A lot to cover

Sorry it has been so long since our last post but we have been really busy having fun! You don't have to get much for Christmas to be excited. Dawn gave me a plunger to go with my new buckets for laundry and I gave her three microfibre cleaning cloths tied with Christmas ribbon.She was excited!  ( (thanks Vicki) 

Our time in Carricou was busy with wining and dining on several boats and enjoying the Christmas festivities. We decided to move south to Genada just after Christmas.

 

We had a lovely sail between many small islands to the south west side in Grenada for our first stop.  Dragons Bay was a small bay with mooring balls. Thanks Doug your lasso method it worked perfectly. There are amazing underwater sculptures and thankfully the water was just clear enough for a beautiful snorkel to discover these beauties. Nothing is marked so you just keep swimming until you stumble on another. The man at the desk at the typewriter was my first one to spy and although I knew what I was looking for it still startled me. Unfortunately the anchorage was very rolly and the anchor ball banged on the hull all night. Not much sleep on this monohull. Cat Tales fared better but not by much we were told. By morning we found that the mooring line had wrapped around our keel and actually cut into the lead of the aft end a bit! Something to fix when we haul out. Oh boy! Miraculously by the time we wanted to leave it had unravelled itself.

There were 28 figures in a circle holding hands.

We then moved around the corner to St Georges and anchored in a fairly busy spot. There was a lot of traffic but very interesting. We were quite close to the cruise ship docks and they are so impressive all lit up. 

While in St Georges... the capital,we got groceries,laundry,shopped in a huge chandlery,hiked,toured and had many good lunches. It is a lovely city very clean and a mix of old and new. The whole island seems so much more prosperous than St Lucia. Brian and Laurie toured a fort while Dawn and I toured a mall. Funny I took no pictures of the mall. With two ships in town it was very busy . I can't imagine when there are 5 ships in.

When we came into Prickley Bay and toured the boat yard and the nearby hotel we were very impressed. The price is less than Rodney Bay and Air Canada has a direct flight once a week. We made our reservation today to haul out and store here for the summer.  The place is a bee hive of activity with shopping buses picking you up at each marina, dominoes, trivia etc. A boat jumble ( a garage sale ) was held yesterday morning and we sold 80.00 EC of stuff to be glad to get off the boat. Only bought one insulated coffee mug. 

We have had the personal tour guides of Dawn and Laurie and seen so much and had a lot of fun. Today was a "beach day " to the University Club for a great lunch and the afternoon at their pool. No charge except for lunch of course. A fresh water shower completed the perfect day. Wednesday we are taking an island tour for the complete package. 

We plan to start our trek north on Thursday to visit friends back in St Lucia. We will be sad to leave those friends and connections we have made there but it's always time for a change and meet new people.