At home

We are back home in London Ontario after a wonderful 5& 1/2 months aboard Peace and Plenty.
I have included the last few pictures. The stairway was an absolute God send and my knees sure thanked the boatyard manager Ricky for moving it in for me. The hotel was lovely and these beautiful flowers were every where. We were on the second floor but this cat spent a lot of time on our balcony and slept an afternoon away in rainstorm on our table.
We will have one more short blog to include info on our grandchild that will be born later today or tomorrow. What excitement to come home to!

4 days til home

We are on the hard now and the jobs are just about done. We take the canvas down this evening after sunset and pack it away. Then tomorrow we shut the door and go to a hotel for 3 days. It has been an amazing adventure and we have lots of tales. Probably one of the the best things we both feel we enjoyed are the great people we have met all winter. We have made such a huge mix of people who are all of like interests and would do anything to lend a helping hand.

Back at the dock

We are starting the process of the shutdown and decommissioning. Iris a sad day indeed. I can't believe just how fast the time has flown. We have allowed ourselves lots of time and even a couple nights at a nice hotel at the end. If all the work is done we'll relax before coming home and racing off to Kingston and helping with a new grandchild that we hope will wait for us to get home. Kendra is due about a week after we arrive but the doctors are talking about inducing her a bit early........so we'll see what happens.

As you an see not much news just an update to let you know we are alive and well.April 18 th is our arrival in London.

Easter Monday Walk

It's Easter Monday and for the most part things are pretty quiet. We have decided to take a walk from Sainte Anne to Saline Point with our friends Barbara and Winston from My Island Girl. This amounts to a 2 - 2.5 hour trek over beaches, rock outcrops and past some saline ponds. All relatively flat and mostly shaded. One beach in particular is isolated from motorized access and is practically empty except for some clothing optional and alternate life-style folks. (You tend to watch where you are putting your feet a little more closely than normal, if you know what I mean) the other beaches have near by parking or road access similar to home.

Unlike at home the locals take over the beaches and camp like we have never seen before. The value of a good tarpaulin can never be underestimated and do these folks understand that! The trees were virtually draped in them from one end of the beach to the other. These folks must have been camping on the Easter weekend for generations to be so organized and "well" equipped! Here is a summary of what we saw:

Most # of tents under one tarpaulin - 7
Number of generators - too many to count, the largest was a diesel model.
Miles of extension cords - ? there were lots of them, like spaghetti.
Largest cooler - actually it was a mid sized chest freezer!
Largest T.V. - @ 32" flat screen
Most four foot fluorescent light fixtures at one site - 4 (wet environment kind)
Number of sanitary stations - 0
Number of fresh water sources - 0
Number of whining crying and other wise annoying children - 0
Number of offensive persons in general -0
Number of people enjoying life - all of them
Number of pots of food cooking with the best aromas drifting by - too many to count

These folks were camped all over the trail but they did not mind us walking through. They did seem to be having a great time and there appeared to be all generations represented.

Once we made our way to Pointe Saline Beach we enjoyed a bowl of assorted fruits freshly prepared while we waited only 7.50 euro and it was enough for four. We swam, had a BBQ dinner of ribs and chicken then walked back. Just as we returned to the dinghy is started to sprinkle. Good timing all around!

P. S. - No pictures were taken of the camping as we felt it would be too intrusive. You'll just have to take our word for it!

Beach Day

Yesterday we met a group of cruisers and organized a beach day. We pulled 5 dinghies up on the beach shared some snacks and then made plans to go to Abdels. He puts on an amazing lunch on the beach including wine for 20€ per person. Yesterday was seafood day. We had samosa to start then a shrimp platter,then crab in a curry sauce,rice and a half lobster. Although it was all very tasty there really wasn't much food for the pile of shells left. The Caribbean lobsters are pretty small when you are used to the fine Atlantic ones.
The first picture is some chicks on the beach ....... maybe not the chicks some of you might be looking for but pretty cute. The other pictures are the lunch we had.