Today was the day for Mary Margaret to get her hair cut. When we first went ashore a few days ago, she had made an appointment with the local hairdresser to get a nice trim. Thus, around 1000 we dropped the dinghy and motored over to the dinghy dock. Of course, the weather gods saw this as an opportunity to have some fun so they decided to whip up the wind a bit and drop some rain in our faces as we motored over.

Fortunately, it only lasted a few minutes and by the time we reached the dock, the rain had stopped and we were in a wind shadow. Mary Margaret laughed when we were ashore saying that her hair was already washed so she was all set for the haircut.

While she was at the hairdresser’s, I went over to the little tourist center and picked up some materials about the island. I then went to a couple of grocery stores to pick up some odds and ends. By the time I returned to the hairdresser’s shop, Mary Margaret was just getting up from the chair with a big smile on her face. She loved the new cut and so did I. The cost was just $12 US.

From there we strolled over to the little museum that they have. It was a very simple place with the second floor dedicated to the art work of the curator’s father, Canute Caliste. Apparently, his was a local celebrity during his day and was even presented a metal from Her Majesty’s Government. His work was very simple but captured the flavor of the island nicely.

On the ground floor was really what I would call a museum with lots of Arawak Indian pottery pieces and information regarding a number of archeology digs that what occurred during the last 50 or so years. There were some basic tools that used to be used for shipbuilding and an old telephone switchboard. It was not much but the museum fit in very nicely with the ambiance of the island: simple, laidback and non-pretentious.

We are thinking that we may take an island tour tomorrow or the next day and then prepare to head over to Petite Martinique. This is a very small island about 5 miles away and is the last of the three inhabited islands that make up the country of Grenada. Within a half mile of this island is Petite St. Vincent. There looks to be a number of good snorkeling reefs there which are calling us. PSV is actually part of the country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. However, the officials of the two countries don’t mind if you run between the two islands without clearing out and in. From there we would then head off to Barbados.