06/10/2012, St. Davids, Grenada
Well, this may be our last entry for the season. Not exciting at all, really. We just arrived back in St. David's Bay at Grenada Marine, where we will be hauled on Tuesday (6/12) for a few months. While Centime is on the hard and we are in Maine/NH, there will hopefully be some progress on some of our needed projects. The big ones will wait until we are back, so we can "observe."
Had a great night last night at Le Phare Bleu Marina on our way over from Prickly. Just a couple of miles, but it was a place to fill up on good diesel fuel. It was so pleasant, we decided to stay for a night on the dock. We had access to a nice pool, restaurant (picture above), showers and a very capable canvas shop ... and a really great band for the evening's entertainment! They were HOT!!! Not a big crowd, but we were all on our feet at the end ... carnival music par excellence, laced with some Reggae, Soca and R&B.
We are now going through the unenviable task of packing for an extended off-boat experience ... bittersweet.
The good news, at least for us, is that we will see you all soon!!! Looking forward to that immensely.
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Let us know where you will be, as we would of course really enjoy seeing you and sharing mutual stories, catching up......Do you have an e-mail or phone for when you return? Best wishes for safe travel of whatever sort it is you will be using, and hope to see you soon.
Janika and Rob
This man, "The Amazing Butterfly," popped up in the middle of the forest. He does "Amazing" back flips off high cliffs into the falls. He is quite the athlete and an incredible diver, although I must say whenever he dove I held my breath until he came up.
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06/04/2012, Grand Etang national Forest, Grenada
Honeymoon Falls
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06/03/2012, Prickly Bay, Granada
It was one of those - 'I feel like I'm in a National Geographic Movie' days. We drove into the Grand Etang National Rainforest in Granada. Our first excitement was seeing wild Mona monkeys. They came in quite close, first swinging loudly through the trees then climbing precariously on outer branches for their treats.
Then the ultimate excitement: hiking to Honeymoon Falls and Seven Sisters Falls and swimming under huge waterfalls. First we walked down a dirt road past trees of nutmeg, cinnamon, passion fruit and guava; pineapple and banana plants; Lemongrass and Shandon Beni (a cilantro substitute). Grenada is called "The Spice Island" for it's abundance of tropical spices. In fact they are the second largest producer of nutmeg in the world (Indonesia is number one.) The aromas were wonderful as we walked this farm road.
Soon we turned off the road turned onto a narrow path and hike for about an hour through the rainforest. Eventually we came to a river where we had to take off our shoes and continue barefoot, or risk submerging our footware. It was interesting climbing up steep rocks, past cascading tributaries to get to the main falls - and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Then as we turned a corner, a beautiful scene unfolded before us - a dramatic falls cascading to an inviting pool, with jungle and stark rock on all sides. It was fantastic. I stripped to my bathing suit and swam right under the falls. Amazing!
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Yes we shall be back in Grenada coming fall and then sail west. Looking forward to meet you somewhere.
06/01/2012, Prickly Bay, Granada
Cruiser's Mecca.....
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06/01/2012, St. Davids, Grenada
After 3300 nautical miles and nine months - we arrive in Grenada - our first year destination! We're so excited to be here. It's been an amazing journey for which we're grateful.
The sail down from Carriacou was the best in several weeks. We decided to sail the windward side (most of our sails are in the lee of the islands as the wind coming across the Atlantic from Africa can be quite strong). For the first two thirds of the trip we had steady winds of about 15 - 18 knots and we sailed on a close reach averaging 6.5 to 7.5 knots and a few times we reached 8.1. This is a fast speed for Centime as her hull speed is 7.8. The sun was out and we sailed past islands and then along Grenada's east coast - quite petty. Towards the end the wind diminished and the waves became confused, coming from different angles, yet we were so excited to be here that it was still pleasant. Just as we arrived, anchored and opened all of the portholes, the sky broke loose and it poured. The rain however didn't stop the merriment and we went below and popped champagne in celebration of our nine month journey.
Congratulations Centime - You are a great sailing vessel!
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