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!