Moved on to Dominica

We had wonderful few days in St Pierre Martinique. We found a new spot to anchor and made for a much more pleasant stay. St Pierre is a very deep anchorage and holding a little tough. But we had a perfect spot and quite calm waters making it a great place to swim to a reef for some good snorkelling. We saw many interesting things and some large fish for a small spot. We took all our gear to shore and had a picnic and beach day which is always pleasant with a big shady tree. We were next to busy roadway and a tunnel. Why does everyone have to blow the horn while going through a tunnel? 

There were some interesting "art work" sort of totem poles with eyes on top at the tunnel. Not sure of the significance if any but cool. 

Our boat is only one you see. 

These eyes kept a good watch out for us. 

We crossed over to Dominica on Sunday Feb 12. We had more wind and waves than we bargained for and got pretty beat up. Including a squall with winds to 36 knots. But arrived safe and sound in the day light and reunited with Cat Tales. We re were welcomed with a meal of Dorado. It was delicious and great to see them again. 

Look at the water on the floor. 

But a beautiful sight were the Dolphins that followed us for a good 10 mins and at that time it was so calm Brian walked to the bow and took pictures. There were about a dozen in all. 

This week in Portsmouth has been Yatchie Appreciation Week and lots of BBQs and special events all week. We have taken in many events and have done a couple hikes on our own. This is a wonderful to hike and the trails are well laid out. Some hikes are much more challenging than I would wish for such as the one we did on Friday. It was wild! We left at 9:30 and walked on the road for about an hour to get to the trail start. Then It was straight up and down mountains and some points I was scared to death. But with the help of 7 other hikers I managed. Brian must have had some inside knowledge as he was up most of the night before with a gastro thing and couldn't join in. At one point there was a rope with knots dangling down the side of the hill and I really thought I couldn't do that but actually it was easy. I wished there had been more ropes. At least three of us fell on more than one occasion. Swinging from a tree hand hold was a good safety tool. Near the end was a suspension bridge to cross a small river. I am not good with heights either. But I just kept my head down and barrelled across it. I knew if I looked around or thought about it too much I would have been a goner!  Needless to say when it was over I was done! Mentally and physically! I can scratch that off my to do list! They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger I am stronger. 

 You can see the others down below. 

A view from a lookout of Prince Rupert Bay.

It was very busy here with about 150 or so boats at the peak of the festivities. 

Dominica is a very beautiful island with lots of quick showers and lots of rainbows. 

 This is a view of the bay today from Fort Shirley and more than half the boats have moved on. 

Today's hikers ....we really weren't into it and cut short after about an hour and a half and made our way to a nice road side Roti place for lunch. 

We will leave towards the end of this week starting a slow trek south. Dawn and Laurie have company coming next week and we will probably have some fun with them.