Wrapped up and ready to go

We had our Customs inspection today and all paperwork is in order and we are free to go. We are back at Trevor's BB and packed up to leave around 11:00 am for the airport. We sat last evening reflecting on the great season we had. Although some things gave us some trouble ...davits, instruments,dinghy etc....all were or will be resolved and we worked around them. We had a great time with Dawn and Laurie on Cat Tales and they helped us get along when our instruments failed. The dighy got resolved rather quickly. S/V Chill helped us with a raft up in Bequia when we needed power to fix the fridge. So many people we met along the way were a source of friendship and knowledge. When people ask what island do you like and what was a high light we always answer .... the people we have met. From the ladies lunch .....a great group of women who offer support for each other to the kind people at Island Water World. Ian who loaned us a propane tank for the whole season when our brand new one got recalled and the replacement didn't fit our locker. Until he found us a new one he loaned us one from his home. Then there is Denis who provides the weather every morning on the SSB radio. The boats who hear check in each day on their travels and then they show up where you are. You stop off at their boat introduce yourself as FOD ( friends of Denis) member and you now know more new people. I know this all sounds kind of sappy but what a great group of people that call themselves cruisers.  

Christmas 2013 in Bequia 

 A group that hired a taxi to go to the Pink Planation.

A Sunday walk

This is called SecretBeach and not a soul around on a Sunday afternoon. 

We took Sat and Sun off from boat work and relaxed at our B&B up in the hills above Rodney Bay. After spending Sat doing not much of anything we forced ourselves to go for a walk. We walked for 2& 1/2 hours in the noon sun. When we left Trevor's it was straight up a hill to get to the main road and then started walking through what was to be a golf course. It had been started in about 2007 and after spending millions to carve it out of the landscape it has been left. The land quickly reclaims itself but his particular location it is very dry and the road ways(cart paths) are still good. We never saw another person walking,swimming,picnicking. It appears it a trail used for horseback riding and Trevor tells us the dune buggies they rent in Rodney Bay also use it for touring. It was very dry with many varieties of cactus growing wildly. You can only imagine what size of a desalination system that would be required to keep such a place green in such a dry area of the island. Here are many pictures and I'll try to put a video on a separate blog ...never know how much space. 

The reddish roof in the center below the two story White House is Trevor's. 

This is the beach at Cas En Bas usually busy with kite boarders.

Our B&B accommodations

Huge kitchen 

Living room 

We came out the water on Tuesday on time and smoothly. Trevor our host at Sunset Haven picked us up at 4:00 and took us to his place. We have a large bedroom with ensuite,king size comfy bed, a sofa and huge hanging closets. We have air conditioning and a large mosquito net over the bed. We have full use of the house to cook, do laundry and relax. The pool is right beside our bedroom and although quite small more than enough for a cool down. I moved all the food off the boat and we are cooking here. It is not near any restaurants but he has a large well equipped kitchen. We have our own small bar fridge but overflowed into his. His wife is back in the UK  covering a maternity leave. So I think he enjoys the company. Last night I cooked for three of us and he supplied the wine. Tomorrow he is making fish pie for us so we'll provide the wine. He feels bad that we really don't want a  big breakfast everyday and so far a bowl of our own leftover cereal is fine. He has about 20 fruit trees on the property and squeezes his own limes and makes ice cubes from the juice. I'm enjoying one right now. Here are some pics of the place that don't really do it justice. 

Our bedroom is the open window.it was too messy totake a picture.