of the island is about 160,000 and a third of the people live in and around the capital. The city has burned down twice, most recently in 1949. The rebuilding has resulted in an odd blend of architecture - modern and old Creole-style.</span></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhanf5NeaijldbKuo1lsMK6anCDNUvlqhbgLE6MUBd0JEFElmAIhoilbsPkch33-I1J2IKXZalIC58uj-tTHUzhy7vRIs42u78lO6MrlR1qpN6zaW1SV_EiIO4r7n-UlHAND3SxhtLW28/s1600/3992-Castries+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhanf5NeaijldbKuo1lsMK6anCDNUvlqhbgLE6MUBd0JEFElmAIhoilbsPkch33-I1J2IKXZalIC58uj-tTHUzhy7vRIs42u78lO6MrlR1qpN6zaW1SV_EiIO4r7n-UlHAND3SxhtLW28/s400/3992-Castries+2.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnRDeG4hiOCu-vJJy7bfhUWVHl4KzsSvjfmRzzG3z_fWVeR8M0kYAZduZ19HmQUzjBMjmFbdJ-x4yqDB-M_TUTVwBClq1UnFDq8Tz5i7Z_1LFSf1VdrYcbdEJC2Y2COdOZbl_3a85ySI/s1600/3994-Castries+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnRDeG4hiOCu-vJJy7bfhUWVHl4KzsSvjfmRzzG3z_fWVeR8M0kYAZduZ19HmQUzjBMjmFbdJ-x4yqDB-M_TUTVwBClq1UnFDq8Tz5i7Z_1LFSf1VdrYcbdEJC2Y2COdOZbl_3a85ySI/s400/3994-Castries+4.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tour operators and taxi drivers are a bit intense here in Castries, the most insistent we’ve run into, but as we wandered further into the city we found new shoes for the captain and a craft store with beads for me. The simple pleasures. It’s all good.</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunsets are a glorious way to end the day and a fitting way to end this blog entry since St. Lucian sunsets are, quite simply, the best. </span></div></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqargD1dhAt_eBZG3NG7LGeaYb9KzKUcToOzjjI0FIh8LB94pKAFCAIhu7WI8-xEuetfKxo9ldgHLK2yFu3kdI2KufGX26Vd7-DoaZzhLwuPXyDdrN4p-iTOU3bDfCxd7zUjoarbvKCSs/s1600/3946-Sunset+Vieux+Fort+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqargD1dhAt_eBZG3NG7LGeaYb9KzKUcToOzjjI0FIh8LB94pKAFCAIhu7WI8-xEuetfKxo9ldgHLK2yFu3kdI2KufGX26Vd7-DoaZzhLwuPXyDdrN4p-iTOU3bDfCxd7zUjoarbvKCSs/s400/3946-Sunset+Vieux+Fort+1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two sunset pictures were taken by Len on S/V Scallywag in Vieux Fort.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsOGGbs9C_Vy5nmOmfLmibGp4gRYxZBNVmSW-J_kgo-EMYEwKMuJciavZurYcHki0sKnYFH3Xuwx43MtFCDTHSEKTaI56anlslmRyd50wafS5TQLkLOJVaAKKHgHH6DTxmyJAoDKJjsg/s1600/3948-Sunset+Vieux+Fort+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsOGGbs9C_Vy5nmOmfLmibGp4gRYxZBNVmSW-J_kgo-EMYEwKMuJciavZurYcHki0sKnYFH3Xuwx43MtFCDTHSEKTaI56anlslmRyd50wafS5TQLkLOJVaAKKHgHH6DTxmyJAoDKJjsg/s400/3948-Sunset+Vieux+Fort+6.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also credit Len with our header picture. Just beautiful. Thank you Len.</span></div><div align="center"></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-91990590128072049042010-04-22T10:33:00.013-04:002010-11-06T01:31:31.549-04:00"EIGHT DAYS A WEEK"<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CoVkUybg9IUdIjpKpzqUSUEc-miJRymbzmsvzIUe1-fX445Ngmtmd_t6bSqlBjeYuvRQETDaAF7hXBeBE_aL3d2Da9vG5_UT1eC-FbaRAV0SLZx4It1HbEmUCiAhv0duEs99ePiza-k/s1600/BEQUIA-WHALING-ANNIVERSARY+-+FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CoVkUybg9IUdIjpKpzqUSUEc-miJRymbzmsvzIUe1-fX445Ngmtmd_t6bSqlBjeYuvRQETDaAF7hXBeBE_aL3d2Da9vG5_UT1eC-FbaRAV0SLZx4It1HbEmUCiAhv0duEs99ePiza-k/s400/BEQUIA-WHALING-ANNIVERSARY+-+FINAL.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bequia (Beck’ way) is one of the Grenadines and is situated just 9 miles south of St. Vincent. The island has a satisfying blend of past and present. There are inconspicuous tourist villas on some of the beaches, but what stands out is evidence of Bequia’s rich history that links it to the sea – fishing, boat-building, and whaling. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humpback whales head south to mate and bear their young. Between February and April they are heading back to their northern feeding grounds. International regulations allow Bequian whalers to take four whales a year, although some years they don’t get any. The few remaining islanders who have the skills to hunt whales, do so in open, hand-made skiffs, using hand-thrown harpoons. We consider ourselves fortunate to have witnessed a successful ‘take’ – from a distance. Be forewarned that this blog entry ends with pictures of the aftermath of this rare event – the sharing of the whale meat and blubber – a true island celebration. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I’m getting way ahead of the story. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back to our arrival in Bequia, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the week before Easter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we rounded West Cay on the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">southwest corner of the island, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Admiralty Bay loomed far ahead. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We could see a cruise ship anchored </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over a mile away as we entered the bay.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW4fFZ9goNd0L6dpVVWr0CO4XpQLFjuN_U6i0zHv65G0y7qTgvVF7BKx7CIm8G0pQcLgwl1mb6IiyFKEcSUV4z07cORT0d-OVjU9shkw8DcbcRKt3LPSC0Y1HrXh95HPoLLNoPIx0nc0/s1600/3581-Enter+Bequia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnW4fFZ9goNd0L6dpVVWr0CO4XpQLFjuN_U6i0zHv65G0y7qTgvVF7BKx7CIm8G0pQcLgwl1mb6IiyFKEcSUV4z07cORT0d-OVjU9shkw8DcbcRKt3LPSC0Y1HrXh95HPoLLNoPIx0nc0/s400/3581-Enter+Bequia.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And then from our anchorage off Tony Gibbons Beach ......</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwCWGFhaaTbBN0wWenWDRPldvt7a7fQxNr-zA6VZuXffkXRZ-CulauJTvwhTf_ZjAElLMJDB73epUA-SiCDqhCzs8NtsqypSh-KNQVr_dsmQ8Jcji4ZRu-JcGlS106FW4pTmy5lYs3ds/s1600/3585-Cruise+ship+from+BH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwCWGFhaaTbBN0wWenWDRPldvt7a7fQxNr-zA6VZuXffkXRZ-CulauJTvwhTf_ZjAElLMJDB73epUA-SiCDqhCzs8NtsqypSh-KNQVr_dsmQ8Jcji4ZRu-JcGlS106FW4pTmy5lYs3ds/s400/3585-Cruise+ship+from+BH.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...... the ship was as far again behind us. This is a huge anchorage.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Over Easter weekend, Admiralty Bay was home to over three hundred anchored boats. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Locals and cruisers alike hop from island to island, from regatta to regatta. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most sailors were here to race in the annual Bequia Regatta.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaNhK0nC5jZIfQQo2MfKc0QlMglqgctrzyT5B6ARYYC_89njRmTZaZmpe92ldwMkSMI3E2BC7YTS1nYd0EQ4ScxkETh3htMTTZChaAKPJCLjz04u9oveaZVCoIqs7QlZUsIJXFaYiayQ/s1600/3628-Bequia+Easter+Regatta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaNhK0nC5jZIfQQo2MfKc0QlMglqgctrzyT5B6ARYYC_89njRmTZaZmpe92ldwMkSMI3E2BC7YTS1nYd0EQ4ScxkETh3htMTTZChaAKPJCLjz04u9oveaZVCoIqs7QlZUsIJXFaYiayQ/s400/3628-Bequia+Easter+Regatta.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were here as spectators and cheerleaders. But we had no idea how much excitement we were going to pack into the two weeks ahead. Not enough days in the week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Port Elizabeth is the town built around Admiralty Bay. It has many harbourside establishments, many with their own dinghy docks. The racing skippers’ meeting </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at one these bars was well-attended.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYppflx7kCJ8lxdnkJYVMSpR9ODZySdZVUSDsYZrrrCufNkRLhcgNJz-5XzQKguUlAMKBWATFYxFUUwLizdRE4M-QsFzay3fRVyPYJTZooaJ0HdtBkkccP8eAIaSkoK01OMs9UXwiBzY/s1600/3632-Pre+skippers+meeting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKYppflx7kCJ8lxdnkJYVMSpR9ODZySdZVUSDsYZrrrCufNkRLhcgNJz-5XzQKguUlAMKBWATFYxFUUwLizdRE4M-QsFzay3fRVyPYJTZooaJ0HdtBkkccP8eAIaSkoK01OMs9UXwiBzY/s400/3632-Pre+skippers+meeting.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSXQTWjG3dyKP-lsfAnVgkJUYFW7iZyuoWWz6uljpAep3OEyCynwUh1-vstI1FtaMOMlKK9UgiR1MGnpEXuqN_WSrxNbgdyasMCocBRoIz6xeYucdeLMyfzQ7Uq6WdgLt8m3GDX7B23A/s1600/3635-Crowded+parking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnSXQTWjG3dyKP-lsfAnVgkJUYFW7iZyuoWWz6uljpAep3OEyCynwUh1-vstI1FtaMOMlKK9UgiR1MGnpEXuqN_WSrxNbgdyasMCocBRoIz6xeYucdeLMyfzQ7Uq6WdgLt8m3GDX7B23A/s400/3635-Crowded+parking.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8f0ygftEfTBvrV-n6pcqJ0IpggRf2b2kiJ12M2wYhTvj32Du270UA6DDwWczuoE22lra0_afYGtfFOyiejPJu8YglzkadG3IXK0Y17gu11I4szhgRLRk96_ScPrIRD9SrHo2-8eKA1I/s1600/3634-How+many.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx8f0ygftEfTBvrV-n6pcqJ0IpggRf2b2kiJ12M2wYhTvj32Du270UA6DDwWczuoE22lra0_afYGtfFOyiejPJu8YglzkadG3IXK0Y17gu11I4szhgRLRk96_ScPrIRD9SrHo2-8eKA1I/s400/3634-How+many.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just how many people can pile into a ten-foot dinghy? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ran into Lynda and Trevor from Tobago as we’d hoped, but they knew a lot of Caribbean boats and racers from other island regattas. Most of their time was accounted for and they were headed back to Tobago right after Easter. So - sundowners together planned for next time.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our friends on ‘Alouette’ arrived from Martinique just before the weekend to crew on a J24 from Trinidad.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjau7MMQ8bxyxxfFltc8YUADvQYVTNqi5rtkMsFOWJMiyz6fKgRFVk5x4cS-O90p_zWwJFJT2T_M5VMK6hdrsfyXmGYzWwQMs-Cvl4uEC175t5T_gGKEnZW-wB5m8p23PxnY5bZrO1Uc4/s1600/3640-Am+Bushe+6a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjau7MMQ8bxyxxfFltc8YUADvQYVTNqi5rtkMsFOWJMiyz6fKgRFVk5x4cS-O90p_zWwJFJT2T_M5VMK6hdrsfyXmGYzWwQMs-Cvl4uEC175t5T_gGKEnZW-wB5m8p23PxnY5bZrO1Uc4/s400/3640-Am+Bushe+6a.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s John in the middle, and his son William is in the red shirt. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Am Bushe' did well in its class.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were three days of racing over the four day weekend. Sunday was a lay day for most race classes, so we walked over to Friendship Bay on the south side of the island with the Alouetters. Time for some fun with the kids.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkAi8UMsLuzzKHDTQ1ya2atZZV9wrHROLot1vKOYV0IWQFO4e0P38steVmmKinPUXMRJ8kiTL11YFjmgeSJLtpSgfAK35dBQo7QY4tIegfYED9aernCfLm7_sKPa0iqbak_8GuZ32tRA/s1600/3730-The+Aztec+thing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkAi8UMsLuzzKHDTQ1ya2atZZV9wrHROLot1vKOYV0IWQFO4e0P38steVmmKinPUXMRJ8kiTL11YFjmgeSJLtpSgfAK35dBQo7QY4tIegfYED9aernCfLm7_sKPa0iqbak_8GuZ32tRA/s400/3730-The+Aztec+thing.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Katie and William won third prize for their Ancient Aztec Castle, </div><div style="text-align: center;">seen here in its early stages of construction. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The other event for the kids was the Krazy Kraft Race. Rules stipulated that the boat must be built from found or recycled items. The theme was Spaceships and the competition was stiff. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOUOYJocbW_c9_BR7B7qZyV-sX6jWtefZ7ZaGKxmfIcZ8iVihGB1XvM_0LLmFWvCHpZjb-LDgTNs296o6dhcliJ9dktwTsDp1QIAjy9DDXMa_yrQwLX1nJ1JoiBFDfP7eURj3wzIhYPg/s1600/3751-Bamboo+raft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOUOYJocbW_c9_BR7B7qZyV-sX6jWtefZ7ZaGKxmfIcZ8iVihGB1XvM_0LLmFWvCHpZjb-LDgTNs296o6dhcliJ9dktwTsDp1QIAjy9DDXMa_yrQwLX1nJ1JoiBFDfP7eURj3wzIhYPg/s400/3751-Bamboo+raft.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">But William and Katie on their Krazy Kraft, ‘Explorer’, were first off the start line.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwZwV2sbYaS25AIDKMp2Spirips4d0QAU04INnFTZL7uNdo9W5rtgUhom2-LWBt_k8oFC1xY4PaxSX-nsdS-OqQGSal2W6Q_VQJTJ4EUpFTFMdlHU0ocf4GIIrN0Z7c9VhkOnikUJ7EQ/s1600/3755-Started.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwZwV2sbYaS25AIDKMp2Spirips4d0QAU04INnFTZL7uNdo9W5rtgUhom2-LWBt_k8oFC1xY4PaxSX-nsdS-OqQGSal2W6Q_VQJTJ4EUpFTFMdlHU0ocf4GIIrN0Z7c9VhkOnikUJ7EQ/s400/3755-Started.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a> <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">And a clear winner all the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoA3X5yLqAiMhxCzOf1wfc0MwurrR-TWSxou8nqMMTtt_sYndHyhnv-PxmmKfvIcNJvruRWy_SlSpUzZxu6JkuRhgJm1Ejqio-M_VTG-hqO6XbdFTn4yrDlNdxvAQ4uHGEu_4NQDIJx0/s1600/3756-Clear+winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoA3X5yLqAiMhxCzOf1wfc0MwurrR-TWSxou8nqMMTtt_sYndHyhnv-PxmmKfvIcNJvruRWy_SlSpUzZxu6JkuRhgJm1Ejqio-M_VTG-hqO6XbdFTn4yrDlNdxvAQ4uHGEu_4NQDIJx0/s400/3756-Clear+winner.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gBtMeBc6JC6tw_ylcsjodtGaDDQL7PZsGoatfdc51Xd8Jf0GxL7u28pMPK5pLnVrsCFICDJY1nYTk4vFEtTNgz2Hh2GEb3CfVniIXTA3QkuVcRlDyNtBddsLKH29CvfULL-UUjwS5Is/s1600/3749-Explorer+crew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gBtMeBc6JC6tw_ylcsjodtGaDDQL7PZsGoatfdc51Xd8Jf0GxL7u28pMPK5pLnVrsCFICDJY1nYTk4vFEtTNgz2Hh2GEb3CfVniIXTA3QkuVcRlDyNtBddsLKH29CvfULL-UUjwS5Is/s400/3749-Explorer+crew.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Congratulations Katie and William, our favourite happy aliens!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">At the other end of Friendship Bay, the local boat races were getting underway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBX8ALRL1GwnTDtrjPk3YGNcaF7WEuYhWtzhOs9ZR8osuz9ZFYk_EWPpJnhasM7WhJMpEuZFpKHJl57GhezSoPoSk8abUKOzZ6mWX03wKW-iU3ttEfyzjsJGkNqBGndlT1lviQuMXNcI/s1600/3733-Friendship+Bay+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBX8ALRL1GwnTDtrjPk3YGNcaF7WEuYhWtzhOs9ZR8osuz9ZFYk_EWPpJnhasM7WhJMpEuZFpKHJl57GhezSoPoSk8abUKOzZ6mWX03wKW-iU3ttEfyzjsJGkNqBGndlT1lviQuMXNcI/s400/3733-Friendship+Bay+3.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a>The scene on the beach looked quite chaotic as the boats were shuffled around to allow each class some room to prepare.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> This crew had just received their sponsorship regalia.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk0Y-lRR03T68Pe_90wfmWMWW9lhntAyTddnfVGDqB8LQX3KZ17G4-PgPfSre46ECQ-CRVN4fpw-CvbGUfZ3wQm1F6qcLsBPxlik3S9pczCDsIa1tUuo2vOKPXM4-mV8IpS6leDH96Tls/s1600/3581-Enter+Bequia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwCrcXgueUQx34IXMR95lfNwMzMkeDeo8k-pR0Ku3a4jGzwhA0CVtAZQXk-fBMef-9hnaOoTR2FKKJZ7D3oTUmyHGgdjR13OhdyAiAyKzUddLxMYIPFuwzU1hjOBh2j01bp18r877Nfs/s1600/3736-Sponsorship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwCrcXgueUQx34IXMR95lfNwMzMkeDeo8k-pR0Ku3a4jGzwhA0CVtAZQXk-fBMef-9hnaOoTR2FKKJZ7D3oTUmyHGgdjR13OhdyAiAyKzUddLxMYIPFuwzU1hjOBh2j01bp18r877Nfs/s400/3736-Sponsorship.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hats, wearable in any direction, t-shirts, and a case of liquid courage.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every boat needs ballast.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9MJhS4uB_gK_lL_t6BoWPf83zTm9N9jSk2YvKIbT4Krv-t92DAezrY0NzBITKKYgg9oHc5nSe1PSQtebzFzR5owuO9-fXavZnGQagk-ZpBhvT1eSTuvDHNS8DrCumsubwgo71JGAM0M/s1600/3734-Ballast+bags.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9MJhS4uB_gK_lL_t6BoWPf83zTm9N9jSk2YvKIbT4Krv-t92DAezrY0NzBITKKYgg9oHc5nSe1PSQtebzFzR5owuO9-fXavZnGQagk-ZpBhvT1eSTuvDHNS8DrCumsubwgo71JGAM0M/s400/3734-Ballast+bags.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easy enough to find on the beach.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We located Nerissa J 2 ……</span><br />
<div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQC0HMNv_GBaysNmKPG08dWUZ0VjhKjK8_q00mtdv3kt0l9D0SL-DqozlXG-wniZh0ffuZD0E_roBXsEZdOriHHJ08pSJaTJH0NndHhZMvAZjqBLqlWcynMEzDq08JbdqUZHRD4ryki0c/s1600/3739-Nerrissa+again.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQC0HMNv_GBaysNmKPG08dWUZ0VjhKjK8_q00mtdv3kt0l9D0SL-DqozlXG-wniZh0ffuZD0E_roBXsEZdOriHHJ08pSJaTJH0NndHhZMvAZjqBLqlWcynMEzDq08JbdqUZHRD4ryki0c/s400/3739-Nerrissa+again.jpg" width="300" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…… one of the boats we saw being prepped in Canouan the previous week.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The local boats are built by eye, using simple hand tools. They have no motors, so the race starts are Le Mans-style off the beach.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBa-_h-bRihBaSg2QDr_zwn-u3IxrA7YFMiXquTumDogeW6DwtAYxrSF_CeVVTy3ZZg0Zartm1rP8Ern6EiHCLW6_JNTePiLNQbwgA3FQvvuAJi4wW4FpqjsNw_FmrIJXblzAQ_bD5h0/s1600/3745-On+the+line+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBa-_h-bRihBaSg2QDr_zwn-u3IxrA7YFMiXquTumDogeW6DwtAYxrSF_CeVVTy3ZZg0Zartm1rP8Ern6EiHCLW6_JNTePiLNQbwgA3FQvvuAJi4wW4FpqjsNw_FmrIJXblzAQ_bD5h0/s400/3745-On+the+line+3.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crews walk the boats out to the start line, push off at the starting gun, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and scramble aboard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNidpCTl_Rhxa8igkWZgxOFj2jrVmTHkFfrQvhLkVNYCvvUG5Zcz3xrGJVEaEghMiTHIBeyk6NUl1gl697_Kxgbw1_r7wSEuO8xSzLJhxIrm42m3QyEQvbGr-IlVvwnEzXBk-D7TtKKg/s1600/3746-Theyre+off+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNidpCTl_Rhxa8igkWZgxOFj2jrVmTHkFfrQvhLkVNYCvvUG5Zcz3xrGJVEaEghMiTHIBeyk6NUl1gl697_Kxgbw1_r7wSEuO8xSzLJhxIrm42m3QyEQvbGr-IlVvwnEzXBk-D7TtKKg/s400/3746-Theyre+off+1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're off!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our anniversary was the week after Easter. We thought we’d get off ‘Beach House’ for the day, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and just for a change, we decided to go somewhere by boat </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– a cruise to Mustique.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ‘Friendship Rose’ is a 100-foot classic wooden schooner, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">hand-built on Bequia </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the late forties.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hgi6SmFzMEaiLdpo-k08UbejoDaEwdyK4WsD5eZ6fEUimBtPxVMgGfgH_8SzatLuMqUn3mOkQGJfsxrn1BIh5OLFCAWCBelSblNmJIBpUjb_DrE4MUlaQeTEFjIwFURC7zGvQjYvFB0/s1600/3772-Bequia+Friendship+Rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-hgi6SmFzMEaiLdpo-k08UbejoDaEwdyK4WsD5eZ6fEUimBtPxVMgGfgH_8SzatLuMqUn3mOkQGJfsxrn1BIh5OLFCAWCBelSblNmJIBpUjb_DrE4MUlaQeTEFjIwFURC7zGvQjYvFB0/s400/3772-Bequia+Friendship+Rose.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We boarded at 0800 with a dozen other passengers. The crew greeted us with fresh local juice, croissants, Danish pastries, and excellent coffee. A great start.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> As we cleared the coast of Bequia and hit open water, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the crew hoisted the sails.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjNOEhsblo2YDXzBNoly3o6jomYcrHdjnLYdlI4Q00y0AjM58ZmDq79WGtMeUn6HQHLHd4mqlQHPsWyNPN89Iw4juAwE5XiRiDtX6jer3MzQACfjUhWeuEioTi7iuvXN_kuX1DJGHG1o/s1600/3781-Main+Mizzen-COMBO.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjNOEhsblo2YDXzBNoly3o6jomYcrHdjnLYdlI4Q00y0AjM58ZmDq79WGtMeUn6HQHLHd4mqlQHPsWyNPN89Iw4juAwE5XiRiDtX6jer3MzQACfjUhWeuEioTi7iuvXN_kuX1DJGHG1o/s400/3781-Main+Mizzen-COMBO.JPG" width="383" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"> Calvin Lewis has been the captain of the 'Friendship Rose' for three years.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80kGUm1X8AHgXwC-iLp-tUViGdEgRg4wyEhQtBhf9IHAaTABxhtdSPS7kS3jddYLEB_eGP7Bazge6s7pWOGcB-0IV48f-2q_IwUJqV9YIxYaJnGvsxn8K5bsZMTlUMftgvE6zOQEyfmw/s1600/3792-Geoff+trying+to+fit+in.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80kGUm1X8AHgXwC-iLp-tUViGdEgRg4wyEhQtBhf9IHAaTABxhtdSPS7kS3jddYLEB_eGP7Bazge6s7pWOGcB-0IV48f-2q_IwUJqV9YIxYaJnGvsxn8K5bsZMTlUMftgvE6zOQEyfmw/s400/3792-Geoff+trying+to+fit+in.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was one of the original builders of this classic ship, back when he was 17 years old. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s one of those wonderful full-circle stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mustique is only ten miles southeast of Bequia.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyl-zjuPUXmSf5ERc2s1HfWJEyAsJUWMbhNy4SbgsrvoFpshGHcVF73HB5ZlsMQ-wHfPiPkEZtKvMAazuV4NNM18RWWx2sqK8toZUBz86Y_CyQo7faXBBZSct8KmgACX3-31SkAwdWT8/s1600/3960-Mustique+map+X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyl-zjuPUXmSf5ERc2s1HfWJEyAsJUWMbhNy4SbgsrvoFpshGHcVF73HB5ZlsMQ-wHfPiPkEZtKvMAazuV4NNM18RWWx2sqK8toZUBz86Y_CyQo7faXBBZSct8KmgACX3-31SkAwdWT8/s400/3960-Mustique+map+X.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">En route, a surprise. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crew was very excited when they spotted a whale about a mile to starboard.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXn3UNWNdjWZ456SJXMTqLvkDhP3coBvn0S5z6tyOQ8ntUPL8JsGc7c2LDM7B1pZyKlFV3CW3vpTgPRuWhOiiDeK79vy0S8T7NETZASX0EdYqBtigSd4T_mX2AS_IWDYOemht6czGNixo/s1600/3794-Whale+sighting+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXn3UNWNdjWZ456SJXMTqLvkDhP3coBvn0S5z6tyOQ8ntUPL8JsGc7c2LDM7B1pZyKlFV3CW3vpTgPRuWhOiiDeK79vy0S8T7NETZASX0EdYqBtigSd4T_mX2AS_IWDYOemht6czGNixo/s400/3794-Whale+sighting+1.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGoh2aUQdjxD9onNgGppb5155ECPfXEFTRtqhWEML1f6Gg09eLN0jxVYxG5h-oAkfvOko-9d8KE3urKcy3pR_FbV5NriUvo7_7vV3ddxMMFfzHCwlPZNVHEieWLM_qJlCZyNxAx6JQic/s1600/3796-Whale+sighting+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGoh2aUQdjxD9onNgGppb5155ECPfXEFTRtqhWEML1f6Gg09eLN0jxVYxG5h-oAkfvOko-9d8KE3urKcy3pR_FbV5NriUvo7_7vV3ddxMMFfzHCwlPZNVHEieWLM_qJlCZyNxAx6JQic/s400/3796-Whale+sighting+4.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We enjoyed the extra bonus of seeing a humpback whale comparatively close, but at the time, we didn’t realize that this sighting was the first of the season, and more importantly, that there were local whalers nearby. One of the crew members shouted, “Sail down. Sail down.” This is the first indication that they’ve successfully harpooned a whale – they drop the sails and the rig. A harpooned whale can drag their 23-foot wooden skiff for miles. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a good time for gear to be in the way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shortly after the excitement, we arrived in Britannia Bay, the only anchorage off Mustique, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and happily accepted a glass of celebratory champagne.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1-p9RwnQmpkali_mFiu7zDX36s6gDLoe4DmnPJyLZdTdBEP84LGHy3Q4LHjcQHpU1tdiBbd1hm2oaOREMS7CK5ujph8_MBx_q8Pt5NOyEdDcHov0XWltIHXCvNRjrmwt8SavcZ_votE/s1600/3801-Anniversary+Champagne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU1-p9RwnQmpkali_mFiu7zDX36s6gDLoe4DmnPJyLZdTdBEP84LGHy3Q4LHjcQHpU1tdiBbd1hm2oaOREMS7CK5ujph8_MBx_q8Pt5NOyEdDcHov0XWltIHXCvNRjrmwt8SavcZ_votE/s400/3801-Anniversary+Champagne.jpg" width="300" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crew was probably toasting the whale catch. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were toasting 31 years together. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next was a visit ashore to check out exclusive Mustique and all the "No Entry" signs. After our walk along the town road, keeping an eye on the 'Friendship Rose' at anchor ……</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUIT9u453UpffbQS2v6T5-2QgMV8t_Kxd3X6FEIVo2Y5x_B-w0psfBByV-67eOjqr9jNp0cWh9xD2DkQ6krrcEbddla3l9yGjKTpBPPclFQp_rc7ER2Uw9dmXotbREfthCX-Mr7ujhZY/s1600/3814-Friendship+Rose+anchored.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZUIT9u453UpffbQS2v6T5-2QgMV8t_Kxd3X6FEIVo2Y5x_B-w0psfBByV-67eOjqr9jNp0cWh9xD2DkQ6krrcEbddla3l9yGjKTpBPPclFQp_rc7ER2Uw9dmXotbREfthCX-Mr7ujhZY/s400/3814-Friendship+Rose+anchored.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…… it was time for the big event.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41hQRfeCZt2-Q5htF7P6xu9lFfXcrkBgf3B1slvHkFbs1eVNNfkgpLHb1Dya-Pa95hkfERBpj7EFdb8nccDaAkemCwAImiVBUMkG0a071rpxs34vCd6pOhZK5L61OBJRwAo4x0zW06Bg/s1600/3816-Pat+Basil+Bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41hQRfeCZt2-Q5htF7P6xu9lFfXcrkBgf3B1slvHkFbs1eVNNfkgpLHb1Dya-Pa95hkfERBpj7EFdb8nccDaAkemCwAImiVBUMkG0a071rpxs34vCd6pOhZK5L61OBJRwAo4x0zW06Bg/s400/3816-Pat+Basil+Bar.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The world famous Basil’s Bar beckoned.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No sign of Mick, Shania, or royalty – just riff raff.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHDgJ_cPWivdE5EvF7TckYSZGoM-kJ3zKCmsovIDDw1X4DkdeiBFGaHOaCudZE8UMXebGbEk_xUNLZB00aB6E6x5L8vocZSnqvdSkbTnmcB_jkZx_SdZLy6S6y0jMS010eMYhectYlb0/s1600/3817-P&G+Basil+Bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHDgJ_cPWivdE5EvF7TckYSZGoM-kJ3zKCmsovIDDw1X4DkdeiBFGaHOaCudZE8UMXebGbEk_xUNLZB00aB6E6x5L8vocZSnqvdSkbTnmcB_jkZx_SdZLy6S6y0jMS010eMYhectYlb0/s400/3817-P&G+Basil+Bar.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The mixed drinks were over-priced and delicious.</span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back on the ‘Friendship Rose’, we enjoyed an excellent lunch, served up with beer and wine. Then the boys went snorkeling for an hour and the ladies swam around the ship to cool off. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Too soon, it was time to weigh anchor ……</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55crmVbDOVLQBjQTpN3CqwVlpSqJgqHbG6QuTKBJAyGx2C5KzAfb13RUcisRBYS_xCqeA_7ol2cjEZ0bw7M7b5GrOilUOCZmwQAG2-yNGRQDR8V9h_d7wlHq2Fo4rwxDugIdgJ3n_Joo/s1600/3823-Anchor+gang.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55crmVbDOVLQBjQTpN3CqwVlpSqJgqHbG6QuTKBJAyGx2C5KzAfb13RUcisRBYS_xCqeA_7ol2cjEZ0bw7M7b5GrOilUOCZmwQAG2-yNGRQDR8V9h_d7wlHq2Fo4rwxDugIdgJ3n_Joo/s400/3823-Anchor+gang.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> On the way back, we saw the local boats towing their catch home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoI2reGuULoE5S-dL3ov3HAlAhaR5b8RDryHzYqNyILyQ_nJPQOAp1qTqqZTa4NHYStBFGoge_3opn30If4erdi-mY0TFIHAPwwjlY9OZa4epArlx2Y1XXFondU6H5I8rCz_5gUVy2JoU/s1600/3828-Towing+the+whale+1alt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoI2reGuULoE5S-dL3ov3HAlAhaR5b8RDryHzYqNyILyQ_nJPQOAp1qTqqZTa4NHYStBFGoge_3opn30If4erdi-mY0TFIHAPwwjlY9OZa4epArlx2Y1XXFondU6H5I8rCz_5gUVy2JoU/s400/3828-Towing+the+whale+1alt.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q23RAZRj6yQO1oIt3sAShDJsZ4YOmLGFuS609Wp7DArnvuIxhq2SEx2eG3B_gLAd-mrD7N5uwR63RVRtPfn4MgoPbZ_yR86V_vgywaRYPNOcj7hdJgNEv1eyeig7g2nZyqnLMCi_vXo/s1600/3830-Towing+the+whale+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q23RAZRj6yQO1oIt3sAShDJsZ4YOmLGFuS609Wp7DArnvuIxhq2SEx2eG3B_gLAd-mrD7N5uwR63RVRtPfn4MgoPbZ_yR86V_vgywaRYPNOcj7hdJgNEv1eyeig7g2nZyqnLMCi_vXo/s400/3830-Towing+the+whale+5.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only a whale fin was visible among the buoys.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We saw the Alouetters on our dinghy ride home and mentioned the whale catch. They had an excellent idea. The next day they helped us take ‘Beach House’ around </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to Semplers Cay to the whaling station.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJw8fIgQr4iIjdGXMEYISaklqX9z-Rw0yvsPw_Nqhjjhyphenhyphenu4zhyphenhyphen-A3VFvNyrBsZBsmV5AIhJ49-vW9kByy9ppyz28iKqm7-tCooh1a_-BPpka-bJcC_cqCTzOFUYPdqBmsC3pBi1jS7x0/s1600/3959-Admiralty+Bay+map+X.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJw8fIgQr4iIjdGXMEYISaklqX9z-Rw0yvsPw_Nqhjjhyphenhyphenu4zhyphenhyphen-A3VFvNyrBsZBsmV5AIhJ49-vW9kByy9ppyz28iKqm7-tCooh1a_-BPpka-bJcC_cqCTzOFUYPdqBmsC3pBi1jS7x0/s400/3959-Admiralty+Bay+map+X.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Islanders of all ages had gathered to celebrate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9AAiQqbH7B4CQBW3TWv8BBiX28SIdQKqFtr6t2SJegPiLNzA189BpYmxOTEQAv5b1heCFHEkn-PfQCc_vXVq9qf2y7iDLUlkb0YPzvy9Z1fKN3hWKxPgj2q5Ttfng7AE46PsY531DR4/s1600/3834-Spectator+ws.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9AAiQqbH7B4CQBW3TWv8BBiX28SIdQKqFtr6t2SJegPiLNzA189BpYmxOTEQAv5b1heCFHEkn-PfQCc_vXVq9qf2y7iDLUlkb0YPzvy9Z1fKN3hWKxPgj2q5Ttfng7AE46PsY531DR4/s400/3834-Spectator+ws.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were again reminded that this whale catch was a very rare event.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had both dinghies with us, so we went separately for a closer look. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqE5xVXsaYUmCy66nm-n5LbEeQb6UPb7u-8hUVbyQD3x31qOhuqLqiHTblvlvvlrCsds1xikhXx3k-1i5jrjeZMc-zgnHPGPKd-4_UR1BFTJKfqwhQ6MAKC9Cc6i3rFLLTJxaGzEJZSY/s1600/3837-G&P+in+the+blood.psd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqE5xVXsaYUmCy66nm-n5LbEeQb6UPb7u-8hUVbyQD3x31qOhuqLqiHTblvlvvlrCsds1xikhXx3k-1i5jrjeZMc-zgnHPGPKd-4_UR1BFTJKfqwhQ6MAKC9Cc6i3rFLLTJxaGzEJZSY/s400/3837-G&P+in+the+blood.psd.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, the water is red.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQj6me1SSgK5OYc4QkPhtbsBe5KNdRLS_SsQAtHpYC98dKLj_-NsmowrSdLalXReEtw65amdi9Yy9voeHtSlRQ1J4NP7Xtngb6GSZXxMg7sBOw8veKLQ9z-wj4lyitbzCnvleT51-LTE/s1600/3854-Alouette+watching.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQj6me1SSgK5OYc4QkPhtbsBe5KNdRLS_SsQAtHpYC98dKLj_-NsmowrSdLalXReEtw65amdi9Yy9voeHtSlRQ1J4NP7Xtngb6GSZXxMg7sBOw8veKLQ9z-wj4lyitbzCnvleT51-LTE/s400/3854-Alouette+watching.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John and Sue managed to get really close and chatted with Alexander, the harpooner.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiiI6Tc9a29xQX87mK1JSiVrc1OdKDmJvd9s2LlVNoyZqZNTKd58C3bmLUuPKTnJrY6LnQFNFwHAYohwQ1wURLr5KKPMF3_e8n_hLSRyO1XOEbEuEFDn1xnb5-SSTtaFs-mp-V3u3TDA/s1600/3841-Alouettes+Alexander+cu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiiI6Tc9a29xQX87mK1JSiVrc1OdKDmJvd9s2LlVNoyZqZNTKd58C3bmLUuPKTnJrY6LnQFNFwHAYohwQ1wURLr5KKPMF3_e8n_hLSRyO1XOEbEuEFDn1xnb5-SSTtaFs-mp-V3u3TDA/s400/3841-Alouettes+Alexander+cu.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The only local happier with the event?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY3-YlXxcy3z8_swTZTljSa8EWSpjY-ReQIl0vux4AfohYb2Fb7UNrH9gP5AsW78sJxtU2bmvirjTJXZngwdRGOAGOwI1rZWBo5swDLho3-B5qMEIzOB_UhbbHxn-AfFHHgz3aJgGvPI/s1600/3856-a+dainty+morsel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfY3-YlXxcy3z8_swTZTljSa8EWSpjY-ReQIl0vux4AfohYb2Fb7UNrH9gP5AsW78sJxtU2bmvirjTJXZngwdRGOAGOwI1rZWBo5swDLho3-B5qMEIzOB_UhbbHxn-AfFHHgz3aJgGvPI/s400/3856-a+dainty+morsel.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A scavenger.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Our stay in Bequia this year was truly memorable. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time with friends, both old and new, racing, a sail to Mustique, and a whaling education.</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> One last shot of the beach close by our anchorage - Lower Bay – the locals call it Lowby.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf5gIVwudi7tyEh2XxdpnqRN1WHe3G-NSWoN4RdFiL8Ihgx2krn74Emrs0DtkzfuoPhnvqAMoVVjX7qlskUzJ2ECrCntYiERMgEDEjdMTHSjAbnP-KsCFziNFg1tsaBl05GcgbJBalUA/s1600/3898-LowerBay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf5gIVwudi7tyEh2XxdpnqRN1WHe3G-NSWoN4RdFiL8Ihgx2krn74Emrs0DtkzfuoPhnvqAMoVVjX7qlskUzJ2ECrCntYiERMgEDEjdMTHSjAbnP-KsCFziNFg1tsaBl05GcgbJBalUA/s400/3898-LowerBay.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You really should come to visit us.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-27931691580447709012010-03-28T07:32:00.014-04:002010-04-22T11:11:54.052-04:00"ISLAND IN THE SUN"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHwWjOpP1Hy5KA-qqREHyIJqZQez2Z_wdPsbmZXQWRcndjsLfZ1X-67zu1ratYJe8N-tI-6y2pjaY8-6qW1XL6yoBPxRZllsWaOFhF-baaAm7BzYI-pQRlXu2tECrfaT6sMnXG5SVXXQ/s1600/WATER+%26+TRAVEL+-+Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHwWjOpP1Hy5KA-qqREHyIJqZQez2Z_wdPsbmZXQWRcndjsLfZ1X-67zu1ratYJe8N-tI-6y2pjaY8-6qW1XL6yoBPxRZllsWaOFhF-baaAm7BzYI-pQRlXu2tECrfaT6sMnXG5SVXXQ/s400/WATER+%26+TRAVEL+-+Final.jpg" width="400" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After three lovely months in Grenada, it was time to move. We started with a short passage to get the feel of sailing again – 9-1/2 miles around the corner to take ‘Beach House’ to the beach for one last celebratory lunch. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morne Rouge Bay was our destination, one mile south of St. George’s on the west coast of Grenada.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Yd0-hUoqXRlC1PI1YJkmeFlWI67ISrvzoIt-VWRcf9DgglZ0RdhV57z-wQndAfZ1xx7LFqlP-XoGTVznN2NAQJi8_RCFVnlOLWuskm7t7s2P6wMtg66qxxII9mVKnG3rIKQmeyv982k/s1600/3408-BH+Rest+from+BH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="217" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Yd0-hUoqXRlC1PI1YJkmeFlWI67ISrvzoIt-VWRcf9DgglZ0RdhV57z-wQndAfZ1xx7LFqlP-XoGTVznN2NAQJi8_RCFVnlOLWuskm7t7s2P6wMtg66qxxII9mVKnG3rIKQmeyv982k/s400/3408-BH+Rest+from+BH.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The restaurant was hidden on the beach in the greenery </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to the left of the hill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We put the dinghy in the parking lot …</span>...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaxdgUBLF7vW2GNHDMcQbrlgTiDmrrfo-lIKe3WDxd3BNrv1BqDr7IuT1_Cqs3xet_0a-yjXa29WP34Ed7pJwJEiF6hyphenhyphenvcd3BXGRrwKvPBjhsz-UPbFp50N4vqirpXwpF1OMz363nYRI/s1600/3407-BH+Rest+dinghy+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaxdgUBLF7vW2GNHDMcQbrlgTiDmrrfo-lIKe3WDxd3BNrv1BqDr7IuT1_Cqs3xet_0a-yjXa29WP34Ed7pJwJEiF6hyphenhyphenvcd3BXGRrwKvPBjhsz-UPbFp50N4vqirpXwpF1OMz363nYRI/s400/3407-BH+Rest+dinghy+2.jpg" width="372" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…… and walked through the palms to the restaurant.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWqIyosRhtuDq8xO-mvG9BGgeehbMX3N4zJAFOlwNfXAvW8LOpQ4wSsKq8s6_Nfl1V00FqB1_zaCKXrI5ayDEuYMt-EWpTs3JK4WiDUsag1mDQVDuTfeL07wDZTFHGJXGlNKr7eAtab0/s1600/3405-BH+Rest+beach+entry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWqIyosRhtuDq8xO-mvG9BGgeehbMX3N4zJAFOlwNfXAvW8LOpQ4wSsKq8s6_Nfl1V00FqB1_zaCKXrI5ayDEuYMt-EWpTs3JK4WiDUsag1mDQVDuTfeL07wDZTFHGJXGlNKr7eAtab0/s400/3405-BH+Rest+beach+entry.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a lovely setting to say “goodbye for now“ to Grenada.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During an excellent lunch featuring fresh local fish, we kept an eye on ‘Beach House’ at anchor in the distance ……</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ss5YN6RZpe1d7DbaadGryM2aw8Ri2QFN_q7efWkiNtP7xdRzKuOCxj6KWIJFf-V8cglifL9vnohthBGSRe3RPOmP6Ovhe8RKcarFIDJ3TdNjf1sqTqZNS-z2sAvRu-rIw_IEsQv6rI4/s1600/3399-BH+from+the+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ss5YN6RZpe1d7DbaadGryM2aw8Ri2QFN_q7efWkiNtP7xdRzKuOCxj6KWIJFf-V8cglifL9vnohthBGSRe3RPOmP6Ovhe8RKcarFIDJ3TdNjf1sqTqZNS-z2sAvRu-rIw_IEsQv6rI4/s400/3399-BH+from+the+table.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">……then walked through the grounds to check out the land approach to the restaurant.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46pE-j4i-v5hNrWSzbBMbhQnlBYDIwFChBEoufciK4XmaD-93zRTbePY4TmWevUpbRuBg6xPXCN0cSgozfuzPjH6IybeCE7aMmWgG_9z08Feh41SNuo0Jug3Q8YetkRG-pTbpCHRGi3E/s1600/3396-Pat+geoff+BH+sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46pE-j4i-v5hNrWSzbBMbhQnlBYDIwFChBEoufciK4XmaD-93zRTbePY4TmWevUpbRuBg6xPXCN0cSgozfuzPjH6IybeCE7aMmWgG_9z08Feh41SNuo0Jug3Q8YetkRG-pTbpCHRGi3E/s400/3396-Pat+geoff+BH+sign.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looks like Grenada and ‘Beach House’ were meant to be together. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We will be back.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doing the customs and immigration dance out of the Grenada Grenadines and then checking into the St. Vincent Grenadines was a breeze - another country, another flag. Time to play tourist.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First stop was Union Island, whose craggy, upright elevations have earned it the nickname “Little Tahiti”. The main town of Clifton is the centre of yachting in the southern Grenadines.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The anchorage is beautiful with its dazzling display </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of blues and greens.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6acxA1g1-Vj_l72o4npeV5ZLNhHrzhffv0nZs6eUAIYAO7lBTKopubhQBz6QYCp4NoqHIQsC16YSCK4gg15Lbhuf7GqE0RCLuSzv3gBeaWAz-fNIZ5PFveaRFedIBw-c4lLmKDAjOuEw/s1600/3434-Clifton+harbour+from+fort+hill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6acxA1g1-Vj_l72o4npeV5ZLNhHrzhffv0nZs6eUAIYAO7lBTKopubhQBz6QYCp4NoqHIQsC16YSCK4gg15Lbhuf7GqE0RCLuSzv3gBeaWAz-fNIZ5PFveaRFedIBw-c4lLmKDAjOuEw/s400/3434-Clifton+harbour+from+fort+hill.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clifton Harbour is protected by Newlands Reef to the left and there’s a smaller reef to the right in the middle of the anchorage.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We visited Union Island last year, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but this time Castello Paradise beckoned</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_DfxqEfp0c08rPeimmlxd_Pdy_DT8b1fWWYuocAP6nWyqNSVsDzcTDsaFL4la9kkrwxoXgocipsLBimdhruO7fOC5JW_23Hr3dcJtkjfBQoUcASzDW35JZJyRmfXf79Rc8aCymiDKxE/s1600/3476-This+way+to+Castellos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx_DfxqEfp0c08rPeimmlxd_Pdy_DT8b1fWWYuocAP6nWyqNSVsDzcTDsaFL4la9kkrwxoXgocipsLBimdhruO7fOC5JW_23Hr3dcJtkjfBQoUcASzDW35JZJyRmfXf79Rc8aCymiDKxE/s400/3476-This+way+to+Castellos.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The entrance looked intriguing – kitschy shopping and perhaps a bar?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeWwbDGL_EhcFGRelANvAZvNWBSFlb9ATpmYQLBDnJc6ezqM_O0WX-zA5sejI0L6m3XFN8_TFNHLDLImVMXePD7mm4qLIR_3OYgEqanCV_MODykA0Ns4Z1aDuP0PCGMn0iKMg4MbF1tM/s1600/3477-Castelo+entrance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdeWwbDGL_EhcFGRelANvAZvNWBSFlb9ATpmYQLBDnJc6ezqM_O0WX-zA5sejI0L6m3XFN8_TFNHLDLImVMXePD7mm4qLIR_3OYgEqanCV_MODykA0Ns4Z1aDuP0PCGMn0iKMg4MbF1tM/s400/3477-Castelo+entrance.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What started as a little “alley” off the main street meandered up through multiple path ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of the climb was on gravelly roads</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with just enough steady incline for a decent workout.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We walked the overgrown paths on the summit ......</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SOlJah1Z9ZuZh_WQtKKxuQfWq7IIoBOOWZr8xbG-zJI_glQ0yIcFSAyze3CfjcN91WgOPFmlYhJWiJr4RiVFQdMMPnrKdFOg9Vob0Rv2M0kJvgf3ohbGE9bhRhdfGqVyEeUkq_irkNU/s1600/3441-Sculpture+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SOlJah1Z9ZuZh_WQtKKxuQfWq7IIoBOOWZr8xbG-zJI_glQ0yIcFSAyze3CfjcN91WgOPFmlYhJWiJr4RiVFQdMMPnrKdFOg9Vob0Rv2M0kJvgf3ohbGE9bhRhdfGqVyEeUkq_irkNU/s400/3441-Sculpture+2.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fort Hill isn’t the highest elevation on Union Island, but the views are spectacular. Here’s another high shot of Clifton Harbour with a couple of islands labelled.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet Jaunti.</span> <br />
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2001, he spent the year dumping boatloads of sand, conch shells, coconut trees and palm fronds into an area of water just inside part of Newland Reef to create his own island. Over the years, Happy Island has grown, and Jaunti let us photograph his pictures of the early days. </span></div> <br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next island was Mayreau, small at less than 3 square kilometers, but boasting two protected anchorages. We anchored in Saline Bay and walked the few miles up over the hill to check out Saltwhistle Bay – a very pretty but very crowded anchorage.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the walk back to Saline Bay, we stopped at Mayreau’s tiny Catholic church at the top of the hill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Canouan is the island in this area that has seen the most changes recently. In the late 90s, Italian developers bought over half the island and built a fancy resort complex with a golf course and a casino. We didn’t go to that end of Canouan. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We explored the local half of the island.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We stopped to take a picture of the sign </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">outside the Canouan Sailing Club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carlos heard us and came out to say hello. </span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcXIk7owhOIMVmdVpajJFR1_asEdfnEupedf3s-4hs2XQi-ogX4fGMwtSKZbhAabywLUOQRGip3WkGMVgqQkMhNYCpsdYDsB93X5nd7_Yh9BnA68Rc0j4WzyqSdHwbeGhG7shT3YJhUU/s1600/3572-Carlos+explains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDcXIk7owhOIMVmdVpajJFR1_asEdfnEupedf3s-4hs2XQi-ogX4fGMwtSKZbhAabywLUOQRGip3WkGMVgqQkMhNYCpsdYDsB93X5nd7_Yh9BnA68Rc0j4WzyqSdHwbeGhG7shT3YJhUU/s400/3572-Carlos+explains.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was friendly but shy, turning away every time Geoff raised the camera. He was doing some fiberglass work on a few local boats ……</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGXvZOqWHmw0mTS2Lo-Kwj52GnwS8hGceMCcvataEXsGOvQPLgMx425lPWlt-VD0Z4-C_ohq1ZZ1AMBSY4Kp_xVI83giOA9KWj2bnYrELfOPSCo9ewqJD4DhaOkw5aqsqFowUNRtlIA0/s1600/3573-Canouan+boats+for+Bequia+regatta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdGXvZOqWHmw0mTS2Lo-Kwj52GnwS8hGceMCcvataEXsGOvQPLgMx425lPWlt-VD0Z4-C_ohq1ZZ1AMBSY4Kp_xVI83giOA9KWj2bnYrELfOPSCo9ewqJD4DhaOkw5aqsqFowUNRtlIA0/s400/3573-Canouan+boats+for+Bequia+regatta.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">…… getting them ready to race in Bequia next week </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">at the Easter Regatta.</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How perfect, because at noon Friday, we arrived in Bequia, our island in the sun for the next couple of weeks. We’re looking forward to meeting up with some old friends here and we’ll keep an eye out for Carlos and his Canouan racing mates.</span></div></div></div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492982974752338430.post-83723491125676457032010-03-16T09:34:00.005-04:002010-03-28T07:58:09.340-04:00"THE CAPTAIN AND THE KID"<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrL_7lrchqQk97mqGq0JvqtEiiIqMnHOqZh5zXYkF-GctHzhYHCOECv53cNXe7emqazZ3d5DvLRhdsZStgO_wNtHUvUbCb2_f1l4E4gO6qIZhSlkTsozo9l9d4SptrXpB3aUslsUkcYk/s1600/Captain+and+the+Kid-final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrL_7lrchqQk97mqGq0JvqtEiiIqMnHOqZh5zXYkF-GctHzhYHCOECv53cNXe7emqazZ3d5DvLRhdsZStgO_wNtHUvUbCb2_f1l4E4gO6qIZhSlkTsozo9l9d4SptrXpB3aUslsUkcYk/s400/Captain+and+the+Kid-final.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2002, Pat and I headed for the Bahamas from Toronto aboard our Nauticat 36 “Tawee”. In the mouth of the Alligator River in North Carolina, we saw a boat named ‘Blame it on Buffett’. Plainly obvious that they got their cruising urge from Jimmy. Well, my sailing roots have a different beginning, but we resisted calling our boat ‘Blame it on Bob’.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1965, I was fresh out of tech school and working at channel 10 in Sydney. This is where I met Bob Gilchrist, a Canadian working his way around the world. Five years later, on my world tour, I was in Toronto and later that year we were both working at the Big Bright Nine, CFTO-TV..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meet Old Bob….</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0Tx2ggeR6tvHu3A0fKdQfnNdSNjCr6ZBjp_HL-RMqsofZamJzJDw29JYG74XdfCW3Xxq12R0eUjV-VvUGwJX6LgEnCZIYchAqVMA84c6_DqJu0uXgGRyZuhMVOxXGv7koZCNpucbPM0/s1600-h/874-Old+Bob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU0Tx2ggeR6tvHu3A0fKdQfnNdSNjCr6ZBjp_HL-RMqsofZamJzJDw29JYG74XdfCW3Xxq12R0eUjV-VvUGwJX6LgEnCZIYchAqVMA84c6_DqJu0uXgGRyZuhMVOxXGv7koZCNpucbPM0/s400/874-Old+Bob.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oops, wrong ‘Old Bob’.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So let’s make that a younger Bob</span>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloVP7Go7y_J4H9pT1_qoPQ95wOvO62YwWdLHlrdezjw7R0aRamEHb8vbep4t1m6rsTzcuSc-lFmg8kQskdSlMPlL8CKygLkVJka1QJ4yXy6jRcxlB98RelKqGCmKDZxUSF3E3QY3zPEQ/s1600-h/Bob+standing+on+bow+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiloVP7Go7y_J4H9pT1_qoPQ95wOvO62YwWdLHlrdezjw7R0aRamEHb8vbep4t1m6rsTzcuSc-lFmg8kQskdSlMPlL8CKygLkVJka1QJ4yXy6jRcxlB98RelKqGCmKDZxUSF3E3QY3zPEQ/s400/Bob+standing+on+bow+F.jpg" vt="true" width="352" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was back then. You don’t want to see him now…..he’s an old fart!</span></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1970, Bob had a Northern 25 sloop that he kept at Queen City Yacht Club at the Toronto Islands.</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIqwaZES6NpMQSHgSQXPNDofbliCr1UkWyebHUIs1tUKW552JK8b0uBEhbvSstAeOTOsSswVFVJfHl3WLw_5J1Yp6eExGUjlO6DHOxXnASrUTomUuM3uLmSntbK1SbW4IsPWNOPhxFYk/s1600-h/Bob+at+helm+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipIqwaZES6NpMQSHgSQXPNDofbliCr1UkWyebHUIs1tUKW552JK8b0uBEhbvSstAeOTOsSswVFVJfHl3WLw_5J1Yp6eExGUjlO6DHOxXnASrUTomUuM3uLmSntbK1SbW4IsPWNOPhxFYk/s400/Bob+at+helm+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was always invited people out sailing.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we came, no matter what the weather, and because we all had hair.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRUgk486iqqyeVAAiq1ps51aR-enYmljY3Q85J1fGj6DsnoxbhGeLkS2Is_rXBKXHR7kSAt6kfLbKd-8Ev-bMEIAD0aDQAQCU0r5pyXNCR2JmYcFsM9nTu-EutPGtsp4dQcTyIc1rqiw/s1600-h/BW+group+sailing+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRUgk486iqqyeVAAiq1ps51aR-enYmljY3Q85J1fGj6DsnoxbhGeLkS2Is_rXBKXHR7kSAt6kfLbKd-8Ev-bMEIAD0aDQAQCU0r5pyXNCR2JmYcFsM9nTu-EutPGtsp4dQcTyIc1rqiw/s400/BW+group+sailing+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some days it would be a crowd. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some days not so much.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO2i-bq61CCBuC-ldnPRWXg9EDTdM6OSy4kaQ9XETF5tSrOlEQp-4isBmhnP0D8icjj6wohmP0LUQbypSRe0kDDTa-jMna8xUdf-x4SCoLwCW5PqAKPg5Y9Uq3cMiaAnt7JPnoJbsR8k/s1600-h/Bob+Geoff+standing+aft+F2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO2i-bq61CCBuC-ldnPRWXg9EDTdM6OSy4kaQ9XETF5tSrOlEQp-4isBmhnP0D8icjj6wohmP0LUQbypSRe0kDDTa-jMna8xUdf-x4SCoLwCW5PqAKPg5Y9Uq3cMiaAnt7JPnoJbsR8k/s400/Bob+Geoff+standing+aft+F2.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGVgKY7G6cjaA5qznl8e4ZxZu_INRXQ7cdf0uDMAR3UxXahi5bEY9SjOzCOCt6JLUYenw5W7b53OwIgepZTRtuCJM2Czto9qnasgS2UPUyeUFZLlaLkoYokZVoIXYgOsrrPxvJNtvUoU/s1600-h/Vic+in+Bikini+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGVgKY7G6cjaA5qznl8e4ZxZu_INRXQ7cdf0uDMAR3UxXahi5bEY9SjOzCOCt6JLUYenw5W7b53OwIgepZTRtuCJM2Czto9qnasgS2UPUyeUFZLlaLkoYokZVoIXYgOsrrPxvJNtvUoU/s400/Vic+in+Bikini+F.jpg" vt="true" width="350" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is Vickie – Mrs. Gilchrist – doing her duties as figurehead. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Thanks to Vickie (aka Killer Kobelski) for digging through Bob’s albums and scanning these old photographs</em>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Somehow I became the defacto crew and helped at Queen City Yacht Club with launch, haulout and all the preparation involved which taught me a lot about boats.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZouxm0goD99c5vCnhNq_PXxxzOwZXXdMmbmVmz3aXjEYFEhtAnZm8Gwh46rPilrEa_3RxWTkXtgGg7b7clOHozFJaCGe8Di_iojC87EfKNUhH3D6dJURbuoaxjP3x5K9HWH9e48lrnLE/s1600-h/QCYC+sitting+on+deck+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZouxm0goD99c5vCnhNq_PXxxzOwZXXdMmbmVmz3aXjEYFEhtAnZm8Gwh46rPilrEa_3RxWTkXtgGg7b7clOHozFJaCGe8Di_iojC87EfKNUhH3D6dJURbuoaxjP3x5K9HWH9e48lrnLE/s400/QCYC+sitting+on+deck+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s Bob and me on ‘Anoway’ in her cradle at QCYC, Toronto. The pose is a little unnatural - as you can see our hands aren’t holding any liquid refreshment.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We did all manner of foolish things around Lake Ontario and somehow managed to live through it all to tell the stories.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolhDfqt9TQ3FdRMM2OHmCboFTvRDcnZy72P6z0VPBo0sMQX6uLOX95KNk2sKk8GiVoBqXNL5UonChsAxsu9AbyVkx8vnNU3uOtGNAEHCvAd2YdfK3TGrGXjUq5SjEQHHMwCJ4iMQNqHg/s1600-h/Bob+in+bow+1+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolhDfqt9TQ3FdRMM2OHmCboFTvRDcnZy72P6z0VPBo0sMQX6uLOX95KNk2sKk8GiVoBqXNL5UonChsAxsu9AbyVkx8vnNU3uOtGNAEHCvAd2YdfK3TGrGXjUq5SjEQHHMwCJ4iMQNqHg/s400/Bob+in+bow+1+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcNzGedv6q9SaHKlJ6vfJomeR7NzcR_tPkV8S3khQ2JzxMpE6nAUT21cdIBHLMfgIcOkzhcQ4CtLJZDObbjpzd1OwRfWPy0McdLbmR3HdQWLjVLdahcONOc45WyHChrGQF6pwRv9fknQ/s1600-h/Bob+in+bow+2+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcNzGedv6q9SaHKlJ6vfJomeR7NzcR_tPkV8S3khQ2JzxMpE6nAUT21cdIBHLMfgIcOkzhcQ4CtLJZDObbjpzd1OwRfWPy0McdLbmR3HdQWLjVLdahcONOc45WyHChrGQF6pwRv9fknQ/s400/Bob+in+bow+2+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob had two Northern 25s and in 1976 bought the 29 foot version. He named it ‘Cadieux’, after an imaginary childhood friend. But, there was nothing imaginary about this boat. It really sailed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1en0QL2SvBtCAHnfuSUGWlsJHFMV0EJrnLDFUj7BN6NSfzENQmZHUg6vrBL2O6d6VNgMmJ_kvwF7codTcBZWp9mXTk7LgmbKtWv2TP-IjY3SL6RdsoOARqbKgxJXH5zPWvZ3DHhJp7cI/s1600-h/Cadieux+launch+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1en0QL2SvBtCAHnfuSUGWlsJHFMV0EJrnLDFUj7BN6NSfzENQmZHUg6vrBL2O6d6VNgMmJ_kvwF7codTcBZWp9mXTk7LgmbKtWv2TP-IjY3SL6RdsoOARqbKgxJXH5zPWvZ3DHhJp7cI/s400/Cadieux+launch+F.jpg" vt="true" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s me on the right with the hair and Bob in the bib overalls as we launch Cadieux at THSC for another Lake Ontario sailing season.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all I sailed with Bob for about 16 years and during that time I had a Laser and a DS16, both very small craft.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1988, Pat and I bought our first keel boat. ‘Quinkin’ was a Gilbert 30+, one of a “limited edition” of nine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8qkD_E0MJdfQ4cJsqT3kMnqJPzEzdb6uWG50J3Roud5kY_c_Aq4kYYdGe9nKPkeUDEU3TSHx9uSeDn7fBB_2IedKp0SuljPLvvoAWrERduAs5rIT8MgGb3eM0qnBF5F4n7Vipzrsx_A/s1600-h/Mac+Cuddles+Geoff+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO8qkD_E0MJdfQ4cJsqT3kMnqJPzEzdb6uWG50J3Roud5kY_c_Aq4kYYdGe9nKPkeUDEU3TSHx9uSeDn7fBB_2IedKp0SuljPLvvoAWrERduAs5rIT8MgGb3eM0qnBF5F4n7Vipzrsx_A/s400/Mac+Cuddles+Geoff+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob took this picture on ‘Quinkin’ of me with John McNally (Mac) and Chris Cummerford (Cuddles). Sadly, both have passed away, but both sailed with Bob on Lake Ontario and both bought keel boats as a result. They left many fond memories in their wakes and at their wakes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pat grew to enjoy the sailing life and the white wine days. Red wine days were not to her liking, although, as she has observed, we can only control the weather we leave in, not what the weather later becomes.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6ux21kslGT-E6WS4UYLdNxco04aHs7STNxEy_oNGJopLyGyWFFyOpqX42W40NEGyEvRU2faO4hSM1V6Pk_E77VucJujQYKZK4ucRPV-Nl_6_x1mxgdTROXNVpB47yOBbaj56tCoRBBQ/s1600-h/986-Pats+wild+ride.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6ux21kslGT-E6WS4UYLdNxco04aHs7STNxEy_oNGJopLyGyWFFyOpqX42W40NEGyEvRU2faO4hSM1V6Pk_E77VucJujQYKZK4ucRPV-Nl_6_x1mxgdTROXNVpB47yOBbaj56tCoRBBQ/s400/986-Pats+wild+ride.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our current Caribbean cruising was made possible by Pat’s organizational skills and perseverance, but if it weren’t for Bob inviting me sailing in 1971 the dream wouldn’t have developed and we wouldn’t be here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bob’s just a few years older than me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl37KQuSezQ4vsLhqUeOWG8lPad71A27FG6kGDF2b_QIrpKJZ6lVOW7T4WHUfX3zhdg-uuLRMlb5rE0hnoWi60n-XwnSwWrVulkT0CPoIXEY82K3iJZpuSIG60TXj8cvc8RpSev4yo-ac/s1600-h/Bob+Geoff+interior+sitting+F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl37KQuSezQ4vsLhqUeOWG8lPad71A27FG6kGDF2b_QIrpKJZ6lVOW7T4WHUfX3zhdg-uuLRMlb5rE0hnoWi60n-XwnSwWrVulkT0CPoIXEY82K3iJZpuSIG60TXj8cvc8RpSev4yo-ac/s400/Bob+Geoff+interior+sitting+F.jpg" vt="true" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks Bob for kick starting it all and for some great sailing memories. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Birthday.......…this one’s for you mate!</span></div></div>Geoff and Pat Craigenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04251465197822662387noreply@blogger.com8